Satellite to keep an eye on EU's farmers
Europe will police its new agricultural support regime with ultra sensitive spy satellites that can tell whether farmers are keeping their land in good environmental and agricultural condition.
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Developing cost-effective field assessments of carbon stocks in human-modified tropical forests
<p>Across the tropics, there is a growing financial investment in activities that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, such as REDD+. However, most tropical countries lack
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Welfare and poverty impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: evidence from Andhra Pradesh
This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee
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Land cover dynamics following a deforestation ban in northern Costa Rica
Forest protection policies potentially reduce deforestation and re-direct agricultural expansion to already-cleared areas. Using satellite imagery, we assessed whether deforestation for conversion to pasture
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Jaguar to Roll Out 200 mph Hybrid Car @ $1.2 Million
Jaguar Land Rover, the luxurycar unit of India
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Rajasthan plan to boost water recharge
In an attempt to increase water recharge in land, the Rajasthan Government has formulated an action plan to remove hurdles such as constructions, encroachments and mining in the catchment areas of
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Land, water resources to be developed
The Pakistan government has decided to develop new land and water resources in the four provinces at a cost of Rs3.35 billion. According to sources, the initiative will be supported by various
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Plan panel for paradigm shift in policy on forest land
In a significant move, the Planning Commission's Sub-Group on Scheduled Tribes has strongly recommended that in forest villages, the onus of proving wrongful occupation of land by the tribals should
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National committee lifts siege of coalmine
The Phulbari unit of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports called off its siege after discussion with the local administration on Thursday afternoon. The committee and local people have been demonstrating since Monday and blocked roads and railways on Wednesday to underscore their demand for compensation for the damage to the last Aman crop, and have ask
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Pranab takes up Tata project with Vietnam
Pranab MukherjeeVietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday assured Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that land acquisition issues for the proposed Tata Steel plant in the neighbouring country would soon be resolved. Tata Steel, the world's seventh largest steel maker, had signed on the dotted line four years before to set up a $5-billion facility in Vietnam. Mukherjee reportedly
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When power brings progress
Ramareddy Alavandi Land prices have consequently shot up. The Shaktinagar campus area near Devasugur is ideal for industry, because of the availability of power, and water from the Krishna river.
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And the fires are still burning
As things stand today, Jharia presents a gloomy picture. While there are 75 pockets here engulfed by fire, vegetation on the surface is thin, as the heat has left the land dry and barren, says Sandeep Bhaskar
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Rs 5.91 crore washed away' by Jia Bhoroli
The Naduar region in Sonitpur district has been one of the most neglected areas in the State, according to the people here. One of the main causes of this opinion has been the indifferent attitude of the Government towards the checking of erosion caused by the Jia Bhoroli river. The citizens of greater Naduar have vehemently criticised the State Government for it failure to check the erosion of cultivable land of the people residing near the Jia Bhoroli river, though successive Governments in the State have claimed to have spent more than Rs 15 crore from the exchequer in the name of flood-protection measures. Till date, more than 5,000 hectares of cultivable land have been washed away by the mighty river. People living in the areas near the river
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Singapulikande people lose their homes
Singappulikanda, a hill at Pathakada in Pelmadulla has been declared a high-risk area prone to land slips and the occupants in 21 houses on its slopes evacuated by the Ratnapura District Disaster Management Centre. This step was taken by officials of the centre who inspected the hill after an earthslip last week.
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Daitari mines closure to hit Visa Steel, Bhushan Steel, NINL
In FY13, the Daitari mines had recorded production of 703,440 tonnes of ore With the forest department taking a grim view on Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) carrying out mining activities without forest clearance, the state-controlled miner's Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down.
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BILT bets on farm forestry to shore up margins
Paper companies are aggressively looking at farm forestry operations to cut down on the landed cost of wood, which could translate into higher margins for them and also lower paper prices in the long
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Gayatri Devi on dharna against land mafia
BATTLING ODDS: Rajmata Gayatri Devi (right) on a dharna in front of her Royal Palace "Moti Doongri' in Jaipur on Wednesday. Vexed over attempts at encroaching upon the land donated by her for the development of a public park, the former Queen Mother of Jaipur Gayatri Devi on Wednesday sat on a dharna with the residents of the Sanjay Nagar slum cluster located near the Moti Doongri Fort here. Once among the world's most beautiful women, Gayatri Devi, sat for half an hour in the token protest before her well-wishers could persuade her to give up.
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State to take appropriate action on Ramesh's order on Posco
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it would take appropriate action on Posco project after receiving the order of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) which accorded final approval for forest land diversion for the proposed mage steel unit. We are yet to receive the order. We have just learnt from the media that such an order has been passed.
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Affordable homes at the cost of saltpans?
MUMBAI: An expert panel formed by the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), a government think-tank on infrastructure projects for the city, has recommended unlocking certain No Development Zone (NDZ) areas and saltpan lands in order to accommodate more affordable housing projects.
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Barapukuria locals protest plan for open pit mining
Local people under the banner of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Minerals Resources, Power and Port besieged Barapukuria Coal Mine yesterday protesting government's plan to go for open pit mining and demanding compensation for aman crops and postponement of the ongoing land survey. Around 1,000 people joined the 48 hour programme that began at 10:30am at the entrance to the coal mine.