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 …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today launched the Rs 310 crore Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Climate Proofing project at Satobari. The project aims at minimising and mitigating the effects of climate change. It will also enhance the adaptive capacity of local communities. It is being launched with German collaboration and funding …
For the first time, the core Mood-I team has made a conscious effort to make the fest a paperless one, in a bid to do their bit for the environment. Every edition of Mood Indigo (Mood-I) — IIT-Bombay’s annual cultural festival — is known to bring in some innovation or …
This report gives a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint analysis on a selection of industrial bamboo products. The LCA is made for cradle-to-gate, plus the end-of-life stages of the bamboo products. For end-of-life it is assumed that 90% of the bamboo products are incinerated in an electrical power plant, …
Officials Say Works Delayed, Should Only Report Numbers To Forest Dept The public works department has moved the government with a plea that it should be made exempt from applying for tree cutting permission for projects. Citing delay in projects due to first having to apply to the forest department …
KOCHI: The greens have taken up the cudgels against Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA), alleging that the development authority was destroying mangroves at Mundamveli as part of its new tourism development project. "GCDA has been developing about 15 acres of land owned by them in the region. These areas are …
A NEW comprehensive plan was unveiled last week by International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and its 41 Member States including Nigeria to unlock the potential of bamboo and rattan for rural communities – to create local economic growth, new income streams, regenerate degraded lands and forests. The global …
NAINITAL: To promote safe housing which will be fire, water and quake-proof, the forest department is planning to promote a hybrid of bamboo, called 'Reinforcement Compact Bamboo Material' or 'Bullet proof Bamboo Board', which is currently being used to build army bunkers. The material, commonly known as defensive grade, is …
Arunachal Pradesh will soon ink Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Hindustan Paper Corporation to help potential bamboo growers in the state. Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resource Development Agency (APBRDA) Vice-chairman Yora Tagung informed that the agency on behalf of the state government would sign an MoU …
SHIMLA: Keeping in view the multiple uses of bamboo and its products, Himachal Pradesh's forest department will soon launch a bamboo-based livelihood project, it was announced on Thursday. The project will be based on people participation through integration by involving forest, agriculture and animal husbandry departments and corporations like state …
The County Government of Busia is partnering with Kenya Forestry Research Institute to promote bamboo planting as a conservation measure towards restoration of environment, County Executive member has disclosed. Speaking to Africa Science News in his office, Benard Yaite, C.E.M for Natural Resources, Water and Environment said the county is …
One of the questions raised was whether Government has received any proposal to declare Bamboo a grass or to amend the Indian Forest Act, 1927 for changing Bamboo from tree to grass and notifying it as non-timber forest produce, if so, the details thereof.
The present study evaluated bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) based resource conservation in the Yamuna ravines at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ravine lands are highly degraded dry lands and 3.97 m ha area is affected by ravines in India. One ravine …
SHILLONG: Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the State Government will be able to take a call on the demand to re-define ‘forest’ again only after holding a consultation with the three Autonomous District Councils. “We had drawn the current definition after taking the views of the district …
Social organization Shramik Elgar launched 'Bamboo Mukti Satyagraha' on Thursday by chopping bamboos from the forest with the help of villagers of Mohadi. The move was aimed at seeking supply of low-cost green bamboos at cheaper rates for craftsmen of Burad community. Bowing to their agitation, the forest department has …
Maharashtra has finally decided to liberate bamboo from strict restrictions of the forest department purview. A new policy initiative was approved by the state cabinet at its meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. One of the major highlights would do undo curbs on growing, cutting and transport of specified bamboo species …
Nagpur: Vidarbha Bamboo Mission (VBM), a forum of artisans, growers, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and others working for promotion and development of bamboo, has moved prime minister Narendra Modi for setting up a National Bamboo Development Board (NBDB) on the lines of National Coir Board to monitor and develop bamboo sector across …
Asks states to register growth, felling and sale of timber at local levels, instead of blanket bans In a bid to liberalise the “permit raj” governing agro-forestry, the Union environment ministry has issued guidelines to simplify the rules for growing, felling and transportation of trees grown on private lands. The …
Surkhet, July 28: Around 12,000 saplings of different species have been planted at Deutibajyai Community Forest at Latikoili VDC in Surkhet district. The Deutibajyai Community Forest Users' Group, Latikoili, and Sub-Committee, Charkune, jointly planted the saplings at different period. The forest lies at chure area. Saplings of different species including …
A major paper mill in the Northeast, which depends on the coal from Meghalaya for producing paper, is facing the threat of closure following the NGT ban on mining and transportation of coal. Cachar Paper Mill, a unit of Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd, a Government of India enterprise located in …
