Assam may end up losing forest land to Nagaland
Large-scale deforestation in the three forest reserves in Jorhat district by Nagaland may soon result in Assam losing all its forest cover here. According to data available in the forest department
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Call to double forest cover in the State
The total area of 9,400 sq.km. of forest cover in the State needs to be expanded to at least 20,000 sq. km . The importance of forests has to be acknowledged as these areas are the major repositories of biodiversity. The flora and fauna are valuable for carbon sequestration and oxygen replenishment. Loss of rare, endangered and threatened species is the most important issue of today.
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Delhi is greener; South Delhi greenest
Delhi's forest cover has increased by 58.84 sq km, according to the State of Forest Report, 2003, released by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in New Delhi on Tuesday.Of a total
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Clean-Shimla drive launched
Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal warned today that water scarcity and other environment-related problems were bound to get aggravated unless effective steps were taken to reverse the process of global warming and asserted that the Centre must compensate the hill states that were playing a vital role in reducing greenhouse gases by maintaining forest cover.
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Steps on to enhance green cover in Erode district
Forest department to involve tribal people living in reserve forest area At last count, Erode district had a forest cover of 2,27,678 hectares — 1,45,531 in Sathyamangalam division and 82,147 in Erode division — accounting for 27.7 per cent of the district’s geographical area of 5,722 square kilometres.
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Tribal healers seek protection of forest cover
It's not easy for these people to strike a chord with the Kochi crowd. And all they wish for is the protection of the forest cover. In return, they assure a cure for every single ailment of humanity,
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Mum’s the word for Natarajan as report on shrinking forest cover gathers dust
New Delhi The Indian forest cover has shrunk. And there is no one to announce the data, as environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has not found time to release it. The silence is in tune with the way the ministry of environment and forests has worked in the last five months after the new minister took over. The release of the India State of Forest Report-2011 was deferred in December. Natarajan is yet to set a date for the release of the report, a key component of macro-economic policy-making for the government and the industry. Natarajan has maintained her silence even after returning from the ministerial level climate change conference at Durban in early December.
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Damage high in deforested areas
The Muzaffarabad areas with low forest cover had maximum landslides during the Oct 8 earthquake. The phenomena was observed by a team comprising experts of the United Nations, Care and WWF, which is
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Forest-based bioeconomy in sub-Saharan Africa
Populations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) living on the fringes of forests indubitably rely on them for income and subsistence. But unsustainable practices can lead to resource degradation and depletion,
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Reforestation in 2,000 hectares
The Forest Conservation Department (FCD) has carried out reforestation in about 2,000 hectares of forest land during 2011, FCD Conservator General H M Hitisekara told the Daily News. He said that special
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Forest dwellers instrumental in increasing green cover
Traditional practices and self regulation by forest dwellers have been instrumental in increasing the forest cover in Uttaranchal, according to a new study. Contrary to the perception that forest
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SC: Miners cant be given afforestation work
Ruling out the possibility of involving miners in the restoration of the forest cover devastated by mining activities in the Aravalli region, the Supreme Court today directed the Haryana government to submit a comprehensive rehabilitation plan within four weeks.
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State gives big push to agro-forestry
The Punjab Forest Department had decided to give a big push to agro-forestry in the state and 18 lakh seedlings of fast-growing and economically important tree species such as eucalyptus, shisham and drek had been produced. Stating this here today, Forest Minister Arunesh Shakar said the state Forest Department in order achieve the target of 15 per cent forest cover in the state by 2020 had dec
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Low forest cover raises concern
The 'Greening Delhi' action plan for the year 2004-05 prepared by the Delhi government's department of forest and wildlife says, "The forest cover of Delhi is not evenly distributed . Especially
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Forests and landslides: the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia
The FAO and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) have released a brief that describes the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia, noting that landslides
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Improvement in Chennai district's forest cover
There has been improvement in the dense forest cover in Chennai district, according to State of Forest Report released recently by the Forest Survey of India. Amit Asthana, Deputy Conservator of
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For sustainable solutions
The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - forest departments, local communities
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Forest survey: Cover up, but density down
Overall forest cover has inched up but in just two years, India has officially 'lost' 26,000 sq km of dense, or good, forest and 7,000 sq km of scrub. This finding of the Forest Survey of India, in a
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For sustainable solutions
The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - the forest departments, local
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Clean Delhi? But green definitely
Here's a breath of fresh air. Delhi is officially a green city. The latest Forest Survey of India study shows that forest cover of Delhi has increased from 151 sq km to 228 sq km. According to this