Punjab Forest Department to extend technical assistance for tree plantation
The Punjab Forest Department would extend technical assistance to the Punjab Livestock Department for tree plantation on its 70 thousands acres of land. The Chief Conservator of Forest Central Zone, Malik Muhammad Khan has been appointed focal person in this regard, says a handout issued in Lahore on Tuesday.
Giving back Haryana its green coat
The ambitious Rs 91-crore Aravalli community of forestry project is over and Haryana is counting the benefits:State forest cover up from 8,647 hectares to 37,126 hectares in seven years.
Veerappan pursuit damages ecology
In the virgin forests bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, 5,000 crack troops armed with Kalashnikov rifles, mine detectors and satellite surveillance equipment stomp around, with helicopters whitting above a region known as the "Silent Valley"' hunting for one elusive bandit and his group. And environmentalists protest that the forests, home …
On remote Mesa, ranchers and environmentalists seek a middle ground
Exasperated by long, bitter arguments over how national forests should be used, dozens of environmentalists and cattle ranchers in northern New Mexico have devised their own solution. They have created a "grass bank." A grass bank is a large chunk of national forest that serves as a kind of summer …
PPA projects afoot to protect forests
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to implement the public protected areas (PPA) projects under the joint forest management (JFM) policy for protection, augmentation and development of forests.
New green belt for Chandigarh
The Punjab Governor and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob, today dedicated to the local citizens the Green Belt of Sector 30 A and B, recently developed by the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), by unveiling a plaque.
Unique device to check tree felling developed
A group of six students of the Jorhat Engineering College have developed a unique system intending to put an end to illegal tree felling in the forests. All the six are BE (Instrumentation Engineering) final year students : Abhinov Gogoi, Basant Narayan Singh, Pankaj Das, Anaya Mitra, Prasun Deb Thakur …
Insurance cover for forest guards
Where governments failed to tread, a voluntary organisation has stepped in. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has tied up with United Insurance in a maiden effort to insure 50,000 forest guards across the country. All the state governments are required to do is to give their consent to the …
Fire engulfs Jaipur forest area
A massive fire broke out in the hills on the outskirts of Jaipur on Sunday night, engulfing an area of about 5 square km and posing a threat to the residents of a few colonies situated nearby.The fire - which destroyed a portion of the Nahargarh forest reserve - could …
Teak trees of Sylhet Reserve Forest worth Tk 40 lakh stolen
Thieves have cut and stolen Teak trees worth Taka 40 lakh. It is alleged that this was done with the help of some employees of forest department in one month's time. Sources of Bangladesh forest department informed that in the Rashidpore Bit of Habiganj district this felling of trees occured.
Centre not to allot more forest land
The Centre will not allot any more forest land for construction of permanent structures at Sabarimala even as a consensus has been reached with the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for initiating steps for crowd control measures like developing satellite townships at Nilackal and other down stations.
Sandalwood oil factories: HC notice to Govt
The High Court today issued notices to Kerala State Government and the Forest Secretary on a petition seeking a direction to the CBI to conduct a detailed investigation with regard to the functioning of the sandalwood oil factories and smuggling of sandalwood by unregistered local dealers in the State.
State moves to privatise forests criticised
A number of NGOs, agriculture, labour unions, voluntary organisations and Vana Samrakshan Samitis from Andhra Pradesh held a meeting to discuss the move by the state government to privatise forests in Andhra Pradesh. They formed a forum against privatisation of forests and demanded the government to scrap the GO 112, …
Bill would protect Alaska's temperate rainforests
At least 73 members of Congress are supporting the Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act (ARCA), a bill that would create legal protections for the nation's two largest national forests - Alaska's Chugach and Tongass.
Collective success
The involvement of villagers in forest management has to a large extent saved vital green cover in Karnataka besides removing inherent forestors-villagers' confrontation.
More wood goes to woodchips
A record 1.09 million tonnes of timber earmarked for woodchipping was taken from Victoria's native forests last financial year - and conservationists warn that woodchipping is driving clearfelling in native forests.
Brazil may ease Amazon rules
A joint commission of the Brazilian Congress has approved a measure that would more than double the amount of the Amazon jungle that ranchers, loggers and miners would be permitted to raze. The measure, sponsored by a caucus of rural legislators, would sponsored by a caucus of rural legislators, would …
2300 hectares of forest land encroached
Around 3500 families have built their houses encroaching upon around 2300 hectares of rain forest in this plain district due to the liberal attitudes of the political parties towards the so-called landless squatters, according to the District Forest Office in Chitwan.
Brazil facing more tree cuts
A joint commission of the Brazilian Congress has approved a measure that would more than double the amount of Amazon jungle that ranchers, loggers and miners would be permitted to raze. The measure, sponsored by a group of rural legislators, would weaken many restrictions on Amazon land use and eliminate …
