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 …
An attendant at a south Mumbai petrol pump is tackling a serpentine queue of taxis. The vehicles have lined up since six in the morning to refuel compressed natural gas (CNG). "It is a two-hour wait for a vehicle to get its 10 kg CNG tank filled. It is the …
A deadly virus 'Pine Shoot Beetle' has hit the 'Kail' (blue-pine) trees of Murree, Galiat and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) forests since the beginning of summer season owing to drought. The virus attack has resulted in destruction of trees, which have been a beauty of Murree, Galiat and AJK …
A sandalwood tree, believed to be the last in the vicinity of the Cubbon park, was felled and carried away in the wee hours today. This is the second such incident in the Cubbon ark police station limits in the last four months.In a similar night-time operation right under the …
Destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest in 2000 was the highest since 1995. The National Institute for Space Research reports that 0.56 per cent of the total jungle was cut in 2000. But since 1999, the number of forest fires decreased by 86 per cent. The institute's officials attribute the deforestation …
Urbanisation in Dharamsala is leading to depletion of the forest cover which in turn is causing environmental hazards. Nestled in the lap of Dhauladhar, Dharamsala, the land of Buddha, has always been synonymous with its rich and diverse flaura and fauna. But, over the years the forest cover is slowly …
Industrially backward north-eastern region is poised to accomplish a new revolution in the cane and bamboo sector. The Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC), with active cooperation from the North Eastern Development Finance Cooperation Limited (NEDFi) has already organized three workshops in Shillong, Tripura and Guwahati to train up the …
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 65 lakh for wasteland development in Bathinda district in Punjab. In all the ministry has released Rs 1.69 crore for wasteland development in three districts in Punjab, Manipur and UP under the Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP).
Rapid deforestation of reserve forests neighbouring Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh foothills and of Orang, Balipara, Hugrajuly and Rowta is going on without any hindrance flying in the face of the ban imposed by the Supreme Court and the consequent initiatives taken by the State government to ban the felling of …
The special task forces of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will launch their joint hunt for forest brigand Veerappan, who is hiding in the forests of the Western Ghats, "very soon," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha said in Chennai. Ms Jayalalitha had requested her Karnataka counterpart, Mr S.M. Krishna, to accept …
Forest (Amendment) Act 2000 passed in April 2000 by the Bangladesh Parliament and the Draft Social Forestry Rules 2000 to be passed on July of this year were termed as "anti-people, anti-environment and anti-national interest" by environmentalists and indigenous people at a workshop held in Dhaka.
After various other things, it is now the economy of the paan (betel) components which is being hit. Those involved in the betel and paan masala trade are now making use of gambier instead of katha, thus causing hardship for the families residing in the Shivalik foothills of Himachal Pradesh.The …
The Madhya Pradesh Government is in a bind over the vexed issue of legalising forest encroachments and it has urged the central Government to amend its recent order about the regularisation and settlement of encroachments on forest land in Madhya Pradesh.
The Forest Department today took into custody Murugayyan of Thenampadugai village in Thanjavur district, in Tamil Nadu secretary of the local AIADMK unit, in connection with large-scale illicit felling of trees in notified private forests and village forests abutting the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (Project Tiger) at Manjuvilai, without permission. The …
Who should have the final say in the use of forest land? The Forest (Conservation) Act expressly forbids state governments from using forest land for non-forest purposes. On paper at least, the central government has the final say. Many state governments, however, have long been engaged in a tug-of-war with …
Two centuries since the first asteroid, Ceres, was spotted, space rocks are becoming identified as forces that mould our planet, wiping out species or crowning them, in a brutal act of death and creation. It is popular knowledge that an asteroid or comet slammed into modern-day Mexico around 65 million …
The Delhi government has decided to launch a massive tree plantation drive under its "greening Delhi" plan for the year 2001-2002. According to an action plan prepared to carry out this plan, around 10 lakh trees and 12.58 lakh shrubs will be planted by various government agencies and local bodies …
The government of India has agreed to regularise encroachments on 1.03 lakh hectare forest land in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and asked the two governments to send compliance report by July. The state governments have been asked to issue pattas by end of June.
The US chief of the Forest Service announced today that he would decide on logging and road building in a large expanse of the national forest system pending the outcome of legal disputes about the future of forest land. In a directive to his regional forest managers, the chief, Dale …
