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 …
With the Supreme Court clearing the decks for the release of the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds, the Environment Ministry has now set a target of bringing six million hectares of degraded forests under regenerated forest cover through afforestation across the country in the next few years. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to plant five crore saplings in the State during the year. This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday at the Secretariat. The saplings will be planted on 1.15 lakh hectare under various schemes of the Forest …
KOHIMA, July 12: Refuting all allegations that land in a reserved forest in Mon district has been grabbed, the State Government today clarified that the land would be used for bamboo plantation under Nagaland Bamboo Mission by involving poor farmers of his assembly constituency. Forest Minister M C Konyak told …
Members of the foundation during the plantation drive in Dhanbad on Sunday. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, July 12: Showing the way to others, a group of students of Dhanbad has taken up the spade for green cause. These students, part of the Foundation for Freshen
Concerned over the rapid depletion in forest cover in Karnataka, a city based NGO has started a unique 'million trees' project supported by corporates covering all districts and addressing factors like changing climatic condition, erratic rainfall pattern, high carbon emissions and loss of water bodies. Karnataka at present has just …
Two categories of planting are being promoted VILLUPURAM: With a view to extending green cover, the Forest Department has embarked upon planting saplings on private lands, according to P.Varadaraj, Conservator of Forests, Villupuram region. Speaking at a gathering of farmers here, Mr. Varadaraj said that under the scheme, farmers were …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest Minister Binoy Viswam on Wednesday said that planting more trees was the only way to tackle global warming. He was speaking after inaugurating a Tree Planting Campaign as part of IT Kerala
The Congress Party has decided to take up a massive tree plantation programme in the State. Congress workers would do tree plantation in 42 panchayats and eight municipal areas in which around 50000 saplings would be planted during this drive, declared Congress State President, Subhash Shirodkar at a press conference …
Ludhiana: In a major tree plantation drive, at least 5,000 trees will be planted tomorrow in Sarabha village led by Manpreet Singh Ayali, chairman of the Zila Parishad. The drive will cover the rural areas in the entire district before the financial year ends. Ayali said at least 35,000 trees …
The climate change bill being drafted in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to succeed unless it gives farmers and ranchers a role in locking carbon into the land, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday. Vilsack said a carbon-offset program that pays landowners for practices like tree-planting and reduced tillage …
BHUBANESWAR: A whopping 25 lakh saplings were planted across Orissa on Tuesday as part of the afforestation drive by the Forest Department. The plantation activities were held across 205 forest locations in the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced it at a Vanomahotsav function yesterday. Public, school and college …
Zilla panchayat chief executive officer G V Rangarao opined that development programmes should be formulated with safeguarding the eco system. He was speaking at a programme organised to plant saplings by Zilla Panchayat, district administration, forest department, advocates association, here at the SNR hospital on Saturday. It is being felt …
District and sessions judge Mohan Sreepada Sankolli pined that global warming has considerably risen due to the destruction of nature. District and sessions judge Mohan Sreepada Sankolli opined that global warming has considerably risen due to the destruction of nature. He was speaking after planting a sapling at the premises …
Q&A;: Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi July 5, 2009, 0:35 IST Jairam RameshWe pay lip service to environment protection and have to learn to say no, Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister, tells Sreelatha Menon. Over the last five years, the environment ministry was …
In an attempt to encourage people to plant saplings on private land, the Forest department has instituted the Kanshi Ram Conservation award. Forest Minister Fateh Bahadur Singh announced the institution of the award at the inauguration of the Van Mahotsav at Vardaan Khand of Gomti Nagar here on Wednesday. The …
THE rains were late this year and yet we find old trees that are a matured eco-system, being cut for urban needs. Before it is too late, we need to plant as many of these rain inducers as possible and continue taking care of them so they grow well for …
Those visiting The Hindu office to place ads will be given the option to choose seeds or saplings PROMOTING GREEN DRIVE: Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University P. Murugesa Boopathy (second right) launching the
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today underlined the need for concerted effort to conserve green cover, and to take measures to combat climate change. Speaking at a function to observe the 60th Vana Mahotsav, he announced that a new coordinated body involving forest, tourism and industry would be formed to utilize …
