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 …
In an ambitious attempt to rejuvenate mangroves in Mumbai, the state government is about to launch a Rs 50 lakh mangrove plantation programme covering 60 hectares across the city this weekend. On Saturday, volunteers armed with pickaxes and shovels will enter mangrove areas abutting the Eastern Express Highway to remove …
The report indicates that two-thirds of Indian families, or 166 million households, still use solid fuel traditional stoves and will continue to do so over the next decade, leading to 875,000 premature and avoidable deaths annually from indoor air pollution. It also notes that more widespread uptake of clean cookstoves …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is giving final touches to a plan that will insist on full forest clearance for the entire mining lease area, instead of granting clearance to a smaller section of the lease area where actual mining is proposed to take place, sources told The Indian …
Teak, Oak Among Those Cut On Designated CA Site Bangalore: Close to 3,000 fullgrown trees were cut down late last week on a 10-acre land on the outskirts of the city. Land is part of Plot No. 40, Doddanekkundi II Stage, near Whitefield. A neighbouring company, Bhoruka Steel Limited, which …
Green Kumbh initiative must continue even after the mela, says Swami Chidanand Saraswati Even as lakhs of devotees took a holy dip at the Sangam on Paush Purnima on Sunday, Swami Chidanand Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, the force behind the Clean Ganga campaign, expressed his satisfaction over the ongoing …
Laying stress on conservation and protection of rich bio-diversity of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today emphasized the need for rejuvenating the depleted forests and raising massive plantation on vacant available areas. "Protection of forest wealth and rejuvenation of degraded forests are all the more necessary to maintain …
The district administration, Green Kalam and Mohamed Sathak Trust launched a mega campaign to plant one lakh saplings, with Collector K. Nanthakumar planting the first sapling at the Collectorate complex here on Monday. Hundreds of school students also planted saplings at 50 designated sites across the district. Actor Vivekh, founder …
The Orissa government on Saturday announced the launching of a pilot project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to provide at least 150 days of work to poor people in the state. In the first phase, the project would be implemented in Bolangir and Nuapada districts which …
BHADRAK: Minister of forest and environment Bijayshree Routray said community forestry should be taken up in at least 150 hectares of forest land in rural areas of Bhadrak district. While attending a review meeting of the department of wildlife here on Wednesday, the minister said the district has no natural …
The state government's ambitious tree plantation drive started last monsoon has gone bust even after the target was revised. While various government agencies could achieve only 46% of the revised target, the lack of coordination among officials of the different departments resulted in the forest department having no proper data …
The Forest Department will launch a special drive to increase green cover and eradicate lantana weed in the hill state. Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmauri today said the drive would initially start from Rampur and Chamba forest circles and later be extended to other parts of the state. The department …
In what can be called as a rare inititaive by an Assamese, this man from Dobia Borigaon in Gohpur sub-division started what can be called as a green revolution in this part of the country to fight the rage of global warming. He went on to popularize his concept not …
The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (Visakhapatnam steel plant) has received the CII-ITC sustainability award 2012. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to A.P Choudhary, the Chairman and Managing Director of the RINL, at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. A commendation certificate for “strong commitment” …
The Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment disputed the claims of the National Highway Authority of India that has moved the Supreme Court for fast-track clearance of delayed highway projects. Elaborating upon the Forest Advisory Committee meeting held in December 2012, Ritwick Dutta, environmental lawyer and member of LIFE said, …
KATHMANDU, JAN 01 - With a view to increasing greenery in the Capital city and compensating for the environmental degradation caused by the road expansion drive, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is planning to make tree plantation mandatory while seeking approval for a house map. After January 14, those wishing …
Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation has floated a plan of complete removal of the settlement and any other encroached forest land within five years. The plan to overcome human disturbances in the forest land and afforestation is though a challenging task, said Secretary of MoFSC Krishna Chandra Paudel. Spe-aking …
Srinagar, December 30: The state is losing its green sheen fast as the forest land has shrunk from 20,230 sq km to just 7,590 sq km as per data furnished by the state Department of Forests earlier this year. The single largest reason responsible for the depletion of green cover …
JAMMU, Dec 28: Reviewing various forest development projects and schemes under execution in Mahore at a high level meeting today, Minister for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmed said that all the available resources will be mobilized to spread the forest cover in the area. The Minister for Higher Education, …
SHILLONG: The Megh-alaya People’s Environment Rights Forum (MPERF) has urged Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary to keep on hold his assent to the Meghalaya Forest Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2012, which was passed by the State Assembly recently. In a representation submitted to the Governor on Wednesday, the MPERF requested that the …
Residents of Bhosalenagar believe in leading by example. The mohalla committee of the area has been passionately working towards Pune’s green cause for the last seven years. They have planted over 3,000 saplings in and around the area. Their only motto is ‘Plant trees and save trees’. The residents started …
