Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
A petition seeking directions to revive the glory of sandalwood production in the State came up for hearing in the High Court on Wednesday. The petitioner, C H Basappanavar, a former chief conservator of forest in his PIL has sought directions to create special sandalwood production divisions in each of …
LUCKNOW: The quality of forest areas in Uttar Pradesh is on the wane. A survey taken up by forest officials on a 10,000 hectare area of reserve forest land in the state has acted as an eye-opener on how fast the deterioration is setting in. At least 11,000 cattle were …
KOKRAJHAR, June 21: The Department of Forest on Saturday morning seized a good quantity of smuggled valuable timbers from the house of one Sahidul Hoque, at Hasraobari under Dhaligaon PS in Chirang district. According to the sources, the department seized 350 cft which may cost upto 2.5 lakh. The valuable …
BAIHATA CHARIALI, June 18: The Forest Department seized a huge amount of timer yesterday morning at 3 am at Baihata Chariali which was illegally transported in a truck. According to a source, Dalgaon Forest Beat officer Samsul Haque and a team, acting on a secret information seized the timber from …
Sandhya Hegde Almane Once, the Bachagaon forest region was famous for theft of timbers. Today, though, it is a plantation full of greenery. All thanks to the Bachagaon village forest committee (VFC), which has become a model to other VFCs by providing firewood to villagers and income to the committee …
Supratim Dey / Kolkata/ Guwahati June 15, 2009, 0:29 IST Germany has come forward to fund a 15 million euro Tripura government project for socio-economic development of tribals and forest resource management. The project, which would be implemented by the state government over a period of six years, would be …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore,DH News Service: Hidden from the public glare, the City-based Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre and College (South) has set an example in eco-preservation by converting its sprawling 720 acre campus on HAL airport road into a home for as many as 5,000 sandalwood trees, a variety …
Sreenivas Janyala Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0134 hrs IST Hyderabad: Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Thursday pulled up Forest Department officials over reports of rampant felling and smuggling of red sanders (red sandal wood) trees from the state
This paper provides an overview of the possible steps and requirements needed to develop and implement a monitoring system for estimating emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from changes in forest cover, and assessing the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. It provides …
Reserve forests in coastal areas of Patuakhali, especially in Kalapara and Galachipa upazilas, are gradually disappearing as organised gangs are stealing away timber allegedly in connivance with a section of forest department staff and law enforcers. Besides, a large number of trees are dying due to unknown diseases allegedly caused …
CHANDIGARH: Distressed by the shocking findings of enquiry reports on illegal mining in ecologically fragile lower Shivalik hill areas falling in districts of Yamunanagar, Ambala and Panchkula, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the state government to lay out an environmental impact assessment blueprint before pushing ahead with …
P.Oppili Needs immediate fencing to protect it from encroachment Wild wonder: An insectivorous plant found in Nanmangalam forest. CHENNAI: The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10 km from Velachery, is home to some of the rare territorial orchids, according to a recent study. The State Forest Department has entrusted …
Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir today demanded dismissal of Police and Forest officials who set ablaze more than 30 houses of nomadic Gujjars at village Karnala Chak on the banks of river Tawi adjoining Vikram Chowk in Jammu yesterday. The community alleged that brute use of force at an isolated …
KOKRAJHAR, May 7: The felling of valuable trees at Ripu and Chirang Reserve Forests in Kokrajhar district and smuggling is continuing unabated despite BTC Forest Department has taken initiatives to check it. The Dotma-Serfanguri-Shialmari road is one of the vital transporting road of illegal timbers carried from Eastern Range of …
