NGO asks Govt to substantiate claim
Environmental activist group Nature's Beckon demanded of the Assam State Forest Department to substantiate with physical evidence its claim that the State had now got its forest cover extended by 5.3
Search Results
-
-
Expansion of Panipat-Jalandhar stretch: 1.36 lakh trees to face axe
Already having a fragile ecology due to its fast depleting forest cover, Punjab is now going to pay a very heavy price
-
Jharkhand seeks virgin land status
Forest officials in Jharkhand are going full throttle in their attempts to protect the State's forest cover in light of the increase in demand of good quality iron ore. Department officials have
-
Need to popularise bamboo plantation in HP, says minister
Dwelling upon the need to make concerted efforts by Forest Department researchers, NGOs and the people for achieving the mandate of 60 per cent forest cover the State Forest Minister, Mr Ram Lal,
-
Indian Army gets 'green award
An Indian Army formation will receive an award from the Bombay National History Society (BNHS) for tis work to conserve and increase forest cover in areas along the Lineof Control in Jammu and
-
Climate change to affect India forest cover
An Indo-UK study on impact of climate change in India has come up with rather alarming findings about the negative effect on India's forest cover. The impact is likely to be felt as early as 2050,
-
Causes of forest degradation and implications of JFM in natural forest of Raigarh
Paper presents the causes of forest degradation and its direct and indirect effects. Preliminary discussion on the issue of tracing the basic research areas, approaches of joint forest management for its
-
Only way out for ousted is to plant trees'
With the submergence of the forest cover under the Tehri hydel dam project complete, environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahugauna
-
Collieries annihilating wildlife
Rampant mining in Jharkhand's Damodar Valley has depleted the state's forest cover, once the traditional foraging ground of wild elephants and other herbivores, according to a
-
25 new saw mills sanctioned in Maharashtra in violation of court order
25 new saw mills have been sanctioned in Maharashtra in violation of a Supreme Court order prohibiting sanction of new mills in view of depleting forest cover in the State, according to Forest Department
-
Multiple-household fuel use: a balanced choice between firewood, charcoal and LPG
A comparison among firewood, charcoal and LPG shows that each energy source has its own specific advantages, inconveniences and limitations. They should be considered jointly within a comprehensive, inter-sectoral
-
Tree felling rampant in Garo Hills
TURA: At a time when the forest cover in Garo Hills is disappearing at a phenomenal pace resulting in drastic climatic changes, tree felling has been going on.
-
Land encroachment affecting forest development : PCCF
Encroachment of forest land, deforestation and degradation are affecting the development of forest in the State, said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dipak Sarmah. Despite undertaking plantation on nearly 80,000 hectares every year, there is only a minor increase in the forest cover in Karnataka, “In the last three years, wildlife forest has increased from 6,500 sq km to 9,200 sq km and the department is expecting to increase it further 10,000 sq km,” added Sarmah.
-
Stress on afforestation programmes
Due to increase in population and cattle forest cover was decreasing and if the practice continued it would cast a large shadow on the country's agriculture too, said ICFRE deputy general director
-
Forest fire rages in Sikkim
Gangtok: At least ten forest fires broke out across Sikkim since Saturday as police and fire services personnel battled to put off the blaze which gutted forest cover of an estimated 25 hectares of land at Raksang.
-
China visit to study green cover rise
UNION Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh said he would shortly be visiting China to study ways to increase the country's forest cover.
-
China on track to meet 2020 forest targets, but concerns linger
China is on track to meet its 2020 target for expanding the nation's forests to cover 23 percent of its landmass to combat climate change and soil erosion, the State Forestry Administration (SFA) said
-
Advancing dry climate over cardamom hills causes alarm
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has raised an alarm over the advancing dry climate in the Cardamom Hill Reserves (CHR) in the high ranges of eastern Kerala, otherwise known as original cardamom
-
Sloth bear sanctuary mooted in Yelagiri Hills
Collector delivers special address at the Wildlife Week Celebrations Menace posed by wild animals leaving forests and entering agricultural lands in search of water Forest cover has to be increased in order to induce rainfall and facilitate availability of water
-
The state of forest report 1999
This report is the seventh assessment of the forest cover of the country. It provides analytical information on forest plantations, protected area, joint forest management, forest cover in mining areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, shifting cultivation in the North Eastern region. It also provides an overview of the forest resources in India, with special emphasis on forest cover.