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 …
A rare tropical rain forest, where reproduction of the trees is intricately linked to the arrival of the El Nino weather phenomenon, faces imminent death due to increased logging and human-intensified climate change. The loss of the forest, located on the island of Borneo and regarded as a unique ecosystem, …
The Karnataka High Court today permitted the Mysore Paper Mills(MPM), Bhadravathi, to cut trees grown by it in 4,788 acres of leased land in Shimoga district while directing that there should not be any further cutting of trees till the Central government clears MPM's Working Plan.
Close on the heels of ushering in a decentralised mode of governance, the Madhya Pradesh Government has embarked upon a scheme to encourage the participation of the grassroot-level of populace in the forestry sector. Experimented perhaps for the first time in country and aptly named as the Lok Vaniki project, …
A short but environmentally significant order was passed by the Bombay high court directing the contractor or officer concerned for the ongoing construction of the Mumbai-Pune expressway to remove the rubble dumped on forest land in the ghats.
Alarmed by the unforeseen dry spell and its frightening impact across Maharashtra, the ruling Congress-led democratic Front plans to empower local gram sabhas, the primary unit in a panchayati democracy, to evolve a comprehensive water management policy.
Fiji's mahogany farms, believed to be the world's largest, have placed this remote archipelago at the center of a global business storm. What began as a bidding competition for timber rights between a U.S. company and a British firm has come to involve government officials from the two countries, as …
In order to provide better irrigational facilities to the farmers, the construction circle of the irrigation department in Sirsa has completed the brick lining of the 157 km long canals with a lined area of 58.50 lakh sq feet so far during the current financial year under its modernisation scheme.
A project to clone pigs for human organ transplants - with funding from Geron, the Californian biotechnology company - is being wound down by the Scottish scientists who created Dolly, the first cloned sheep. The funding would be "refocused" on other areas for commercial rather than safety reasons, said the …
The government yesterday indicated that a national policy for the development of non-wood fibrous raw material for the paper industry was on the anvil to promote wider use of agro-residues.
Goa's green villages increasingly stand out in sharp contrast to this state's once-pretty towns that are fast getting clogged with concrete, are deprived of open spaces, and are growing vertically skywards due to the recent building boom.
The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has suggested that all the pre-1980 encroachments by Schuduled Tribes on forest land should be regularised by the Minsitry of Environment and Forests by the year 2000 AD, regardless of when the decision to regularise the encroachments was taken by the concerned state governments.
The Capital will wear a look of the millennium next year if a proposal by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to develop four "millennium parks" is approved by the Union Ministry of Urban Development. A similar proposal by the Delhi Development Authority for setting up a millennium park has already …
born in 1950 in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, Rakesh Trivedi has a multi-dimensional personality. A professor of zoology in the Gujarati Science College in Indore, he is also director of the ecoestate faculty of the Centre for Environment Protection, Research and Development ( ceprd ) and writes for Naiduniya …
the lush green Amazonian forests have always left scientists wondering how such a variety was possible. This ecological booty is almost three times more than the flora and fauna found in other parts of the world. Now, a new study, conducted by two American scientists, suggests that this diversity has …
The Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr. Keshubhai patel, today said the government would spend Rs. 154 crores for development of forest in 74,000 acres of alnd spread over four districts - Rajkot, Surendranagar, Jamnagar and Kutch.
Tanoaks, like thousands of trees up and down theCalifornia coast, are falling victim to a new disease. Scientists call it sudden oak death syndrome, and they are alarmed by its rapid spread and its ability to kill an ever increasing number and variety of trees.
The United States is canceling a portion of Bangladesh's debt and allowing future interest payments to go into a fund that supports tropical forest conservation efforts. According to a message received from Washington, the agreement will save Bangladesh more than $10 million over the next 18 years.
The Power Development Board (PDB) has worked out a comprehensive plan for expansion of Bangladesh's lone hydroelectric power plant at Kaptai at a cost of Taka 600 crore.
Two South African Air Force Oryx helicopters from 15 Squadron in Durban were yesterday making big inroads into the Kubusi forest fire that has raged out of control since last Wednesday. The helicopters were brought in as part of an emergency plan to contain the fire which has destroyed about …
