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 …
Industries to chip in with 40 lakh plants and saplings To check pollution in the city, which has been listed as one of the most polluted places in India, an ambitious plan, “Green Visakha,” is being launched. Local industries will plant 40 lakh plants and saplings over five years in …
This document contains the presentation by Hita Unnikrishnan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, on “Rural urban transition and Vulnerability to Climate Change: A case study of a village in Bengaluru” during Second National Research Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Centre for Science and …
New Delhi After a short period of lenience in allowing coal mining in “no-go” forest areas, the environment ministry has decided to impose stringent penalties on violators. In a significant move, the ministry has categorised non-compliance with the environment clearance (EC) conditions as ‘serious’ and ‘not-so-serious’ across 27 sectors and …
Under criticism for the scanty green cover across the state and not utilising the Centre’s fund, the state government will plant 5 billion trees over next five years. At present, only 16% of the land has trees --- this is much below the national average of 33%. With each tree …
Patnitop passenger aerial ropeway project JAMMU: In a significant decision, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended environment clearance for the construction of passenger aerial ropeway project at Patnitop with certain conditions to be strictly complied with by the project proponent. Official …
Agartala: The autonomous Tripura Forest Development and Plantation Corporation has decided to encourage bamboo cultivation and medicinal plant and rare herb plantations besides rubber, officials said on Saturday. “The plan will be implemented across Tripura where tribals were given land pattas under Forest Right Act,” TFDPC officials said. About 1.18 …
The city holds the dubious distinction of being one of the least green metros in the country. With a green cover spread over just 9.5 per cent of its geographic area, Chennai's dream of achieving the goal of 33 per cent urban forest cover by 2012, as envisaged in the …
A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam to combat the ill-effects of industrial pollution and haphazard urbanisation, according to Dr T. …
Lieutenant-Governor launches International Year of Forests celebration by planting a sapling Amid a growing demand from nature lovers that Sanjay Van, a city forest spread over 783 acres near Neela Hauz, be made a bird sanctuary, the 2011 International Year of Forests celebration was launched by Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on …
Agartala: India will engage 100,000 educated youths to execute an ambitious Green India Mission (GIM) which seeks to increase the country’s forest cover to 33 percent from 20 percent within 10 years, says a top forest official. P.J. Dilip Kumar, director general of India’s forest department, says that in order …
With a view to maintaining ecological balance and enhance the green cover in Punjab, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will further intensify its ongoing drive for the plantation of saplings in the state. Now, the board is all set to spread awareness regarding the need for tree plantation in …
In the wake of widespread concern over the contents and implication of the proposed Wildlife (Conservation) Bill 2011, a parliamentary sub-committee yesterday decided to find out its loopholes discussing with experts. At a meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday, the sub-committee came up with the decision to submit …
Agartala: Scientists at the Van Gaveshana Sadan in Agartala, Tripura, are helping bamboo cultivators to meet the shortage of planting material available for bamboo cultivation through tissue culture propagation. Traditionally, Tripura has been dependant on other states for planting material. The tissue culture procedure is not only solving the problem …
SHILLONG: Expressing concern over the unscientific rat hole mining prevalent in the State especially in Jaintia Hills, Deputy Chief Minister In-charge Mining, Bindo M Lanong, said the State Government has incorporated certain clauses in the proposed State Mining Policy which would make it mandatory for miners to refill the land …
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecol¬ogy, Mian Altaf, today informed the Legislative Council that the geographical area of the Jammu and Kashmir State is 1,01,387km sq while the forest cover in the State is 16,309 square km (exclud¬ing forest cover outside line of control). He was replying …
During the last fortnight, India’s foremost wildlife experts have dashed off three consecutive letters to environment minister Jayanti Natarajan questioning the entire process of giving clearance to forest projects. Conservationists Pravee-n Bhargava, Belinda Wright and Shekar Dattari, have in their letters demanded that pristine forest land should not be allowed …
About 80 percent of the forested area of the developing world is held under public ownership. Many critics of state ownership argue that public stewardship of forests has been poor, pointing to high rates deforestation on land owned and administered by governments. These criticisms have given rise to a movement …
The report of the working group on forests and sustainable management of natural resources is a collective effort to introduce and explain the concerns and challenges faced by the sector and the strategy to address them in the Twelfth Five Year Plan. Forests can no longer be considered as nature’s …
It is providing incentives to framers for the number of trees grown Forest Department in its attempt to create awareness among masses has taken up many novel projects aiding more greenery in Udupi district through the process of involving public. Kundapur division ACF Manjunath Shetty informed Deccan Herald that many …
Bellary miners could have earned notoriety for causing irreparable damage to the ecology in the district, but the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) thinks otherwise. The Board has selected Bellary for its Green Award, which would be conferred on September 21 at Jnana Jyothi auditorium here. At a press …
