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 government is proposing to launch an ambitious environmental programme under the aegis of the defence ministry which aims to stem the exploitation of the Himalayas by renewed afforestation schemes. Defence minister George Fernandes today said the project had already received clearance from Prime Minister and the Planning Commisison.
Pace of reserving forests wanes : Only three states in Petaling Jaya peninsula of Malaysia gazetted permanent forest reserves (PFRs) in 1997, according to the Forestry Department. The department's 1997 annual report said a total of 35,106 ha were gazetted as PFRs with Pahang in the lead (33,972ha), followed by …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to restructure the Forest Department by providing scope for more jobs and undertaking the task of improving degraded forests in the State. There are about 60 lakh hectares of degraded forests in MP.This decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting held here under Chief …
The Bangladesh government is going to take up a 70 million dollar project for the improvement of the water sector across the country, this year, official sources said. It said the objectives of the project are to improve the performance of water management systems, ensure sustainability through improved operation and …
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, has urged the Centre to lift the ban imposed on sandalwood exports, according to a State Government release. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, Mr. Karunanidhi has called for the removal of the restrictions on sandalwood exports. The …
corrupt forest officials, timber mafia, and poor government planning have led to extensive destruction of the only remaining natural forests in northern Bihar. The 91,000-hectare (ha) Valmiki Tiger Reserve ( vtr ) in the district of West Champaran on the Indo-Nepal border is fast losing its forest cover due to …
Thanks to poaching and a series of natural calamities in Nepal, the endangered Arna, or the wild buffalo, is on the verge of extinction. Experts say Koshi Tappu, Arna's only sanctuary, will be a thing of the past unless steps are taken to check unscrupulous traders and flood control measures …
The Dhumal Government has cancelled the controversial agreement by which the previous Virbhadra singh government had allocated 25 per cent quota of khair wood to a Kala Amb-based katha manufacturing unit. The decision to cancel the agreement was taken after the industrial unit failed to respond to the notice served …
Fearing arrest, some officials of the Delhi Development Authority have been looking for shelter in places other than their homes since Friday. The officials-- an executive engineer, an assistant director, two assistant engineers and two junior engineers-- carried out demolitions in sector 4, Rohini, where , it is alleged, they …
A legal dispute over a tract of land at the Sri Nakharin Dam in Kanchanaburi (Thailand) is expected to be settled today, according to the Land Department chief. Vichien Rattanapirapong said yesterday provincial authorities and agencies concerned would study maps and decide today if the controversial land was part of …
Park benches aren't normally the stuff of diplomacy. But when Los Angeles and New York started talking about banning the use of uncertified tropical timber for benches, boardwalks and other city projects, Malaysia's diplomats took notice. With good reason: If these cities adhere to a new certification programme, it could …
The white, 50 metre long structure which wallows at the Gokasho Bay on southern coast of Japan, was developed by Japan Marine Science and Technology Centre, or Jamstec and is a 1,000 tonne tethered barge and a base for leading-edge research into harnessing energy from the ocean. After more than …
Conservationists, forestry academics and officials in Thailand yesterday clashed over the contents of a draft community forest bill, focussing on a contentious article which allows people to reside in protected forests. Forestry officials and academics who were the majority at yesterday's seminar on the bill opposed the article, saying that …
Expanding human settlements are posing a serious threat to forests in the Sunderbans. According to state Forest Department sources, in the last 50 years, the department did not clear a single square kilometre for human settlement, yet they came up in areas not notified for such activities, like Jamboo Deep.
Ramar Pillai, who shot into the limelight with claims of having invented a herbal fuel, has signed an agreement with a Chennai-based agro company for the manufacture and marketing of his fuel in the city. Pillai and R.S. Shankar, Managing Director of the agro-company, Manasarovar, said they were waiting for …
RAN : Despite good and concrete policies forwarded by the Nepal government towards community forestry, they fall short while implementing them, Ranger Association of Nepal (RAN), said. The government has implemented the community forestry in full scale in the mountainous areas, but it is showing considerable restraint in its implementation …
Parts of the remote pine forests of North Karelia, one of the Finland's most heavily wooded areas, are scarred where heavy snowfall and wind have uprooted tightly packed trees. The jagged timber is left where it fell, either too diseased or damaged to harvest. In nearby Joensuu, the regional capital …
Large-scale encroachment of the reserve forests in Lakhimpur district, particularly by the people of Arunachal Pradesh in support of the Government of the neighbouring state, has threatened to destroy the ecological balance in the norder districts of Assam. Deforestation in the hills of the neighbouring state has aleady resulted in …
Commercial forestry in the European Union is facing a potential crisis in large areas of woodland following a sharp increase in cheap imports and a growing oversupply of timber. The Finnish-based European Forest Institute, the EU's only pan-European forestry research agency, is warning that many of the region's forests are …
Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday cautioned that the country's future development would be hampered if indiscriminate deforestation is not stopped immediately, reports UNB. The reserve forests of Bangladesh are being destroyed widely to meet various commercial needs, creating adverse impact on the ecology and causing set-back to the …
