- Haze forces shutdown of Borneo airports
Dense smog from forest fires has forced two airports to shut on Borneo Island, local reports said today. The Brunei international airport in Bandar Seri Begawan cancelled all flights last morning, it was open today with visibility still low, ranging between 50 and 100 meters, a witness said.
CWC clears Chagalnadu project
The Central water commission (CWC) has cleared the Chagalnadu lift irrigation project, to irrigate about 35,000 acres in East Godavari district.
Viral fever kills 3 in forests of Karnataka
At least three people have died of the Kyasanoor forest disease in Uttara Kannada district last month and more than 100 people of the Joida taluk in the same districts are suffering from symptoms of the disease, official reports have said.
'Tree Science' conference begins today
The national capital will be the venue for the Tree Science Conference-98 from Friday to Monday. Solan-based Indian Soceity of Tree Scientists (ISTS) and Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry; besides Chennai-based M S swaminathan Research Foundation will be the joint hosts to the four-day international conference.
- Ion Exchange, NGO in deal for safe drinking water
Ion exchange (India) Ltd (IEIL) and the Muniwar Abad Charitable Trust (Mact) have collaborated on the installation of a fluoride removal system at village Methan in Sidhpur taluka of North Gujarat. Methan is one of Mehsana district's 182 villages where the fluoride content in drinking water exceeds the World Health …
- World Bank lauds achievement
A ten member team from the World Bank has lauded the achievements made by Madhya Pradesh under the Forestry Project being executed with the cooperation of the World Bank in the State, informs an official press release issued on Wednesday.
- Rs 408cr forestry loan for Punjab
The Punjab government has secured a soft loan of Rs 408 crore from Japan for increasing the forest cover in the state. The loan has been granted by the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund set up by the Japanese government for developing countries.
- Mangroves in Orissa face grave danger
Despite several warnings by environmentalists, a grave threat looms large over mangrove forests in the State.Ever since the late 50s, when nearly 4000 hectares of mangrove forests were cleared to construct the Paradeep Port, the felling of these trees continues unabated for one purpose or the other. Described as the …
Why the hurry at Kaeng Sua Ten?
Before too long, the Salween plunder will fade from memoryjust like Thailand's once majestic forest cover. The loggers and their influential pals in the departments, the ministries, in parliament and in uniform will then pick another patch of green torender brown and barren. A provincial governor has been transferred to …
Asia facing grim ecological future, scientists warn
The man-made brush fires that are raging again in Indonesia are symptomatic of a wider regional peril: South-East Asia's rapid development is racking up an alarming toll in environmental destruction. Pick almost any environmental topic, from urban pollution to deforestation, and South-East Asia has a track record that is among …
- Mangrove Forests Face Severe Threat
The brackish water nourishing Bangladesh's Sundarbans supports a refuge for rare species, but their drinking grounds are getting saltier and the mangrove forest is facing serious damage. Royal Bengal tigers, spotted deer, wild boars, crocodiles and monkeys have been forced to move deep into the forests, away from their usual …
Praying for rain
Spraying water from a truck, the firemen battle bravely on the front of Indonesia's latest environmental war against itself. Smoke from a new season of forest fires already burns the throats of many people. Dense tropical forests have been reduced to a charred wasteland of dead trees and blackened earth.
- Asean focuses on dousing fire to dispel smog
Acknowledging that forest fires on Borneo island have reached catastrophic proportions, environment ministers on Saturday called for intensified efforts to prevent the blazes from spreading. "The environmental calamity that has affected our region warrants Asean to act now and fast," Brunei's development ministers Dr Haji Ismail Haji Damit told environment …
- Illegal felling of trees going on at large scale
The forest areas occupy maximum space among the five districts of Sagar division of Bundelkhand region as a result State government had formed one new forest circle by separating Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh and Panna districts from Sagar forest circle.
- Forest officials accused of Rs 35-lakh scam
The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested three persons and booked 12 others, including some senior forest officials, accusing them of irregularities of over Rs 35 lakh in the Gorewada-Ambazari afforestation scam yesterday. The forest officials have been charged with flouting rules and conniving with private suppliers and Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVM) …
- Five institutes offer forest management course
Five institutes led by the Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research and Development presented a unique management course to effectively monitor vegetational changes and structure management decisions based on these findings. Participants from eight countries completed this three week course on participatory forest resource assessment and planning on Saturday. The course …
- Greenpeace men charged
Three European members of the Greenpeace environmentalist organisation and one Canadian were sentenced to 21 days in prison Friday for their activities in an anti-logging demonstration last year.
