Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Sarikah Atreya The Union Forest and Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has expressed confidence over the inclusion of Sikkim into the exclusive list of Himalayan States receiving
DINDIGUL: Creation of more green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming and keep the earth cool and make it an ideal place for all living things; traditional agriculture practices will protect cultivable lands. These observations were made at the South Regional Environment Conference …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has targeted afforestation in six million hectares of degraded forest land by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan. In this context, the Government
They know little of the Copenhagen slugfest, but a couple in a Uttar Pradesh village decided to do their bit to check climate change. Sangam Singh and Mandvi Singh of Matond village in UP’s Banda district solemnized their marriage with a pledge to spread the message of climate change mitigation. …
HINDU/CHENNAI/14/01/10 http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/14/stories/2010011458730200.htm Public toilets constructed at 18 locations to be dedicated soon COOL: M.K. Azhagiri, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, at the launch of sapling planting campaign in the city on Wednesday. MADURAI: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, M.K. Alagiri, launched a mega planting of one-lakh tree saplings …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has set 15 conditions for Posco-India before going ahead with its steel project near Paradip. The conditions are mainly general in nature imposed on any transfer of land for such a mega project, but there are some that pertain specifically to the …
NEED OF THE HOUR: A.K. Rajan, chairman, Coastal Aquaculture Authority, right, releasing a handbook and a CD on climate change at a conference in Dindigul on Tuesday. Nature scientist Nammalvar receives it. DINDIGUL: Creation of more green cover by growing a large number of trees will scale down global warming …
BHUBANESWAR: Caught in the crossroads of a mineral-based development path, which takes a toll on its natural resources, the Orissa Government has set itself an ambitious plan to get back its forest cover. Its revised five year perspective plan envisages afforestation over 10 lakh hectare degraded forests so as to …
Over the past eight years, 50 hectares of forest land in Delhi have been diverted permanently for projects like swimming pools, stadia, the Metro airport line, depots, bridges and even a shooting range. Now, compensatory funds for afforestation in lieu of the loss of forests
BHUBANESWAR: Forest Department authorities are annoyed over delay in sanction of projects under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that hampers forestry works. Sources said the forest department submitted as many as 4739 projects involving cost of Rs. 225.72 crores under the NREGS for the 2009-10 financial year. However, only …
This manual has been prepared with the idea to describe the forestry based activities which can be taken up for employment generation under the NREGA by the village people or other grassroots level implementing agencies. The manual consists of seven chapters. The First one gives a brief profile of climate, …
This draft of the first ever individual forest policy for Rajasthan acknowledges fast depleting forest cover. It aims to bring additional 45,000 sq km of area under afforestation & pasture development and says that participation of local community shall be central to forest management. The basic objectives of State Forest …
Mumbai The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation is set to plant 25,000 mangrove saplings to compensate for the trees cut for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP).
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Harbatiyali (Rajkot): When a young man returned after completing his graduation to his native village in 1975, he was shocked to see no trees in his village. He took up the challenge of making his hometown green; and 35 years later the once parched and drought-hit …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the divisional forest officers (DFOs) to settle cases relating to ownership of forest land for forest-dwellers on a priority basis. Addressing the DFO conference at the Secretariat here today, Naveen said that forest officials should give special attention to this matter as the …
After a year-long delay, the State Forest Department has finally embarked on the promotion of bamboo plantation under National Bamboo Mission. As to start, the department has already begun raising nursery in the areas owned by it across the State.
