Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
As temperatures soar, forests blaze and houses burn, the media and public may be forced to face up to the reality of a changing climate, says Max A. Moritz.
Desert sand, sea salt, volcanic ash and other forms of natural pollution are adding to rising levels of man-made dirt sullying the air and making it harder, especially for Mediterranean countries, to meet EU environmental regulations. A report released this week from EU body the European Environment Agency (EEA) found …
Minister for Forests, Sports and Cinema K. B. Ganesh Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government proposed to take up programmes to regenerate forest cover. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for forest, the Minister said that the Department was undertaking regeneration of natural vegetation …
The world's densest population of orangutans is set to be "extinguished" by a massive new wave of fires that is clearing large tracts of a peat swamp forest in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists have warned. Environmentalists claim that satellite images show a huge surge in forest blazes across …
Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday. "What we're seeing is a window into what global warming really looks like," …
SHIMLA: Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox - literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over Rs.2 crore (over $400,000) spread over 20,000 hectares has been destroyed in forest fires in just two months this year. A forest department …
1,300 Fire Cases Till June, More Jungle Areas Hit Than In Past 2 Yrs After a few years of relative calm, fi res have again ravaged the forests of Uttarakhand this summer. More blazes were reported and more forest area affected this season than the past two years put together, …
Shimla: Forest fires in Himachal Pradesh have destroyed more than 20,000 acres of forest land and caused a loss of more than Rs 2.6 cr of green property in three weeks. The fires, which first started in the Hamirpur circle, were later also reported in the forests of Shimla, Nahan …
Shimla: Devastating forest fires have become a normal phenomenon during summers due to the changing climate, thanks to the failure of the government to implement the measures recommended by the Khosla Committee to prevent blazes which are no longer confined to pine forests and even engulfing oak and deodar forests. …
Task forces formed to curtail illegal activities in jungles, especially at night The State Forest department aims to curb forest fires, encroachment of forest land, poaching of animals and smuggling of wood from the jungles with ‘Operation Kalabhairava’. Personnel associated with the operation will keep a close vigil over the …
Brisk showers, accompanied by thunder, lashed parts of the state this afternoon. These not only provided much-needed relief from the oppressive heat, but also helped douse numerous forest fires raging in mid and lower hill areas of the state. The showers lasting for almost two hours caused the mercury to …
Fire crews on the attack against flames roaring through national forests in New Mexico and Colorado gained ground in both blazes on Tuesday, though thousands of evacuees remained unable to return to their homes, officials said. The larger of the two blazes, now ranked as the third biggest on record …
Climate change will make wildfires in the West, like those now raging in parts of Colorado and New Mexico, more frequent over the next 30 years, researchers reported on Tuesday. More broadly, almost all of North America and most of Europe will see an increase in wildfires by the year …
Come summer and the forests of Uttarakhand become vulnerable to a dreaded phenomenon, which has been occurring down the centuries, named fire. The fires usually break out between March and June (fire season) in the coniferous chir pine forests in the 1000-1800m (altitude) range, with many of them caused by …
A forest fire broke out Saturday morning on a nature reserve in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, local authorities said. The fire remained out of control as of 12:00 pm, local forest fire prevention authorities said. Nearly 6,300 people have been mobilized to extinguish the fire, …
Huge fire erupted on Tuesday on Margalla Hills near sector F-5, encompassing large chunk of forest area, besides affecting flora and fauna. The fire erupted in the afternoon and engulfed an area of about one kilometre. Clouds of smoke could be been seen miles away from the site of the …
The fire in the Nilgala forest reserve in Pitikumbura, Bibile in the Moneragala District, which broke out on Monday afternoon, was brought under control within hours with the help of villagers and three teams of forest officer. The fire had scorched ten acres of mainly medicinal trees, Divisional Forest Officer …
Fires have wreaked havoc on the vulnerable pine forests in Mandi and other districts of hill State Himachal Pradesh, resulting in loss of invaluable forest wealth, besides widespread environmental degradation. Many forests in Mandi and the adjoining districts of Kulu, Kangra, Bilaspur and Hamirpur have been engulfed by fire in …
A wildfire in Gila national forest burned through more timber and brush lands as it forced the evacuation of residents living near a privately owned ghost town in south-western New Mexico, officials said. Fueled by strong, erratic winds, the Whitewater-Baldy complex fire burning through rugged and remote terrain grew Saturday …
Timber worth millions of rupees was destroyed due to wildfires in more than 200 community and national forests in the Chure and Mahabharat areas in the district within the past two weeks. The District Forest Office (DFO) said forest fires engulfed more than 100 community forests in Alitali, Sirsha and …
