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 Gujarat government has accepted the proposal of planting "a tree for every person who died during the devastating earthquake in Gujarat" while announcing its annual "Van Mahotasav"-planting of saplings-during the monsoon.
The carbon-stained lungs of Delhi moved a step closer to cleaner air when on July 1 diesel, which has a lower sulphur content of 0.05 per cent, was introduced in National Capital Region. Sulphur is a major pollutant in diesel and its reduction can lower the levels of pollution. The …
Meghalaya Speaker E D Marak landed himself in a controversy over the illegal tree felling from the State reserve forest at Adokgre, East Garo Hills, even as the Supreme Court ordered blanket ban on the logging work. The local Garo Students Union unit of his constituency, Kharkutta, alleged that the …
The high-power committee of the Supreme Court lifted the ban on the transportation of wood in the Madhya Pradesh. The decision was taken after holding various round of meetings with the Forest Department officials.
The Madhya Pradesh Public Forestry mission to promote plantation would be extended to Jabalpur, Mandla, Katni, Dindori and Seoni districts, according to the State Forest Minister, Mr. Harvansh Singh. Mr. Singh, while replying to queries in an All India radio programme to mark the occasion of Van Mahotsava, said the …
The Vadodara Social Forestry Division plans to embark on a special tree plantation project during the forthcoming Van Mahotsav wherein members of the public would be urged to plant trees and dedicate them to their loved ones.
On the advice of the District Collector women in the village of Medak (Andhra Pradesh) had formed Vana Samrakshana Samitis to protect forests. The women planted saplings on a 330 acre in the nearby forests of Algole village. But according to the villagers, the forest department objected to their plucking …
Manmati Rai, 63 is worried about her livelihood. She had been earning her livelihood by selling firewood. Now there is threat to her occupation. The threat she has been experiencing to her occupation now is due to the unavailability of firewood in the forests of Ilam (Nepal).
In its endeavour to create more than 40 forests in the city, the Delhi government has selected new areas for plantation this year. These areas include drains and the Yamuna bank near Sonia Vihar. Delhi environment minister A K Walia said: "We have taken up plantation on Trunk Drain No …
The forest cover has increased by 635 square kms in Madhya Pradesh. According to an annual report of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry, this growth had been registered in two years period since 1997.
By LIAN CHAWIIThe Lok Vaniki scheme, introduced in Madhya Pradesh in 1999, aims at empowering the farmers to manage their degraded forestland so as to derive maximum benefits by selling its produce, including timber. The scheme has already brought about a few changes in the law as well. Under Section …
Two months after four people were killed in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh (MP), the state government seems to be finally owing up its responsibility. Albeit with a lot of pressure, compensations have been given and activists have been released from custody. However, it seems that the larger issues are still to …
A pristine rainforest in Peru has been recently declared a national park. The Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul, covering an area of 13,532 square kilometres, comprises one of the last remaining areas of uninhabited rainforest in the world. "The local people of the area are very happy. They had been requesting …
The Supreme Court of India has directed the chief secretaries of the seven north-eastern states to file reports about the action taken against officials responsible for illegal felling of trees and transportation of timber outside the region. Large-scale felling of trees has destroyed many forests of the region. The court …
More than 30 square kilometres of mangroves near the Great Barrier Reef are suffering from dieback disease, with a report blaming chemicals from sugar cane farms as the most likely cause. The report, by the University of Queensland's Marine Botany Group, said the dieback was the worst of its kind …
With the increased urbanised lifestyle, the conflict between man and trees is on the rise. Ultimately the trees become the victims. Felling of trees are frequent in several private residential apartment in Chennai.
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, today reiterated the need to protect forests and wildlife but at the same time emphasised that significant efforts were also necessary to ensure livelihood for those who depend on forests. Addressing a special function here this afternoon to mark 25 years of …
University of Georgia scientists have created eight healthy clones of a single cow, the school announced on Tuesday. Scientists placed cloned embryos in more than 100 cows, and eight came to term. The first was born in February, and the youngest was born in April. Clones are created when the …
The Karnataka State Government is planning to introduce a bill on conservation of ground water resources during the winter session, Water Resources Minister H K Patil said today.
