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 …
The lack of political will for sustainability in developing Zambia's forestry resources has led to sabotage of the forest sector, according to a new report by the African Friendship Fund. The grassroots nonprofit organization, works towards promotion of sustainable forest industries and conservation.
A new forest conservation company plans to buy 100,000 acres in Washington state to protect the tract from development. Evergreen Forest Trust and the Weyerhaeuser Company have agreed on terms for the sale of 100,000 acres of forest land in the foothills of eastern King and Snohomish counties.
The Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr Roop Singh, disclosed here today that the phase II of the Rs 60 crore Indo - UK Himachal Forestry Project had been cleared by the United Kingdom and work on it would be commenced shortly.
Near Nagcodoches, Texes,Italian French chip maker STMiroelectronics NV is in the process of planting about 550000 Loblolly pine seedings on 500 hectares of land where cattle formerly grazed. The $2.5 million forestation effort isn't just a public relation exercise,though. The idea is that it will make money for the Geneva, …
The Assam government's indifferent attitude towards developing the infrastructure of the forest offices, increasing the inadequate staff in range/beat forest offices, non-induction of sufficient armed personnel in forest range offices, lesser fund allocation for checking illegal timber merchandising operations etc. have contributed to unabated felling and sale of illegitimate timber …
While security might has been strengthened across Nepal in the wake of emergency, timber smuggling continues unchecked in three of the country's community forests. The locals say the smuggling is taking place with connivance of community forest members and rangers.
The Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation (NJPC) has set aside Rs 2.37 crore for carrying out afforestation of 24 hectares in the project area. Stating this Mr Tarun Kapoor director personal said the cooperation was alive to the problem of environmental degradation and it was taking all possible steps for rehabilitation …
The Chief Conservator of Forest, development, in a report, has clearly stated that high technique plantation has been unsuccessful at many places due to careless and ignorant high ranking officers. The report clearly indicated the name of a few senior officers, but no action has been taken so far. In …
The once verdant hills of Koraput, Malkangiri and several other adjoining districts have been stripped almost to their last leaves, an assortment of dark outcrops jutting out of the landscape like ugly blackheads. Forests in the plains are thinning equally alarmingly. Podu Chasa, the slash and burn agriculture practiced by …
Rejecting environmental complaints lodged by indigenous groups, the regulatory agency of Bolivia has authorised Sociedad Transierra, an international consortium of energy companies, to build a 450 km-pipeline to Brazil. More than a year ago, the consortium had asked for a permit to build the pipeline which links gas deposits in …
Following the conclusion of the un-sponsored talks on Afghanistan in Bonn, unep executive director Klaus Toepfer rightly said environmental issues should form part of the package being considered for the country's rehabilitation. Afghanistan today is at best a relic of years of war litters. The big challenge before the war-ravaged …
Sify.com and Satyam Infoway ltd is launching a special six-week promotion to strengthen the green positioning of its recently launched e-mail service, Sify GreenMail. The service was launched in December in collaboration with World Wild Fund India (WWF), GreenMail is Sify's way of creating awareness of environmental issues like deforestation.
Plan or development expenditure in the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department was less than 23 per cent of the total expenditure between 1995-96 and 1999-2000. No effective action was taken to recover forest revenue of Rs. 54.03 crore, of which Rs. 24.10 crore was in arrears for over five years.
Fresh fire outbreaks north of Sydney were a warning on Sunday to residents of New Sourth Wales that the state's worst bushfires emergency on record is yet to be vanquished.
The indiscriminate use of firewoods in different brick fields under Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts in Bangladesh is going on unabated destroying the forest resources, shed trees in the tea gardens and different kinds of immature trees in the villages.
Under the aegis of the University Grants Commission and in collaboration with the Gossaigaon College, Geography department, a national level seminar on 'deforestation and its impact on environment with special reference to Assam' will be held at Gossaigaon College on January 14, 2002.
Three huge helicopters dumped water on a large fire threatening holiday homes south of Sydney on Wednesday, one of the last of a series of major blazes which have burned since Christmas.
The local municipal corporation in Shimla has started intensive monitoring of water distribution system in the town to check its wastage, particularly in government colonies where proper float valves have not been installed in the shortage tanks.
People's representatives have been siphoning funds sanctioned under several schemes for their personal gains watering down the purpose of schemes. Funds misuse was reported in big way under the Joint Forest management. Even funds sanctioned under schemes like Jawahar rozgar yogna are misused.
Australian firefighters on Tuesday rushed to prepare two giant US Sky Crane helicopters to join the fight against Sydney bush fires which continue to threaten several towns.
