Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
the threat of renewed Indonesian fires looms large over Southeast Asia. Experts have warned that if the fires continue to gain a strong foothold in Indonesia, Kalimantan and Sumatra, then Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand and the Philippines could see a repeat of the smog that blotted out the sun …
the unprecedented scale of forest fires in six provinces of Indonesia, which have been raging for the last four-five months, is taking a terrible toll on the wildlife of the region. The worst to suffer in this is orangutan, the endangered species of forest-dwelling anthropoid ape that is native to …
The fires that had been raging in the Indonesian forests for quite some time are slowly showing signs of decrease. Satellite pictures show many of the Indonesian fires may be nearly doused. However, the haze is spreading to other countries. The smoke has been spotted along a 6,000 km path …
smog from the forest fires that have been raging in the Indonesian provinces of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya and Java for the last three-four months has spread to five more Indonesian cities. At the beginning of November, 25 cities in the country were covered by the smog. By the …
The forest fires in Indonesia that have been raging for more than two months are spreading further in the provinces of Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the Borneo island) and Sulawesi. The National Coordination Centre for Ground Fire Control, Jakarta, was quoted by the state-run Antara news agency …
the vast curtain of smog that has enveloped six countries in Southeast Asia has, ironically, uncovered the ground realities of the economic boom of the region that had become a phenomenon by itself. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
The smog had spread to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, The Philippines and Thailand covering a population of 70 million. On September 26, all the 234 people on aboard a jetliner died when it crashed before landing in northwest Indonesia. Visibility was poor due to the smog. An Indian cargo ship …
Who is behind the fires fouling Southeast Asia's air is the question uppermost in every urbanite's mind today. For urbanites forest have always been picnic spots, cute little patches of greenery with a harmless rabbit, squirrel or tiger tucked away in a corner of the photograph for special effects. The …
Nearly 2,500 ha of forests have been devastated following fires in Lampung in the last two months. Last year, fires destroyed nearly 1,439 ha of forest's area, which accounted for about 13.92 per cent of the forests destroyed throughout the country. During 1994, nearly 7,401 ha of Lampung's 1.2 million …
The smoke coming out of the south-eastern corner of the Amazon has badly affected the region, causing nosebleeds and forcing airports to close for days. The countless fires in the Amazon rain forest are conducted to make way for cattle pasture. Environmentalists say the fires are a part of increasing …
on the face of it, fire is damaging. But as far as ecology goes, it may prove to be constructive. One of the products of fire, charcoal, is an inert addition to soil that has more of physical rather than chemical effects. Yet it is well known that charcoal can …
SAURABH BHATTACHARYA a stinging slap on the face of the mini stry of environment and forests ( mef) . That is precisely how one should term the report of the present Parliamentary Standing Committee (psc) on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, on the ministry’s demands for grants for 1996-97. …
In the summer of 1995, the hills of Pauri Garhwal and Kumaon were witness to extensive forest fires. The conflagration decimated a massive forest area and at the same time, underscored the total collapse of the so-called Modern Forest Fire Control project and the hi-tech Air Operation Wing ( aow …
From the time it was formed during 1991-92, Project Elephant has not done much by way of conserving either the elephant or its habitat. At least one elephant is still killed every day, according to the psc report. There has not been any significant rise in elephant population. Habitat loss …
the slightest spark in a forest could turn into a major inferno, engulfing the entire vegetation in flames. This happens when the forest fire heats the air above it and fierce, high-speed winds cause the flames to spread. But surprisingly, scientists who study the behaviour of fires have rarely collaborated …
SEVERAL thousand hectares of forests were destroyed in big wildfires that raged across southwest us in the beginning of May. A raging blaze which broke out in the 1,16-million-ha Tonto forest in Arizona, was brought under control after hundreds of firefighters battled it out for more than a week. The …
THE devastating fire which raged through Greece in July ravaging its precious pine and fir forests, might now lead to the flooding of capital Athens. The 3-day fire burnt down forests on 10,000 acres of land to ashes, spelling doom for the city in its wake; forestry experts predict repeated …
NO entry for agni (fire) here. This was the message the villagers of Patial, in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, had for the fire-ravaged hills of neighbouring Himachal and Uttar Pradesh. Its very own fire brigade, tempered by decades of fire prevention rather than fighting, ensured that the Patial forests remained unscathed. …
Jagir Singh Patiali, 65, is the undisputed leader of the village community in Patial. Although he never held any official post, he has taken up a number of local issues, and spearheaded the forest protection system. Jagir still holds out with hope. What is the force behind this cooperation in …
There are many reasons attributed to the groundfires that incinerated vast oak and pine forest tracts in Pauri Garhwal starting the 3rd week of May. The one among them that stands head and shoulders over the jagged, smouldering stumps of trees is human disenchantment with the laws of the land, …
