Around 9,380 hectares of forestland has been encroached upon in Rupandehi district by landless people and freed Kamlaris, according to the District Forest Office (DFO).

Indiscriminate and illegal felling of trees, often in connivance with local influential people, has largely denuded the Sal and Gajari forests in Madhupur and adjoining upazilas in Tangail.

The Forest Department has tied up with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for using remote sensing technology to monitor the forest wealth and water resources and land use planning.

The NRSC will provide technical guidance and training to the manpower deployed at the Green India Mission Lab here to take full advantage of Bhuvan, a geo-information portal of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). A Himachal portal will be launched soon under the Bhuvan platform through which all required information regarding the state could be accessed.

MoEF plans to approach union cabinet to secure at least Rs 23,000 crore during current plan period to sustain the project
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Green India Mission, the Rs 46,000-crore ambitious project meant to increase the country’s forest cover, is struggling to keep itself rolling due to fund crunch. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to approach the union cabinet soon to secure at least Rs 23,000 crore during the current plan period to sustain the project.

Bahuguna complains that ministry is delaying clearance to power projects

The environment ministry has come under fire, this time from a Congress state government, once again reopening the development vs environment debate within UPA. The chief minister of Uttarakhand has complained about the Union environment ministry to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi, accusing it of delaying clearances to hydel power projects in the state.

New Delhi: India’s economic development has led to the worsening of air quality in major Indian cities, according to the results of a survey by The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) in Bangalor

Agartala: Tripura, one of the largest bamboo-growing states in the country with 16 varieties, has undertaken a project to package bamboo shoots for sale to star category hotels.

BELGAUM: The forest department will plant more than 50,000 saplings at various places across the city during this monsoon. The saplings will be planted from June 5.