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 …
a long-drawn battle between local villagers and forest officials of the Melghat Tiger Reserve (mtr) in Maharashtra's Amaravati district has once again been brought to light by a fire that scorched the mtr's Dhargad range on April 3, 2005. About 480 hectares (ha) of the forest was engulfed in the …
Hundreds of forest fires in the dry jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia's Sumatra island and Singapore have put a thick blanket of smoke over many Southeast Asian cities. Although a little less in intensity than the haze that covered the region nearly a decade ago, this dark cloud has its share …
High-temporal resolution meteorological output from the Parallel Climate Model (PCM)is used to assess changes in wildland fire danger across the western United States due to climatic changes projected in the 21st century. A business-as-usual scenario incorporating changing greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations until the year 2089 is compared to a …
come the summer and reports of raging forest fires start trickling in from various parts of the country. This year has been no different. A series of blazes broke out in Karnataka, especially in the Muthodi reserved forest of Chikmagalur district and Nagarhole National Park in Kodagu (Coorg) district. Uttaranchal's …
Southern California Forest Fires Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, usa, this month: The Washington Post reported that the fire "whipped' the us Senate into granting preliminary bipartisan approval to a bill that aims to expand forest-thinning operations and limit …
the intense heatwave that baked much of Europe for weeks has convinced many people about the changing climate. "We have not seen such an extended period of dry weather and sunny days since 1870,' says Michael Knobelsdorf, a meteorologist at the German Weather Service. "These extremes are happening at short …
wildfires that scorched parts of Indonesian forests in 1997 spewed as much carbon into the atmosphere as the planet's biosphere absorbs in a year. This claim has been made by researchers of uk-based University of Leicester. According to them, the forest fires released about 2.6 billion metric tonnes of carbon, …
Part I: Untapped data Four consecutive years of drought have brought home a lesson that the people of Hamirpur district and its neighbouring districts in Himachal Pradesh have learnt well. These areas had started receiving piped water supply from the government and gave up on their traditional water harvesting structures. …
GEOENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN HIMALAYA . Bindhy Wasini Pandey . Published by Mittal Publications . New Delhi . 2002 . 430 pages This book is a research-based analysis of the geomorphic and hydrological hazards in the upper Beas basin of the Himalaya together with their mapping and mitigation strategies. It describes …
Forewarned is forearmed. With this motto, Argentina has embarked on a mission to launch two Earth observation satellites so that it is alerted against environmental threats. Named Saocom 1 and 2, the satellites are supposed to improve the management of emergencies such as forest fires, droughts and floods. While monitoring …
A P Mitra couldn't believe it. He along with 200-odd scientists from India, Europe, Maldives and the us was conducting an intensive six-week field experiment in 1999 to study the effect of airborne tiny particles called aerosols on climate. The tropical Indian Ocean, where clean air from the southern Indian …
soil dust: Is a main source of aerosols in sub-tropical and tropical regions. About 50 per cent of dust aerosols arises from disturbed soil surfaces. sea salt: In marine areas with high winds, sea salt aerosols may be mainly responsible for both light scattering and forming clouds. industrial dust: Transportation, …
RAINFALL Aerosols may be reducing rainfall and threatening the Earth's fresh water supplies, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego. "Initially we thought that aerosols were mainly a cooling agent, offsetting global warming. Now we find that these have a big impact on the water budget of the …
Where does the black carbon in the haze layer come from? The sources of black carbon are incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning. But the contribution from each source is uncertain. Perhaps 40-60 per cent of the black carbon present in the haze can be attributed to biomass …
Water moves into the atmosphere on evaporation from oceans, rivers and other waterbodies. When the air containing water vapour cools below a critical temperature, it condenses into droplets. But it needs a surface to condense on and particulates provide such a surface. If these water droplets are very small, they …
Since the American Dust Bowl of 1930 when grasslands, made fragile by unchecked agriculture and sustained drought, were swept by severe dust storms, researchers have studied health effects of aerosols. A rise of 10 microgrammes per cubic metre (
Scientists are yet to unravel all the mysteries about the tiny and yet complex three-dimensional particles. Key details about their properties and their effects remain elusive. So far, it has not been possible to make reliable measurements to determine their distribution and properties on a global scale. Large uncertainties remain …
Between July 1997 and November 1997, forest fires on islands in Indonesia created smoke that spread over seven nations and was responsible for a plane crash in Sumatra and an oil vessel collision in the strait of Malacca due to low visibility. If there is a forest, there will be …
on june 10, 2002, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean) signed the first ever agreement on transboundary haze pollution to deal with the recurring smoke and haze problem in their region. The pact places the onus of taking concrete steps to curb smog from land and forest fires …
In a glaring case of carelessness sparking a calamity, campfires turned into billowing blazes that spread to five Colorado counties and scorched more than 25 hectares across the state. The wildfires raged with such intensity that these counties had to be completely sealed off. The inferno destroyed 3,700 homes and …
