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 …
Travelling by car is injurious to health. A recent study undertaken by the state pollution control board has revealed that people in cars are exposed to as much as five times more toxins in the air than pedestrians and cyclists in Calcutta. The pollution level inside airconditioned cars is almost …
The concept of joint forest management, which calls for active participation and involvement of local people for regeneration, maintenance and protection of degraded forest and plantation, has ushered in a new hope for protection of Kakoijana reserve forest which is one of the highly threatened habitats of golden langur in …
Forest minister Ratnesh Solomon has come under a cloud again with the supreme court pulling him up in connection with the large scale felling of trees on land jointly owned by his wife and him in the vicinity of the Rani Durgawati sanctuary in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.
Due to a recent controversial decision taken by the HP government to allow green felling after a period of 16 years, more than 10 to 12 lakh trees will face axe annually. This is in addition to more than 50,000 trees which are given to right holders under the Timber …
The People's Organisations of Madhya Pradesh will oppose the forthcoming visit of the World Bank team for assessing the Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project (MPFP). The World Bank team will be visiting Mandla on February 9, to study the impact and evaluate the MP Forestry Programme with an intention to prepare …
Gujarat Forest Department has presented a draft project for Integrated Forestry Development (Phase II) worth Rs 2,500 crore to Chief Minister Kehubhai Patel. The project has been timed for execution between 2001-2006.
Environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh have dashed off urgent appeals to the State and the Central Governments to reconsider the decision of lifting a 16 year-old ban on felling of trees for commercial purposes. The group of like-minded individuals owing allegiance to the Himalayan Environment Trust(HET), have requested the Union Minister …
The 15th Law Commission of India, in its 171st report, has recommended the enactment of the Biological Diversity Bill, 2000, to establish a National Bio-diversity Authority. The States and Union Territories will establish corresponding State or Union Territory bio-diversity boards.
The principle objective of this study is to generate economic value of various goods & services provided by the Himachal Forests. It recognizes the multi-stakeholders, multisectoral contribution of forests through their multiple values.
The issue of sharing of Teesta river water is likely to top the agenda of the Joint Committee of Experts (JCE) of India and Bangladesh, meeting in Dhaka from January 29, official sources said here on Tuesday.
It will take up to two centuries to restore France's forests, devastated by freak Christmas weekend storms which killed 87 people, the National Forestry Office (ONF) said. The ONF said gales blowing up to 200 kph (125 mph) uprooted or broke in half 270 million trees - the equivalent of …
Nasa's ageing Galileo spacecraft swooped past Jupiter's frozen moon Europa, without experiencing any computer problems from the planet's intense radiation. The probe, which has been in orbit around Jupiter since December 1995, flew yesterday within 354 km of the moon's surface, said project manager Mr Jim Erickson, of Nasa's Jet …
Horrified . This , in effect, sums up the feelings of a team of teachers and postgraduate Botany students of Delhi University who conducted ecological studies at the Kanasar forest division in Uttar Pradesh recently. They are horrified at the wanton destruction of pristine coniferous and oak forests in this …
The production of paper across the globe may never be the same again. Kenaf, a tall African plant, touted as a more environment-friendly source for paper pulp is expected to become an alternative to wood.
The newly induscted Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr. Harbans Singh, today expressed concern over the rapidly depleting water-table and said ruthless exploitation of forests and illegal logging over the uears have led to severe water crisis in the State.
The Tamil Nadu Government will formulate a 'State Forest Policy' for management of forest resources, the Minister for PWD and Forests, Mr. Durai Murugan announced in the Assembly today.
Delhi government, driven by court orders, is on overdrive to clean up the air. Buses and commercial vehicles, which have been plying for more than eight years, are being forced off the roads. The ban came into force on April 1 and the CPCB has come out with the claim …
HC orders SIT probe against officials: The High Court bench in Nagpur has ordered the setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to go into the tree-felling scandal in the forest areas of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts, bordering Andhra Pradesh, and the starting of criminal proceedings against guilty officials, …
Africa's forests are vanishing, but it now appears that far fewer trees are gone than was once thought. The reason is that there was not as many trees in the first place as most estimates suggest. In an article in the latest issue of Population and Development Review, Melissa Leach …
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Tuesday evening said that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vahpayee would lay the foundation stone of the Rs 3000 crore 800 megawatt Kok Dam Hydro-electric Power project in June next.
