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 …
A third agency will verify the works undertaken in villages under Hariyali Mahotsava. Besides, responsibility will be fixed for effective implementation of the scheme. After issuance of directives by Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava, the state administration has given instructions in this regard to all the district collectors, …
R. Vimal Kumar Demonstration plot to be established Scientific cultivation to be promoted Tirupur: To augment income-generation activities in rural areas, the Department of Horticulture plans to introduce bamboo cultivation in Tirupur block during the current financial year under the Centre-sponsored National Bamboo Mission. P. Santhanakrishnan, Assistant Director of Horticulture, …
The Watershed Department is all set to distribute 5 lakh sapplings of various plants in Koppa, N R Pura and Sringeri taluks. The department had grown sapplings of silver oak, teak, cashew, acacia and jack at their centres in N R Pura, Kalmakki and Balagadi. The sapplings, which were nurtured …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: In an effort to add more greenery to the otherwise mundane-looking medians in various parts of the city, the Highways Department (city division) has started to plant saplings on several facilities. Several saplings, including crotons, oleander (arali) and phycus are being planted on Anna Salai, Poonamallee …
Sirsa afforestation project gets CDM certification eight remote villages of Haryana have entered the global carbon market. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) registered an afforestation project on the degraded land of these villages as the world
Mumbai The Marine Drive, which lost its treasure of 153 coconut palms to the 2005 makeover, will soon get its glory back, albeit partially. Starting Monday, about 92 dead or stunted trees at the Marine Drive stretch would be uprooted and replaced by new, sturdier trees in an effort to …
In order to preserve and enhance greenery in Madhya Pradesh, a local Non Government Organisation (NGO) has been campaigning in this direction by distributing plants/seeds to common people since five years. NGO Shrinath Seva Society would launch this year's campaign from next month. NGO Secretary Shrikant Joshi said today that …
In order to preserve and enhance greenery in Madhya Pradesh, a local Non Government Organisation (NGO) was campaigning in this direction by distributing plants/seeds to common people since five years. NGO Shrinath Seva Society would launch this year's campaign from next month. NGO Secretary Shrikant Joshi said today that they …
The government of Bangladesh and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement for the implementation of the first-ever field-level project in coastal areas on Saturday, says a press release. Titled 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh', the new project signed in the city directly targets …
Home Secretary-cum-Secretary Education Ram Niwas today held a meeting with heads of various departments regarding tree plantations during monsoon. Conservator of Forests, DPI (Schools), Chief Engineer (Municipal Corporation), Chief Engineer (UT) and Director Health Services attended the meeting. The Conservator of Forests apprised the Home Secretary that overall plantation target …
The Rubber Board has invited applications from rubber growers for assistance in replanting and new planting under the Rubber Plantation Development Scheme. Applications in the prescribed form in duplicate together with two copies of correct survey plan of the land should reach the respective regional offices of the Board. Application …
The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforestation achieved during the 1990s is a cause for concern. This paper looks at the necessity of developing an effective management information system that can contribute meaningfully to the resilience of a jfm system. Identifying …
This document details the IFFDC Wasteland Forestation Project plantations in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The project has assisted farmers, especially women, to promote forestation on wastelands and marginally productive lands by organising Primary Farm Forestry Co-operatives (PFFCs) and thus making it a people's participative programme. …
This paper deals with legal, administrative, social and policy aspects of constraints for people's participation in wastelands afforestation programme. The present study was conducted in three categories of villages of Uttar Pradesh.
India is recognized as one of the countries having the oldest, richest and most diverse cultural traditions associated with the use of herbal medicines. But due to over-harvesting in their natural habitats, many medicinal plants have been put on the endangered list of IUCN. The Tamil Nadu experiment in Vellore …
- SP Jain boys find lac cultivation cure to depleting green cover They can be called the green messiah. At a time when green cover of the state is fast disappearing leading to abnormal rise in temperature, two students of SP Jain Institute of Management of Research, Mumbai, have come …
