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 …
The Kerala government is yet to take satisfactory action on almost all of the 12 recommendations made by the Estimates Committee of the Assembly in 1993 on Parambikulam Aliyar river water agreement.
The risk of a return of severe smog to Southeast Asia has faded, Singapore said on Saturday. "While hot spots will continue to be detected from time to time, the risk of recurrence of a severe or sustained smoke haze episode has now receded," the ministry of the environment and …
Setting an example of sorts for the effective afforestation drive, a small village, Chitanu, situated off the Jaipur-Delhi national highway, has successfully implemented the ambitious Village Forest Protection and Management Committee (VFPMC) scheme of the State Forest department. The establishment of VFPMC is part of the Aravalli Hills Afforestation Project. …
The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, is providing consultancy service to various organisations on different tree species. According to a communication from the IFGTB, the institute provided effective consultancy to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) under a World Bank-aided project. This consultancy enabled the …
The central ground water authority of the ministry of water resources launched a mass awareness campaign on protection and conservation of ground water resources from Palam in Najafgarh area on Monday.The objective of the campaign is to identify the problem-areas where groundwater resources are fast depleting or polluted.
Deadly no longer, declares the Environment Pollution Control Authority for NCR, as the Capital begins moving on lead-free petrol from tomorrow. That means, Delhi's 30 lakh vehicles, including buses, cars, trucks, three and two wheelers, will no longer be held responsible for the alarming incidence of lead poisoning that has …
Doti district administration and the District Forest Office are conducting investigation into illegal logging in the forest of Chatiwan village in the district of Nepal. About 22 thousand cubic feet of trees which were felled in various forests of the village are reported lying unclaimed at present .
Southeast Asian nations appealed to the international community to quickly release millions of dollars in stalled financial aid for fighting fires of the kind that recently spread a haze across the region. Although more than $8 million has been pledged by foreign donors, much of it has been either earmarked …
the forests of Melaghar in Sonmara sub division of west Tripura, that were once nearly denuded, have been revived through joint forest management ( jfm) . The Melaghar jfm area known as "Jeevan Deep' is an unique example of coppice protection through people's participation. Sal and teak trees, 7-15 feet …
The outbreak of a deadly disease is a cause for concern for people in Nepal. Encephalitis or inflammation of the brain has claimed about 300 lives in Nepal. The disease is caused by mosquito-borne viruses. The symptoms appear between five and 15 days after a bite, and if recognised in …
according to a study commissioned by the Maharashtra division of the World Wide Fund for nature, the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party have played a major role in encouraging large scale encroachment of the dense forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park during the past two years. Esconet, …
prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's declaration at a five-hour conclave with industrialists that the government will come up with a new "industry-friendly forest policy within a month', came as big surprise to many. The Union minister for environment and forests Saifuddin Soz was busy talking about the government's
At a time when Chinese authorities are enforcing strict measures to control motor pollution, domestic refineries have started producing unleaded gasoline. Government authorities say that the shift in the production to unleaded petrol will not require extra imports, as several refineries in China have been gearing up to produce unleaded …
The moist tropical forests of the Western Ghats of India are pockmarked with savanna-grasslands created and managed by local agricultural communities. A sample of such savanna-grasslands with differing growing conditions was studied in terms of peak above-ground biomass, monthly growth and cumulative production under different clipping treatments.
For almost four decades, unabated flaring of associated gas and oil spills have destroyed a large portion of Nigeria's mangroves in the Niger Delta of the country's southeastern coast. Associated gas comes in conjunction with crude oil but is separated and burnt off or "flared", if gas gathering and reinjection …
Pakistan has planned to hold discussions with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a US $22.8 million flood fighting project. The project is a part of Pakistan's initiative to combat the havoc caused by on-going floods in the country. The country is also expected to launch two projects costing US …
The government will invest us $100 million for the growth and diversification of marine life during the next four years. The decision has come at a time when conservationists had been sounding the alarm about the endangered species. According to them, endangered dolphins were swallowing nearly 300,000 bacteria a day …
An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Conservation) Act, 1997. It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It shall come into force at …
following a petition filed by World Wide Fund for Nature-India ( wwf-i ), the Supreme Court ( sc ) has directed state governments to provide better arms, wireless communication systems, and uniforms to forest guards to effectively check the menace of poaching in national parks and sanctuaries of the country. …
france's forests have come a long way. From being heavily exploited before the 18th century for primarily firewood, they are currently expanding at the rate of approximately 37,000 ha per year. The condition of the country's forests may have changed, but France's common people are yet to assert their rights …
