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 …
No ruining reserve forest.No ruining reserve forest. Bengaluru: The forest department has shot down the government's proposal to construct a 100-acre legislators' township in the Kadugodi plantation in Whitefield, saying it can't come up in a reserve forest. On November 18, Deepika Bajpayee, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Bengaluru Urban, …
To check the intensity of global warming and deforestation across the state, Delta authorities have commenced planting of no fewer than 50, 000 trees’ in various towns across the 25 Local councils in the state. The state government also disclosed that three illegal saw millers were recently arrested within Oghara …
MUMBAI: Intending to fight against global warming, climate change issues and to save the environment, the state government has decided to plant trees on a large scale. The government has set a target of 50 crore saplings to be planted over the next three years--from 2017 up to 2019. A …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of mining in forest areas, 21/11/2016. Mining activities in forest areas per se affect biodiversity. While according prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for mining projects in forest areas, the Central Government assesses the impact …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of mining in forest areas, 21/11/2016. Mining activities in forest areas per se affect biodiversity. While according prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for mining projects in forest areas, the Central Government assesses the impact …
Adopting technologies and practices that can help make surface mining more environmentally sustainable was the focus of a two-day national seminar hosted by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India. The seminar, which was organised at the Neyveli Learning and Development Centre, as part of NLC’s ongoing diamond jubilee celebrations, also …
Three special sessions, focusing on initiatives taken on afforestation and sustainable transportation in the country, was organised at the Indian pavilion on the third day of the crucial global summit on climate change at Marrakech in Morocco. During the first session on 'Afforestation and REDD+', experts said that the government …
Environment minister Imran Hussain on Thursday reviewed the performance of all greening agencies in the capital to check the status of their target of planting 10 lakh saplings this year in Delhi. In the meeting — which was attended by officials from several government agencies including the forest department, horticulture …
70.37 lakh trees planted in state this year, says government The J&K; Government’s Forest and Environment Department has undertaken a “mission afforestation” to recover the lost forest cover, which is thought to have triggered the 2014 deluge. To reverse the climate change effects, Forest and Environment Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh …
KOCHI: Expressing concerns about environmental problems in the state, popular actor Salim Kumar had once said that if at least a half of the trees planted as part of afforestation drives in the past 10 years survived, Kerala would have been a dense forest. The statistics available with the Social …
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma received the award for the Most Improved State (small states category) in Education and the Best State Award in environment (small states) at ITC Maurya in New Delhi at the India Today States of the States Conclave. An official statement said the annual India …
KOHIMA: Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang has informed the state government’s decision to declare 2017 as the “Year of Plantation” in order to revive the ecosystem and maintained that his government was fully committed to protecting and conserving forests and wildlife. Addressing the ‘Awareness Campaign on Mitigation of Human-Animal Conflict,’ …
All banking institutions in India may soon chip in to increase India's forest cover in a coordinated manner. If the environment ministry has its way, all banks will be asked to join the central and the state governments in their ongoing efforts of afforestation. The move will be part of …
AURANGABAD: The civic body on Thursday started axing some trees on the around 17-acre land near Mahatma Gandhi Mission (MGM) to level the ground for constructing a memorial of Bal Thackeray. The land, which is a part of green-zone, was looked after by the MGM for the past three decades …
PANAJI: Looking to create a sustainable future, the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa, has developed two technical proposals for research in bamboo application and technology. The institute, with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as its research partner, will focus on quantification of noise reduction and carbon dioxide absorption …
NEW DELHI: If the environment ministry has its way, all banks will be asked to join the state and the central governments in their ongoing efforts to increase forest cover in the country. The move will be part of one of the 10 ways, identified by the Centre, to reach …
NASHIK: The forest department has begun preparations to generate seedlings for the massive tree plantation drive to be conduced over the next three years. The forest department will have to generate 170 lakh seedlings to be used over the next three years. The seedlings will be generated through NREGA (National …
Nagpur: The forest department is undertaking the first ever carbon stock assessment to gauge the benefits from the record-breaking 2.81 crore tree plantations done in July. It will also assess the survival rate of these newly planted trees using a special mobile phone app and remote sensing applications that are …
Extensive vegetation restoration projects have been widely implemented on the Loess Plateau, China, since 1998. In addition, increasing attention has been paid to the influence of revegetation on soil water. However, the response of the soil water content (SWC) to vegetation construction and management has not been adequately studied. In …
BHOPAL: Carbon emitted by heavy duty road transport is a major problem for commuters themselves and the people dwelling nearby Highways, also adding to the air pollution. One may be thinking that plantation along is just enough but its not. National highways of India, spread across 1,00,089 kilometers of the …
