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 Kerala cabinet on Wednesday last approved the Kerala Forest Ordinance, under which ownership and possession of all ecologically fragile lands would be transferred to and vested with the government. Addressing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Kerala forest minister CK Nalu said the new law would enable the government to …
The Irrigation authorities of drought-hit Rajasthan have lodged protest with their Punjab counterparts that thier canal water share was being 'unauthorisedly' divided to some other areas. It is learnt that the Chief Engineer (Irrigation) of the north zone in Hanumangarh, Mr S K Gupta, has written to his Punjab counterpart …
The Forest Department has worked out a new strategy to combat forest fires in the district, which is replate with forests, during the current summer season. Disclosing this here yesterday Mr Mohander Pal, conservator of forests, Chamba circle, said under the strategy fire-prone belts had been identified considering the past …
The Centre has asked the Ravi-Beas Water Tribunal not to make the government's recommendations public to avoid an "awkward situation" with the five water-sharing state governments. Sources said the Centre had filed a report in a sealed envelope urging the tribunal not to make it public.
A shipment of toxic US military garbage that has been a trans-Pacific hot potato will leave a Japanese port bound for remote Wake Island this month, the US embassy in Tokyo said on Saturday.The waste, originating from US military bases in Japan and containing carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, arrive …
Geoscientists: The icy South Pole was once warm, with tropical rainforests, geoscientists said on Saturday on their return from a two-month trip aboard a drill ship, digging up dirt from beneath the ocean floor.During the ocean drilling programme the 30 scientists unearthed and studied an area of soil containing hidden …
There are many who still doubt Naveen Patnaik's skills as administrator and politician. In a sweeping reform that none of his predecessors have dared to do, he has proved their doubts are unfounded. An April 1 decision of the chief minister has given gram panchayats the rights to purchase, procure …
The Federal Government of Australia has bypassed Parliament to allow the Japanese giant, Harris Daishowa (Australia), to export woodchips from southern New South Wales despite an expired licence.In a last-minute move to prevent the exports becoming illegal under the system of regional forest agreements, the Government has amended export control …
In a move to protect the degrading forest cover in Assam, Asom Seuz Sangrakshan Samity (ASSS) is set to launch various awareness campaigns and afforestaton schemes in the coming months in collaboration with different NGOs working in this field.
The Punjab State Forest Development Corporation expressed concern over the large number of trees afflicted by a disease in the waterlogged districts of Muktsar, Faridkot, Bathinda and Fatehgarh Sahib. The Corporation would take care of these trees, which mainly shisham and kikar, after receiving the report from the scientists, he …
Smog from forest fires in Sumatra has exceeded hazardous levels, and officials said Monday that a government agency was urging that a state of emergency be declared in and around the provincial capital Pekanbaru.
Smog from forest fires in Sumatra has passed hazardous levels, and officials said on Monday a government agency had called for a state of emergency to be declared. Neigbouring Singapore reported slightly hazy conditions on Monday, while Malaysia said it had no haze.
Maharashtra has lost out on overseas assistance to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore, from various funding agencies including the World Bank (WB), over the last two years due to refusal of the state government to reform its populist urban and rural water supply policy.
Agroforestry would be a more profitable land-use system for many of the world's poor farmers than traditional methods such as slash-and-burn, and could make a greater contribution to offsetting the developing world's carbon emission reductions than conventional large-scale plantations, according to new research. Economic analyses to determine the relative profitability …
The Nishiland Water Park near Khalapur on the Mumbai-Pune road has been sealed for violation of the Forest Conservation Act. The Forest Department has alleged that the Forest Conservation Act was being blatantly violated since non-forestry activities were in full swing in the deemed forest areas.
The forest fires of 1997 and 1998 created enormous ecological damage and human suffering and helped focus world attention on what is an increasing problem. This report is a follow-up to the WWF International Discussion Paper The Year the World Caught Fire which was published in December 1997. However, eighteen …
The Gujarat Government has embarked on a plan to plant trees in the barren belts of Saurashtra and Kutch regions, the State Forest Minister, Mr. Kanjibhai Patel, said on Thursday.
If some climate scientists are to be believed, planting forests in the far north may increase global warming. Growing forests do lock up carbon dioxide, but during winter they soak up solar energy that would otherwise have reflected by the snow-covered tundra. "It's a paradox. With northern forests, the reduction …
"Dehydration. Loss of balance. Sterility."The warnings are part of an anti-drugs campaign on Colombian television. Their purpose, though is not to point out the pernicious effects of drugs on the human body - but on the environment. By latest estimates Colombia has more than 100,000 hectares of coca - and …
Confrontation of logging firms with environmental activists in the forests of British Columbia has given way to negotiation on product certification. The mere fact the BC's US$11.5bn logging industry is willing to talk shows that environmental groups such as Greenpeace have won a key battle, in which they have convinced …
