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Girnar ropeway plan hits eco hurdle
Central Panel Against Project Passing Through Wildlife Sanctuary
Nayan Dave | TNN
Rajkot: Constructing ‘Udan Khatola’, a ropeway, at Mount Girnar is turning out to be an uphill task. Just when everyone started believing that the decades-old project may finally see the light of day, it has hit an environment roadblock yet again.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Delawadi a matchless eco-tourism destination
The Delawadi camp situated amidst dense forests has been developed as a matchless eco-tourism destination. About Rs 90 lakh has been spent on this camp. Now more tourists are getting attracted towards it. This eco-tourism destination under Obaidullahganj forest division has been developed by Madhya Pradesh Eco-Tourism Development Board.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
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Experts warning against new Forest Rights Act
Special Correspondent
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Back to forest, villagers restore the green
Thousands of residents from nine villages in the Shahpur forest division are reaping the fruits of their hard work and dedication of over a decade in restoring greenery on 5,000 hectares of barren land.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
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- Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Growers wait for forest dept permission to cut trees
The coffee growers of Mudigere region are facing a peculiar problem. These growers had filed an application seeking permission from the District Conservator of Forest to cut the trees in their coffee plantation, which they had planted some years ago to provide shade. Though they had sought permission about a year ago, the applications are lying on the tables of the Forest officials, hogging dust.
- Date:
- 24/12/2008
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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ZP orders road work in sanctuary
Even as the Supreme Court has categorically stated that there will be no compromise in protecting vital forest resources, an elected body has directed the Public Works Department to carry out road laying work through pristine forests of Brahmagiri and Pushpagiri in Kodagu district.
- Date:
- 21/12/2008
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Forest dept shoots down roadwork in tribal village
G Rajasekaran | Salem
- Date:
- 19/12/2008
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- New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Nitrous oxide in flux
In drought conditions, forest soils can serve as a small but surprisingly persistent sink for the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. The effect highlights a research avenue necessary for predicting Earth’s climate.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- Nature Vol: 456 Issue: 7224 pp: 888-889
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That's your sink
Standing forests are the most important territorial reservoirs to CO2. Reforestry and afforestry CDM projects are the means to sequester carbon. Himachal Pradesh and Haryana are the examples.
In India, both Himachal Pradesh and Haryana are in nascent stage of a reforestation and afforestation project under CDM. The projects entrust people with the task of growing and protecting
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- Centre for Science and Environment
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That's your sink
Standing forests are the most important territorial reservoirs to CO2. Reforestry and afforestry CDM projects are the means to sequester carbon. Himachal Pradesh and Haryana are the examples.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- Centre for Science and Environment
