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 …
Indore: Even after getting a whopping Rs 18 lakh for the medicinal plantation under the compensatory afforestation project, the proceedings for the work has been stuck due to the budget yet to be released by the state government. Compensatory afforestation, in a laymans language is a process to assuage the …
Shimla: In an initiative backed by World Bank, the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has tied up with the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for the standardisation of the silt-monitoring technology to help quantify the impact of watershed treatment interventions. World Bank is keen on developing a scientific model to evaluate …
Gandhinagar: The Narmada canal’s movement towards Kutch has suddenly hit an environmental roadblock. Already under construction, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which is Narmada project’s implementing agency, has now found to its utter bewilderment that it had never taken a crucial forest conservation Act clearance from the Government …
This new working paper by ADBI focuses on four major environmental challenges that policymakers across Asia will need to address towards 2030 - water management, air pollution, deforestation and land degradation and climate change. The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future …
Agriculture production in different regions is facing complex challenges such as the impact of climate variability and change, land degradation, increased competition for water, increasing labor and input costs, and loss of carbon stocks in agricultural lands. While there is adequate literature and information on these issues, the impact on …
Despite Rs. 11,000 crores set aside for compulsory afforestation (CA) under CAMPA, much of the funding in forestation programmes remains unused. The Compensatory Afforestation Planning and Management Authority (CAMPA) funds comprise collections from industries and government organisation for diversion of forested areas to non-forest purposes. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s …
We show in climate model experiments that large-scale afforestation in northern mid-latitudes warms the Northern Hemisphere and alters global circulation patterns. An expansion of dark forests increases the absorption of solar energy and increases surface temperature, particularly in regions where the land surface is unable to compensate with latent heat …
In an effort to enhance green cover, Forest Department would embark on the task of planting seedlings of various fast growing tree species outside forest areas in the district. The seedlings would be planted in government offices and institutions, industrial premises, private education institutions and along roadsides. The highlight of …
In a shocking disclosure it has been revealed that the country’s forest cover is decreasing and the maximum loss is being reported from the Northeastern states including Meghalaya once considered to be the last vestige of hope as far as tree cover is concerned. India’s forest cover has declined by …
FARIDABAD/GURGAON: After concerns were raised about the Haryana government's plan to put a huge patch of forest area in Mangar and its adjoining villages in Faridabad under residential, agricultural and industrial use, the local town and country planning department has proposed that the state government double the forest cover. Against …
Shillong, Jan. 6: The Opposition NCP today demanded the immediate closure of the cement plants operating in forest areas in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district. Apart from the closure, it also demanded from the state government to ask the companies to go for “compensatory afforestation” and to take necessary punitive action …
SHILLONG: The Leader of Opposition in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly demanded the State Government to close all the cement plants operating illegally in Jaintia Hills district, which have violated the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Speaking to reporters in Shillong on Friday, Conrad Sangma said, “The high level committee of the government …
CHENNAI: As work on the grade separator project at the Anna Arch junction on E V R Salai (Poonamalee High Road) kicks off, close to 10 trees opposite the Aringnar Anna Government hospital of Indian Medicine were pulled down in the last few days. Six fully grown trees were chopped …
Marianne Fay, chief economist for the World Bank Sustainable Development Network, led a study on green growth, defined as growth that is efficient, clean, and resilient: ecient in its use of natural resources, clean in minimizing pollution and environmental impacts, and resilient in fully accounting for natural hazards. Here, Environment …
JAMMU: Apart from normal afforestion, promotion of natural resources and development of nurseries, the Soil Conservation Department (SCD) has taken new initiatives, which among other things include facilitating artificial recharge of ground water. In this regard, the department has started a pilot scheme of artificial recharge of ground water at …
The Forest Conservation Department (FCD) has carried out reforestation in about 2,000 hectares of forest land during 2011, FCD Conservator General H M Hitisekara told the Daily News. He said that special attention was given to reforestation in hill tops. Accordingly, 386 hectares of forest cover had been replanted in …
Orissa is prone to natural disasters, especially floods. Yet, the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. What is needed in dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows is the …
Agartala: Forest Survey of India (FSI) Report 2009 has indicated a steady increase of forest cover in northeastern India. The report came in the wake of allegation of deforestation due to developmental activities coupled with increase of population and continuous practice of Jhumming (slash and burn method of agriculture) by …
The total area of 9,400 sq.km. of forest cover in the State needs to be expanded to at least 20,000 sq. km . This was among the foremost recommendation that was evolved at the national seminar on ‘Greening the Forests for Safe Living' held as part of the science fair, …
The State Forest department has decided to grow over 20 lakh sandalwood trees on 2,000 acres of land at a cost of Rs 50 crore in nine districts of the State. Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara told mediapersons on Monday that the project, implemented in Mysore on a pilot basis, …
