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 concept of JFM is alluring enough to keep people engaged in conservation for years. But when it comes to sharing the fruits it is a practical joke. For every hundred rupees earned from timber sale a JFM committee usually gets only Rs 17.5 in cash, thanks to the forest …
In A shocking revelation, the environmental status report of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) states that the present land cover in the city under the No-Development Zone (NDZ) has drastically dropped from 19,289 hectare during 2009-10 to 13,671 hectare in 2010-11. While top BMC officials and environmentalists feel that such …
Forest Dept seeks compensation from NTPC Shimla: The Forest Department has sought adequate compensation from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), executing the 800 MW Kol Dam project, to rejuvenate the prime habitat of the “cheer pheasant” which is likely to be submerged under the dam water in Bilaspur. About …
The Resource Survey and Management Division of Forest Research Institute organised a day-long brainstorming session on convergence of forestry and agriculture. The Chief Executive Officer of the National Rainfed Area Authority, New Delhi, Dr JS Samra, who was the chief guest on the occasion, inaugurated the session along with director …
The governance of forests in India has been a complex realm to unravel. Due to the multiple claims to ownership, jurisdiction and management of forests through India's modern history, forests have remained a subject of intrigue for all those trying to understand the complex legalities that have operated within a …
Raping the forest for ephemeral fashions The alleged rape in Brazil of an 18-year-old teacher by Paulinho Paiakan, chief of the Kayapo tribe, may be seen as symbolic of the rape of the Amazon rainforests using as a lure the theory that marketing forest produce is more economically beneficial and …
New Delhi With the rising demand for paper and paper products during the last decade, the industry has urged the government to explore possibility of using a part of the huge track of wasteland for growing trees, which would meet future wood pulp requirements. An assessment of the raw material …
With a view to increasing the forest/tree cover as per the national forest policy, 64 lakh saplings will be planted across the State, Forest Minister K.T. Pachamal told the Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to the debate on the demands for grants to his department, he said the ambitious programme would …
The West Bengal Government has devised a multi-pronged strategy to curb the growing environmental degradation including development of appropriate technology to curb industrial and other pollution and introduction of environment guards. The Environment Minister, Mr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, said a committee has been set up to suggest ways to tackle …
In an attempt to enhance green cover in the district, the Tiruchi Police have decided to plant 1,000 saplings on lands belonging to the department. The saplings would be planted in police stations, police quarters, Armed Reserve grounds and other police offices with a view to turning them as green …
Tapal Ganesh, mine owner, has urged the team of experts which is in Bellary on a four-day visit to take up an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study to ascertain the extent of compensatory afforestation taken up by the Forest Department. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Ganesh said …
SHILLONG: In the bid to safeguard the forest cover of the State, the State Cabinet has approved the constitution of the Meghalaya State Forest Development Agency in accordance with the directives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. Talking to media persons after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Forest …
DIGBOI: Coinciding the take-off of the Communication meeting of Carbon (CMC) neutralization initiative of Indian Oil Family slated in New Delhi recently, the Indian Oil people stationed in Digboi teamed up and undertook sapling plantation drive in a park adjacent to the B type housing facility in Muliabari area of …
The Bangalore Development Authority’s move to plant saplings in a 300-acre grassland at Hesaraghatta in Bangalore North Taluk, the last patch of verdant landscape that’s home to a variety of wildlife, has ruffled the feathers of nature lovers, wildlife experts and photographers. a Slice of paradise: The 300-acre grassland in …
Forest Department to foot expenditure of digging pits The Department of Forests has plans to distribute 80,000 saplings to farmers this year under tree planting in private lands scheme as part of the afforestation programme with an aim of increasing green cover on earth, according to forest officials. These saplings …
Expressing displeasure over the recent tightening of norms for grant of environment clearance to industrial projects, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has urged the environment and forest ministry to issue correctives. In a letter to minister Jayanthi Natarajan, he asked her to “personally intervene” to “allay the misapprehension of …
Gujarat’s environment and forest department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the state’s coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
Ajit Gulabchand, CMD, HCC talks about balancing environment sustainability with infrastructure growth We are a rich country, with poor people. We need to bring people out of poverty and bring prosperity. Now while doing that a lot of damage is done to the environment which actually affects everybody. So, how …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday claimed that the Delhi Government has achieved its target of planting one million saplings under the “Plant a million saplings” campaign which started on July 23. Ms. Dikshit made the announcement while initiating a plantation drive at Asola Wildlife Sanctuary where one lakh …
MUDA has released Rs 48 lakh for green drive Students involved in green drive that was launched in Mysore on Monday. In a bid to improve the green cover in the new and upcoming layouts and recharge the ground water, the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Monday launched the …
