Brazil revisits forest code
A tough-minded law has boosted Brazil's environmental record in recent years by helping to drive the rate of destruction in the Amazon rainforest to historic lows. But a backlash in the hinterlands is
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State yet to enact Forest Rights Act
New Delhi, DHNS: Six months after the notification to the Forest Rights Act, Karnataka is yet to implement the Act, which will accord legal rights to forest dwellers on the piece of land, on which they have lived for generations. On Friday, Karnataka Social Welfare Minister D Sudhakar admitted in a review meeting that the Governor's rule and subsequent Assembly elections in the State had stalled implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of forest rights) Act, which was notified on January 1, 2008.
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Villagers denounce public hearing on setting up coal mines in Chhattisgarh
Youth arrived in SUVs to take part in the hearing for supporting the Jindal project Young men – some locals and some from far-flung areas – arrived in hundreds of SUVs to demand setting up of Jindal’s coal mines in Tiklirampur on Wednesday. Some of them told The Hindu that they were asked by employees and contractors of Jindal Group to participate in the public hearing for environment clearance.
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Hopes of mushroom rush after Alaska forest fires
The furious fires tha devastated million of acres of forest in Alaska last summer may be about to deliver an unexpected harvest. Ecologist say the state's scorched lands will soon be quivering with
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Brazil land conflicts worst in decades, report says
Land battles in Brazil's countryside reached the highest level in at least 20 years in 2004 as activists clashed with farmers and loggers advancing on savanna and Amazon rain forest, a
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Amarnath row hots up, PDP pulls out of govt
M Saleem Pandit | TNN Srinagar: The Congress-led government in J&K was on the brink of collapse on Saturday after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti marched to governor N N Vohra's office in Srinagar and handed in a letter withdrawing support to the government. The move came amidst spiralling violence over the decision to build facilities for Amarnath pilgrims near Sonmarg and Pahalgam and transfer of land to the shrine board. The PDP and separatistbacked protests have led to mobs taking over streets in Muslim-majority areas, attacking yatris.
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Venezuela ecoreserve says it's fighting for survival
After years of campaigning to save jaguars, giant storks and anacondas, Venezuela's best-known ecotourism reserve is fighting for its own survival against a government land reform, its owners said.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on the proposed construction of a rest house and the resulting deforestation dated 25/09/2013
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 25/09/2013 regarding proposed construction of New MLA Rest House on an area covering
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Swine flu screening post set up along Bangla border
Alerted by the spread of swine flu in neighbouring country, Meghalaya Government has set up a screening post at international land crossing along Bangladesh border to check travellers.
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Whos incharge of our lakes?
Zafar Futehally Opinion In the light of the manifest failure of the authorities to protect lakes from encroachment, the expertise and resources of civil society should be utilised, writes Zafar Futehally
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Gujarat to seek Centres nod for forest land use
The Gujarat Government would soon seek the Centre
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HC quashes Arkavathi notification
The Karnataka High Court quashed the notifications issued by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquiring 2,750 acres of land for formation of Arkavathi layout and held that the BDA has no
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Scope for Indian cos to farm out in Zimbabwe
With 11 million hectares of "fallow land being liberated for purpose of agriculture", Zimbabwe has outlined a big scope for Indian companies that wish to supply agricultural inputs, especially
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State of Forest Carbon Finance 2015: Converging at the Crossroads
Companies and governments around the world committed US$705 million in new finance in 2014 to enhance the role of forests in combating climate change, according to a report released by Forest Trends’
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on the construction of the Prem Nagar – Godali Bypass District Garhwal, Uttarakhand dated 23/09/2013
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subir Mario Chowfin Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/09/2013 on the construction of the Prem Nagar – Godali Bypass and the existence of forest over
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City to get new biomedical waste system in June
If all goes to plan, by June the city will get additional land for disposal of the 6,400 kg of bio medical waste it generates every day. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPBC) in coordination
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Environment ministry strikes at root of tribal land rights bill
The tribal land rights bill, a pet project of the UPA government which the Prime Minister said would be introduced in the ongoing session of Parliament, is in deep trouble. The Ministry of
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State doesn’t have vital data on environment, says report
Expressing concern over the lack of initiatives by the authorities to prepare a concrete environment plan, the State of Environment Report (SoER) has stressed launching a scientific action plan to combat environmental hazards. “The data on air quality is missing and the authorities concerned have not introduced a system of environmental management of the industrial estates/houses in the state. Environment planning has not taken root in the state, therefore there is no central databank and environment planning in place in the state,” the report said.
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Small temperature benefits provided by realistic afforestation efforts
Afforestation, the conversion of croplands or marginal lands into forests, results in the sequestration of carbon. As a result, afforestation is considered one of the key climate-change mitigation strategies
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Crops over 5000 hectares being damaged every year
Crops over to thousand hectares of land are being damaged every year at Singra upazila in the district (Bangladesh) due to presence of a regulator at Sherkole Point in an unplanned way. At present