1m lumberjacks will turn green
More than one million lumberjacks in China are expected to become tree planters under a nationwide forest-conservation project. The project, which will cover 61 per cent of the mainland's major forests, will see more than one million employees in the forestry industry lose their jobs by 2000. According to the …
Rain washes away fears of new forest fire haze
Asian officials meeting in Manila to develop a detailed fire-fighting plan for Southeast Asia said that higher-than-average rainfall over the past two months has prevented a repeat of last year's forest-fire catastrophe.
Smoke blankets most of Bolivia
Fires set by farmers to clear forests and grasslands have blanketed two-thirds of Bolivia with smoke, resulting in health warnings, school closings and cancelled airline flights.
Environment-friendly cars in offing
Cheer up Kathmanduites. Though late, less-polluting cars are in the offing. Manufacturers say, once the cars with dual-fuel system the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and petrol start plying the roads, air pollution level in terms of vehicular exhaust will virtually decline.
Govt clears proposals of Guntur forest officials
The Andhra Pradesh state government has cleared the proposal of Guntur circle of forest officials of embarking on an afforestation programme in catchment areas of Telugu Ganga scheme at a cost of Rs 36.53 crore to safeguard the environment and prevent erosion of soil.
Beijing willing to sacrifice logging industry
Beijing would rather sacrifice its timber industry than allow rampant logging to continue, Premier Zhu Rongji said. On an inspection tour of the flood-hit city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, the Premier told cadres they must follow Beijing's order to stop logging and find new jobs for the unemployed. Beijing last …
Substantial increase in forest cover
Minister : There has been a substantial increase in the forest cover in Tamil Nadu as seen in the satellite mapping of the country. "This is in contrast to the rest of the States where there is considerable degradation of forest land", says the Minister for Forest, Mr. Pongalur N. …
California fires test firefighters
Firefighters struggled in termperature over 38 degree Celsius on Tuesday to put out a series of fast-moving wildfires searing southern California and threatening homes.Experts predicted that the state could see one of its worst fire seasons this year because of the extra vegetation produced by last winter's EI Nino rains …
MCD crosses target in 'Green' campaign
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has crossed 30 per cent of the target of planting 6.5 lakh saplings in various areas of the capital, under the Green Delhi campaign, the Mayor, Mr. Dhayan Chand Ahuja said.
New boundaries to thwart loggers and trespassers
The Thalayban National Park in Satun in Thailand will be re-demarcated and part of it will have its park status revoked in a bid to end illegal logging and forest encroachment by villagers, said Agriculture Minister Pongpol Adireksarn. He said the re-demarcation of the park would end the problem of …
Three Gorges project plans share listing
The China Three Gorges project Corporation, the company managing the construction of the world's largest hydro-electirc power plant, is drawing up plans for a share listing on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchange. the proposal comes as the state developers of the dam, which will span the Yangtze …
Mangroves easy target of prawn mafia
Increasing illegal prawn cultivation and human pressure have posed serious threat to rare mangrove forest in Orissa, which has the second largest concentration in the country after Sunderban.
Plan to fight fires
Southeast Asia must soon put in place a plan to combat future forest fires and choking blaze, which experts estimate have cost the region $4.5 billion in economic losses, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.
Forest development plan
Forest in Punjab would be developed by planting 10,000 hectares of land, 12,000 hectares of private farm land and 500 hectares of land under joint ventures of the government and private entrepreneurs. According to the forest department officials of Pakistan, community forestry development programme was also under way in collaboration …
Forest schemes pay dividend in Haryana
The 'Samriti Van' and 'City Forest' schemes of Haryana Forest Department have started yielding results. The public parks, particularly in the HUDA sectors, are today greater and also the play-fields.Minister of Forests Jagdish Yadav has now devised a plan to involve the industry and the farm-house owners, around cities like …
Brazil reservation threatened by fire
Brazilian environmental authorities have declared a "red alert" as fires raged toward one of the country's biggest and best preserved Indian reservations. Flames were devouring farmland in central Mato Grosso sate and heading for the Xingu National Park, where 17 different indegenous groups live in a densely forested area bigger …
Alaska melting
Trouble ahead: Over thousands of miles, big patches of Alaska's forests are drowning and turning grey as the ground sinks under them and swamp water floods them.
