Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Markendeyrao Wahane Vs Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board & Others dated 19/09/2022. The Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board had set up a chemical treatment plant for bamboo processing within the Gorewada reserve forest, Nagpur, Maharashtra without forest clearance. Thus, the board …
This paper details work being carried out at the Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat (Assam) on genetic conservation and improvement of economically important bamboo species.
KOHIMA, Aug 29: Hectic preparations are on for the observance of World Bamboo Congress at the heritage village Kisama from September 16-18. An offcial has saiod that the Tourism Department, departments of Art & Culture, Horticulture etc are coordinating with Nagaland Bamboo Mission for the upcoming event. Nagaland Bamboo Mission …
Bamboo is an important part of rural livelihood in a developing country like India. Due to its versatile nature and multiple uses, it is also called 'poor man's timber'. Though it grows tall like a tree, it belongs to the grass family.
AIZAWL, July 26: The relationship between plagues of rats and bamboo flowering was the focus of a workshop held in Mizoram. At the workshop, Dr F Lalnunmawia, an assistant professor at Mizoram University
Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) Majumder (dolu bamboo) is a thin-walled sympodial moderate size to large tufted bamboo. The species is distributed in the moist semi-evergreen forests of northeast India (Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram) to Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh1. This is a dominant bamboo species in …
Scientific classifications can sometimes lead to tricky situations. Bamboos are as much carbon as trees and some of them grow really quick sequestering carbon dioxide faster than the trees. So one would expect bamboos to be plants of choice for climate change mitigation. But because they are taxonomically classified as …
PATNAGARH: For generations they have been weaving magic, from bamboo. But, traditional bamboo workers are now close to breaking and the onslaught of substitute materials and government policies since past some decades have driven bamboo weavers to poverty and starvation. The bamboo artisans of Kolpada in Khaprakhol block under Balangir …
RUDRA BISWAS Ranchi, June 27: Former Union rural development secretary K.B. Saxena today called upon villagers to oppose moves by corporates and the state forest department to plant bamboo, eucalyptus and other exotic varieties of trees on village lands.
Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Sartaj Singh has said strict action will be taken for protecting forests and forest land and no compromise will be made against forest crimes. Mr Singh was reviewing departmental works with Bhopal forest circle at Prashasan Academy here yesterday. He said action will be taken against …
& bamboo plantation doing the trick Jamshedpur, June 22: The tusker tally in the Dhalbhum forest division has touched a new high, courtesy massive bamboo plantation and water harvesting. According to the report of a three-day survey conducted in April, the number of elephants in Dhalbhum stands at 39 now
A recent Supreme Court order allowing bamboo harvesting in sanctuaries could pose a threat to the endangered tigers, feels the government which has decided to seek reconsideration of the direction. A decision in this regard was taken at a recent meeting of the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) chaired …
The Meda families of Koracharahatti (Chandayyanagara) in Thandya here have been depending on basket weaving for their livelihood for generations. Off late shortage of bamboo has been making lives miserable leaving it huighly difficult to make their both ends meet. About 43 Meda families here were weaving baskets and making …
Mendha lekha in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra was one of the first two villages in India to claim community ownership over its forests last December. Six months after they got their forest titles, the tribal villagers find bureaucratic hurdles are hampering their powers under the Forest Rights Act of 2006. …
The lush bamboo bushes have grown in Bhadra reserve forest. These bushes came to light during the elephant census which were held for the last three days in the reserve forest. The bamboo bushes in Bhadra reserve forest. DH photoAccording to forest department officials
Eco-friendly alternative catches the fancy of many colleges with inadequate infrastructure Some colleges in Delhi University have adopted the eco-friendly concept of bamboo classrooms to meet the infrastructure requirement due to an increase in the number of students after the implementation of the OBC quota. These bamboo huts
It will plant bamboo saplings -- which absorbs more carbon than most other plants -- in 1,000 residential buildings in the shopping hub TEXTILE retail major Pothys, in association with British Council, is all set to gift a green lung to T Nagar by planting bamboo saplings, an acknowledged carbon …
Environmental clearance (EC) is likely to pave the way for revival of the defunct Ashok Paper Mill. An application to the effect submitted by Assam Government is pending with the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). Government of Assam has submitted the draft terms of reference along with Techno-economic Feasibility …
Kohima, May 3: A high-level team led by the Director of Agriculture Department of Nagaland and senior officials recently visited various areas of Mokokchung district to assess the bamboo flowering in those areas. Official sources said the team, which has visited the forest areas of the district, found that the …
