Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Science and policy must come together to consider the 'pyrites-oxidation hypothesis' and the proper course of action to counter arsenic contaminaiton of groundwater, according to Peter Ravenscroft, of Mott Macdonald an UK-based engineering consultant, at a seminar on the environment in Calcutta on Sunday.
The environmental movement has taken a new turn in the U.S. with the entry of some large conservation organisations into commercial forestry. The Nature Conservancy, based in Arlington, Virginia and Vermont Land Trust in Montpelier, Vermont said they have purchased 10,716 hectares of timberland in Vermont and upstate New York …
When the National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) filed an interloutory application in the Supreme Court on Feb 10,1997, alleging wanton destruction of forest and exploitation of tribals in Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh by a nexus of politicians, officials and timber merchants, nothing concrete was really expected …
The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to set up a study team to investigate why farmers in Andhra Pradesh tend to commit suicide in case of crop failure, with particular focus on whether indebtedness to private sources was the main cause. Eleven cotton growers have committed suicide recently following failure …
The Human Genome Project is mapping out the genetic blueprint of the body. As a result, effective gene therapies for a number of diseases are now within reach : a report.
In the remote interiors of the Dahod district in Gujarat, it's jungle raj all over. Illegal felling of trees by timber smugglers and unauthorised cultivation by tribals is evident in several villages along the Anas, which seprates Gujarat from Madhya Pradesh. Plantations nurtured by the social forestry wing are bearing …
The worst floods since 1961 have ravaged the Juba river valley in Somalia killing more than 2,000 people. Roads, airstrips and bridges were underwater in the towns of Bardera in the north to Jumaame in the south. "It is completely floo-ded. People are trapped. Some are sitting on dikes waiting …
Decades of deafening, pollution-spewing history are to be wiped off New Delhi's streets this week when motorcycle taxis with vintage Harley Davidson engines make a forced final exit. Come Friday, the monstrous eight-seater contraptions, a celebrated New Delhi symbol, will have vanished for eternity, axed by a court order banning …
The mysterious disease, which dried up over 800 mature deodar trees in the Chail (Shimla) area over the past five years, has been caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, a deadly fungus known for its destructive potential the world over. The fungus identified by a special team comprising scientists of Himalayan Forestry …
Fire fighters have put out the last flames of raging bush fires that destroyed a large area of a national park in Brasilia, killing wildlife and smothering the Brazilian capital with smoke.
Stunned by devasting floods this summer along the Yangtze River, which experts said were intensified because slopes far upstream has been stripped bare, China has banned cutting of the old-growth forests that once formed a rich green carpet over the mountains. No trees were to be cut after Sept 1 …
The Supreme Court has held that the supply of bamboo and hardwood from a Government forest under an agreement is not exigible to tax. The ruling was given by a division bench comprising Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha and Mr. Justice K. Venkataswami while allowing an appeal in the case of …
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed a writ petition filed in public interest seeking inter alia, to restrain the Government from allowing any non-forestry activities in the Kudremukh National Park, by reserving the liberty to the petitioners to file a comprehensive complaint to the Secretary …
Andhra Pradesh Congress on Thursday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of failure to take any initiative to resolve Almatti dam dispute with Karnataka and asked him to exert pressure on the Centre to find an amicable solution to the issue without further delay.CLP leader P Janardhan Reddy alleged that …
Investigations into the mysterious drying up of over two thousand full grown trees in Kheer Ganga forest under Parbati division three years ago have led to the uncovering of a major scandal and revealed the modus operandi of how officials have been plundering the state's precious forest resources in the …
According to the accounts statement of the Ranjit Sagar Dam dated July 1998, out of the Rs 2494.31 crore spent so far, as much as Rs 670 crore approximately has gone down the drain and the management has no worthwhile explanation to justify the expenditure.
Chief minister of Andhara Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu categorically stated that the intake level of Srisailam left bank canal (SLBC) remained at the previous height of 151.45 meters and works were going on as per the schedule.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has suggested amendment to the Forest Conservation Act and creation of 'reforestation funds' for facilitating reforms in the forestry sector.The chamber in a study on "Greening of wastelands: Incresingly the forest cover" has mooted a proposal of reforestation funds by …
