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 …
Budget proposals include increase in outlays for education and social security measures for youth Even as he announced major increases in outlays for education, agriculture, social security and programmes for the youth, Punjab's new Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa in his maiden Budget speech in the State Assembly here on …
Even as civic administration and other city agencies are planning major infrastructure projects, this will cost the city almost 500 trees in the process. According to the data provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Tree Authority, permission to cut 493 trees was sought by various agencies including the BMC, …
Balancing forest harvesting and restoration is critical for forest ecosystem management. In this study, we used LANDIS, a spatially explicit forest landscape model, to evaluate the effects of 21 alternative forest management initiatives which were drafted for forests in the upstream region of the Hun River in northeastern China.
The State Forest Department, in a bid to create assets and popularise the concept of sandalwood estates, will take up the exercise of planting around 10 lakh sandalwood saplings in around 10,000 acres of forest land across the State. Addressing mediapersons here on Friday, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara said …
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund has approved $153 million projects to fight adverse impacts of climate change. The fund will be disbursed under six projects including the three already finalised by the council governing over the BCCRF. The council at its second meeting held at environment and forest ministry on …
Under the Tamil Nadu Bio-Diversity Conservation and Greening Project, 10 crore saplings woill be planted across the State, said forest officials at the bi-annual consultative meeting of Forest Genetics, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, held at the office of Forest Genetics here recently. This scheme of tree cultivation in private lands …
To reclaim tree cover lost to encroachment, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) will plant 15,000 trees of various species this year, including the state flower Jarul. The park has set a target of planting 15,000 trees of native species such as Bamboo, Sembal (Cotton tree), Karanj (Indian Beech), Jarul, …
Hindustan Zinc plans to plant 70,000 saplings at its Rampura Agucha zinc mine in Rajasthan. This was part of the company's green initiative to plant one lakh saplings in the next seven days. Hindustan Zinc already houses over 12 lakh plantation in and around its business locations. Inaugurating the company's …
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd plans to take under captive plantation over 10,000 acres of degraded land to raise pulp wood for raw material. In the current year, it will raise eucalyptus and casuarina on 3,000 acres in the Noyyal River area where land polluted by effluents from the …
The government has to deal firmly in protecting and preserving forests by making policy changes wherever required. The fast depletion of forestry, particularly on account of socio-economic and other factors and non-availability of water in riverine ecosystem had left its mark on this sector. Other reasons for decline in forests, …
Allocation of Tk 400 crore for the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund was sought in the proposed budget for 2012-2013, which was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. The government created the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund with national resources. A total of Tk 2,100 crore has been allocated …
Hindustan Zinc has decided to plant one lakh saplings at its sites in Rajasthan to mark World Environment Day. Its zinc-producing mine at Rampura Agucha in Bhilwara district has started plantation of 70,000 saplings as part of the ambitious drive. Inaugurating the drive on Tuesday, Bhilwara Collector Onkar Singh said …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday approved Rs 184.60-crore Annual Plan of Operations for Compensatory Afforestation Fund Managament and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for the financial year 2012-13. The approval came at a high-level review meeting presided over by chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik at the State Secretariat here. A target …
The ongoing sapling-planting drive has received a fresh boost this World Environment Day, with 4,000 new saplings being planted around Tiruchi by the city corporation. Held as part of the celebrations organised by the Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School in Teppakulam, the day's drive was focussed on main roads and …
To mark this year's World Environment Day, the Tiruchi wing of the Isha Foundation has decided to nurture at their own nursery four types of tree saplings: trees that give shade, bear fruits and flowers, and those that provide timber. Instituted under the banner Project Green Hands, the two acre …
Come summer and the forests of Uttarakhand become vulnerable to a dreaded phenomenon, which has been occurring down the centuries, named fire. The fires usually break out between March and June (fire season) in the coniferous chir pine forests in the 1000-1800m (altitude) range, with many of them caused by …
SILCHAR: Arunodoy Sangha, NGO, and the forest department of Cachar, on Tuesday launched save nature campaign on the occasion of the World Environment Day at Udharband, 13 km from here. The campaign began with the conveyance of the message of the day and through mass plantations of trees, both general …
RITES to draw up measures to protect the Karamana and Killi rivers The State government has accorded permission to the Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) to conduct studies for a Rs.500-crore pollution abatement project. The project will draw up measures to protect the Karamana and Killi rivers and …
6.5 L of 9.19 L Saplings Planted During Swarnim Gujarat Have Died Ahmedabad:This is one green record nobody in the government wants to remember. Over 9.19 lakh tree saplings were planted across Ahmedabad on July 31, 2010 as part of Swarnim Gujarat celebrations. Chief Minister Narendra Modi had joined 25,000-odd …
Vadodara Has 46 Trees Per Hectare Which Is Way Above State Average Vadodara: The Banyan city is growing by leaps and bounds but it is still breathing fresh air compared to bigger cities in Gujarat. A tree census done by the forest department and Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in the …
