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 …
Shifting cultivation has been considered destructive to the ecology, but rarely have constructive solutions been suggested. Several scientists feel the pressure on these ecologically fragile areas will worsen with an increase in population. However, contrary to popular belief, population increase is not always the culprit for deforestation. A review of …
Create a scientific community that can interact with farmers and, on the basis of their study, draft a knowledge database, suggests Ramakrishnan. He feels government agencies should wake up to the unsuccessful trials and adopt better alternatives, "which can be conducted after an extensive study with good background data.' He …
this is an interesting monograph. It combines historical ethnography with archaeology to understand the dynamics of the shifting agricultural system of the mountain dwelling Paharia community. The author employs a field survey conducted in the Rajmahal hills in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand state in India. The main reason …
The Nyungwe forest of Rwanda is being destroyed due to human activities. The forest along Rwanda's southeastern districts of Cyangugu, Kibuye and Butare, used to span over an area of more than 250,000 hectares, but now covers only 87,000 hectares. The forest is famous for its 200 tree species. Athnase …
slash-and-burn farming practised by poor farmers in the Indian Northeast, known as jhum , is often said to be damaging to the environment. This traditional mode of agriculture has been discouraged through several measures. A recent study, one of the very few to scientifically assess the impact of jhum on …
massive flash floods in the Sutlej river have left a trail of destruction in the Shimla, Kullu, Mandi and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. At least 150 people are reported to have been killed and several crore of rupees worth of property damaged in what is being seen as the …
What is traditional ecological knowledge? The agricultural practices of indigenous people perfected over a period of time is termed as traditional ecological knowledge. Most of the farmers have been using this knowledge for making their agricultural production more yielding. Are there instances were such knowledge has not been validated? The …
the ministry for environment and forests has proposed several amendments to the Indian Forest Act enacted in 1927. The proposal has been sent to the Cabinet for approval. Official sources said that the proposed amendment will facilitate setting up of a forest board and make attempts to contain shifting cultivation …
It is difficult to believe that a hardcore politician, who served as the state minister of industries for a decade, could have a "green" facet too. But, Tiameren Aier is one such person. In fact, people who work closely with him will vouchsafe for it. Owner of rubber and teak …
introduced during the 1950s in the Northeast, rubber is proving to be a valuable cash crop for the tribal people who live on shifting cultivation. "The Rubber Board's experience in the Northeast has already proved that tribals pursuing shifting cultivation can be settled by raising rubber plantations,' says development officer …
The Wild Ass Sanctuary in Gujarat is perhaps the only one of its kind in the world, surviving as it does along with pockets of salt manufacturing units and an army firing range. In this
orissa's green cover has shrunk by 1,420 square kilometre (sq km) in the last nine years, bringing down the total forest area from 59,555 sq km in 1990 to 58,135 sq km in 1999, forest department sources said. The biannual report published by the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun in …
The country's forest cover has shrunk by a third in the last 15 years due to illegal logging, slash-and-burn farming methods and felling of trees to make way for plantation crops, according to forest officials. A study by Vietnam Forestry Scientific Institute (vfsi) reveals that natural forest now covers 28 …
Brata Kumar Reang, a farmer from Gachhimpara village of Dashda block in the extremist-dominated Dhalai district of north Tripura has had to barter his son in exchange for just 10 kg of rice. Unable to feed his family, Reang first sold his cattle and when the situation got worse, he …
forests are central to the people of Mizoram and are therefore an important determinant of the quality of their life. The book surveys the environmental history and the complex relation between the people and nature in Mizoram through the colonial, post-independence and the present times. The forest area is delineated …
THE book is a compilation of 42 papers contributed by social, physical and environment scientists who are working with issues that confront the Himalayas. The first three papers deal with the conceptual aspects of human ecology in relation to the environment, from the past to the present, and the effects …
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 …
