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 …
The -State forest department has launched a unique policy aiming at income generation of the unemployed people as well as the youth of the state by using various species of local bamboo available in the region. As part of this
Refuting all allegations that land in a reserved forest in Mon district has been grabbed, the Nagaland Government clarified that the land would be used for bamboo plantation under Nagaland Bamboo Mission by involving poor farmers. Forest Minister Konyak said that 700 acres of land would be used to supply …
KOHIMA, July 12: Refuting all allegations that land in a reserved forest in Mon district has been grabbed, the State Government today clarified that the land would be used for bamboo plantation under Nagaland Bamboo Mission by involving poor farmers of his assembly constituency. Forest Minister M C Konyak told …
Cane and bamboo industry in the North East is expected to get further impetus with a Cane and Bamboo Technology Park (CBTP) that is coming up at Byrnihat under the aegis of the North Eastern Council (NEC). The ambitious project estimated to cost Rs 497.63 lakh will be implemented by …
Bamboo with its multifarious utility plays an important role in food and nutritional security of the tribal population in North-East India besides industrial value. Most of the tree improvement in bamboo is based on phenotypic selection followed by clonal multiplication. Since bamboo flowers rarely sexual propagation based improvement has limited …
R. Vimal Kumar Demonstration plot to be established Scientific cultivation to be promoted Tirupur: To augment income-generation activities in rural areas, the Department of Horticulture plans to introduce bamboo cultivation in Tirupur block during the current financial year under the Centre-sponsored National Bamboo Mission. P. Santhanakrishnan, Assistant Director of Horticulture, …
Flowering of bamboo is a botanical enigma. The factors responsible for this are still not clearly established. Bamboos flower only once and die after flowering to regenerate from seeds1. The strange phenomenon of simultaneous flowering in bamboo clumps in vast areas is called gregarious flowering and causes ecological havoc. (Correspondence)
Northeast India, being situated in the transition zone of Indian, Indo-Malayan and Indo-Chinese biogeographic regions, harbour a rich biological diversity, which is a well known fact. This is also a transition zone between the low-lying Indian peninsula and highlands of Himalayan mountain which also makes it an abode of diverse …
Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission (PC) has said that Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc) is playing a vital role in innovative agricultural research and lauded the efforts of agricultural scientists. He showed keen interest in alternative agricultural experimentation while witnessing the organic wheat fields, fruit orchards, Kalonji …
As horticulture department embarks on promotion activities A short in the arm: Farmers in the district have started taking up bamboo cultivation under the National Bamboo Mission.
Bamboos dying in large numbers on the hills of Jarey gewog in Lhuentse worry villagers, who depend on the plant for roofing and other domestic purposes. About 150 houses in the gewog with 221 households have bamboo roofing, while others use bamboo to roof animal sheds and make products for …
At Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Scientists Study Possibilities Of Hybridization & Mutation Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN New Delhi: Traditionally associated with a rise in rat population, destruction of standing crops and advent of famine, there is no fun in flowering of the bamboo. However, at the city
Bamboos are the important component in the traditional land use systems of Barak Valley. The traditional practice of village bamboo management in the homegarden system was studied in the Cachar district of Barak Valley, Assam. Utilization of village bamboos for fulfilling basic rural necessitate supports the maintenance of village bamboo …
The paper presents the findings of 7year long field trial of a fodder plantation technique specially designed for enrichment of wildlife habitats by biological displacement of Lantana cover by bamboo in a Lantana-infested area. The field trial was carried out between 1995-96 and 2002-03 in Rajaji National Park.
MUMBAI: Repeated fires at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli have left officials flummoxed and a dead bamboo plantation is adding to the problem. "Nearly 25 hectares of the forest land has been burnt in the fires that started last week. On Mahashivratri day, there was a huge fire …
An experiment on the influence of tree cover on physical properties of soil was carried out at Instructional Farm, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari (Gujarat) under twelve-years old plantation during the year 2002-2003. The soil samples were collected from three depths (0-30, 30-60, 60-90 cm). Maximum improvement in …
