Forest fires in Uttaranchal
Forest fires have erupted in various parts of Uttaranchal, affecting 1220 hectares of land, parts of which come under Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary and Corbett National Park. The fire in Dhela range of
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Coming clean: the truth and future of coal in Asia and Pacific
Coal is abundant and affordable in the Asia Pacific region, and for the foreseeable future could be used to meet the region's growing energy needs, but what becomes of those needs when air is too dirty to breathe; water is too polluted to drink; soil too contaminated to grow crops; land is unfit for habitation; and global warming unleashes unimaginable environmental disasters?
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35,000 acres for banana cultivation
The government has allocated 35,000 acres of land in the Trincomalee District for Banana cultivation to a private company, while the people in the area don
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Irrigation scheme rendered useless
The Welikada Anicut Scheme inaugurated in 1943 by then Minister of Agriculture, (Sri Lanka) D.S.Senanayake, to irrigate paddy fields and agricultural land in Gampaha district has been rendered
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Mongol nomads like home on range
"Land in Mangolia never belonged to anyone; it belonged to everyone," said Davasuren, 50, a self-described "retired nomad" in this tiny village 30 kilometers, or 20 miles, south of Ulan Bator, the
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Road projects come to a halt
Shortage of Bajri, Sand All major road and other construction projects, including the four-laning of the Zirakpur-Kalka highway, have come to a halt. Not for the shortage of funds, but for the unavailability of materials like stones and bajri.
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Active threat
Radioactive waste spills over into fields in Jharkhand about 4 hectares of agricultural land in Talsa village near Jamshedpur looks jaundiced. The soil has turned light yellow and villagers fear it might have gone barren. On June 17, radioactive waste from a pond of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (ucil) spilled over and deluged the village pond and well. Fearing radioactive
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Quarrying within 100m of forest border allowed
The State Cabinet on Thursday allowed stone quarrying within 100 metres of forest borders. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said different interpretations of Section 42(2) of the Karnataka Forest Act made the Mines and Geology department issue circulars banning stone quarrying within 100 metres of forest borders. A large number of crushing units had consequently shut shop, resulting in a severe shortage of jelly stones, he said.
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Digboi among 24 critically polluted areas
The historic oil township of Digboi has been identified among 24
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J&K to revive extinct fruit varieties
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has undertaken a project to revive indigenous and extinct varieties of fruits of all the three regions in the state. About 4,000 hectares of land will be covered in
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Australia likely to meet Kyoto target
A crackdown on land clearing has led to a small drop in Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, despite huge growth in emissions caused by electricity generation and transport. According to the
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Air pollution and urban structure linkages: evidence from European cities
This paper investigates the relationship between local air pollution and urban structure with an emphasis on urban fragmentation. Using a unique dataset of 249 Large Urban Zones (LUZ) across Europe, a
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Declare Chandradrona hills as forest land
Mullaiahnagiri, Bababudangiri, Kemmangundi chain of hills in Western Ghats are said to be the most sensitive regions. Since the sthese hills naturally form the shape of a crescent moon, they are named as
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Kerala temple to get tiger reserve land
In a major boost to the development of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, the national board for wildlife has decided to hand over 12.675 hectare of forest land in Periyar tiger reserve to the Travancore
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Biggest mining operation set to begin
In what could turn out to be the biggest-ever mining contract in Kerala State, the Government has begun proceedings to lease out 3,924 acres of laterite land in Karinthalam and Manjeswaram grama
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HC order will boost wetlands: Activists
The Bombay high court order directing the state government to ban construction on wetlands can lend a lease of life to acres around the city’s coast where either construction or dumping of debris has destroyed
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Gold on trees: Scientist's idea to revive Gold Fields
The land of gold, Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), in Karnataka, lost its glitter and thousands of people lost their jobs after the Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) stopped extracting gold. Now, a new
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Vedanta's false job promises anger local youth
manoranjan Das bsc, llb, mca thought his degrees would get him a job at the Vedanta Alumina refinery in Orissa's Lanjigarh block. He had more reasons; one acre of his family land is now part of
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Big cats on the brink of extinction
In all this hungama about the return-land-to-tribals bill, the tigers that are rapidly becoming extinct have been forgotten. A token task force has been set up with no teeth at all and no funds to do
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As country heads for disaster, Zimbabwe calls for return of white farmers
White farmers may be allowed back on their land in Zimbabwe as part of a plan by the government of Robert Mugabe to solve the country's deepening economic crisis. The president's key finance aide