Trees

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …

JU to cut trees to stop illegal tree felling

The Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have initiated a move to bring down a few hundred trees on the campus in a bid to, what they said, stop illegal tree felling and remove age-old trees detrimental to health, that sparked protest by the students and environmentalists. Environmentalists said it would damage …

150,000 trees to be planted by year end

The target of planting more than 150,000 trees in the city by the end of the year will be achieved through extraordinary efforts. This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while directing the parks department to further speed up the green city campaign and making arrangements for greenery …

Now, a tree thats man-made

Development May Lead To Technology For Heat Transfer, Soil Enrichment Washington: Scientists in the United States have created the world

NGO locks horns with school over cutting tree

Complaint registered with Public Grievance Cell School ready to plant 100 trees for neem tree NEW DELHI: A non-government organisation, Balprada, is at loggerheads with a private school, Gitaratan Jindal School in Sector 7 of Rohini, over the issue of cutting of a neem tree.

Global warming greatest in past decade

Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1,300 years, and, if the climate scientists include the somewhat controversial data derived from tree-ring records, the warming is anomalous for at least 1,700 years. The proxies used …

1,523 trees to be axed to ease traffic

New Delhi, Yet another lot of trees, 1,523 to be precise, are proposed to be axed as part of the Delhi government

Bahuguna rekindles eco consciousness

DH News Service, Sirsi: Soil, water and forest are the basis of human life and they should be conserved for the future generation, environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna said here on Sunday. Addressing a gathering after planting saplings in the premises of Salkani Secondary School to commemorate the silver jubilee year of …

Social forestry, exotic trees and monga (editorial)

All over northern Bangladesh the practice of planting fruit trees in and near homestead and other lands is being undermined in recent decades. This has happened soon after the campaign of Social Forestry Programme publicising planting of certain quick-growing trees supposedly having higher timber-value. Earlier, many fruit-bearing trees have been …

Amazon deforestation up sharply as prices rise

Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months

London unveils climate crisis plan

Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a plan on Friday to help London tackle the challenge of climate change with less carbon dioxide, more trees, better drainage and increased water efficiency. Some 15 percent of London is deemed at high risk from flooding due to global warming - an area including 1.25 …

Nazim, officials charged with illegal tree cutting

The National Accountability Bureau, NWFP, has filed a reference in the accountability court against 13 people, charging them with inflicting a loss of Rs56.577 million to the exchequer through illegal cutting of trees in the Hazara tribal forest division. According to the NAB, the accused, including four employees of the …

BMC proposes to display names of trees for identification

Mumbai, August 27 The BMC has proposed to display the names of the trees on board for easy identification. This has been stated in an affidavit filed by the BMC to the Bombay High Court. The affidavit has been filed by Superintendent of Garden Vijaykumar Dande in response to a …

UN Climate Talks Advance on Forests, Industry

UN climate talks in Ghana are making progress on ways to help developing nations slow deforestation and have eased disputes over use of greenhouse gas targets for industrial sectors, delegates said on Monday. "It's moving pretty well now," Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, told reporters …

Pilot palm tree cultivation project launched in Jessore

A pilot palm tree cultivation project was launched in Jessore on Saturday with a view to encouraging farmers to plant palm trees in a larger way. The commander of the joint force, Lieutenant Colonel M Tanvir Iqbal, inaugurated the project in a ceremony held on the premises of Jhikargachha upazila …

Lost & found

Deepa Kozhisseri Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, have been rediscovered in Uttara Kannada district. Botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen …

Plan to put fossil tree on tourist map

S. Ganesan State has sanctioned Rs.50 lakh for improving infrastructure at the site 100 million-year-old: An ancient fossil tree at Sathanur in Perambalur district. TIRUCHI: The site of over a 100 million-year-old fossil tree, a geological treasure, in the remote village of Sathanur in Perambalur district will soon be a …

Illegal tree felling costs govt Rs87 million

Trees covering almost 95 per cent of the around 28,000 acres of forests in Hyderabad have been illegally felled during the last seven years, says a report. The report, prepared by Hyderabad Forests Conservator Habibullah Nizamani, puts the losses, besides the degradation of the environment owing to deforestation, at over …

Are Delhiites going green?

The city government is on a tree planting drive ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Urban Indians are realizing the problem that is staring at us and therefore concerted efforts are being made to turm the Capital green. After decades of reckless industrialization the environment is back on the nation's …

Found in sacred groves

Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, rediscovered botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen forests of Uttara Kannada district in the Western …

Over 1m trees to be planted

More than one million trees will be planted in Karachi by December this year, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said in a statement issued by the city government. While inspecting trees plantation in various areas of the city, he said that the work to make Karachi green was under way. …

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