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 Ministry of Environment and Forest has for the first admitted, in the High Court, that nearly Rs 816.08 crore of compensatory afforestation fund deposited by the Private Power Producers and companies engaged in the hydro-power generation was lying idle stashed in different banks for the past 15 years. In …
‘Disclose environmental cost of every project on website and boards at site' All civic agencies carrying out any construction work would now be required to display at the project sites the environmental cost of the project, indicating the number of trees being felled and the location of compensatory plantation. This …
‘Stress factor' of trees to calculate risk to road-users For the next five months, every Saturday, about 5,000 students from various schools and colleges will be seen measuring trees on the streets of the city. The students are part of an exercise to develop a census of the tree population …
Days after the Supreme Court temporarily banned mining in Bellary, the suspended miners want the state’s forest department to share responsibility for the environmental degradation. The miners, including one of the largest — Sandur Manganese Iron Ore, have said that if the rationale for last week’s Supreme Court decision to …
Bangalore :World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India has launched a campaign in the City urging people to support forest conservation. The national youth-level campaign, known as ‘Cities for Forests’, focuses on creating awareness about the link between forests and human wellbeing. Students from the Army Public School, Poorna Prajna Vidyaniketan, Jayanagar, …
Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco’s Rs 52,000-crore mega steel project in Orissa’s coastal Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield project include about three lakh casuarina and as many horticultural plants, official sources said. …
JAMMU: Minister for Ecology, Environment and Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmed today attended the 62nd Van-Mahoutsav organized by Social Forestry Department in the premises of Govt. Polytechnic College Jammu. Commissioner Secretary to Government Forest Department, Shantmanu presided over the function while Chief Conservator of Forest R.D Tiwari was guest of honour. …
BHUBANESWAR: It is not everyday that bullock carts are seen on the roads of Bhubaneswar. So when some enthusiastic college goers set out on a bullock cart journey on the city roads recently, it appeared strange to many commuters. Yet, the intention of the youngsters on board the cart was …
AFFORESTATION, a key climate change reduction strategy recommended by the United Nations, will not have much effect on global temperatures. Instead, if carried out in high altitudes, it may lead to climate warming, according to a study carried out by scientists in Canada. The scientists assessed the impact of replanting …
A Delhi court has ordered the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that the trees that were felled in the Qutabgarh City Forest in May 2009. Around 15 per cent of trees of the 27.77-hectare forest were uprooted in 2009 due to a disagreement over bills between the Forest department …
Officials counter charge of creating monocultures, depleting groundwater with wrong choice of trees,/i> Close to a million trees are planted every year in Delhi as part of the city’s greening programme but environmentalists say there is little ecological basis behind the selection of tree species to be planted. Worse, they …
Sindh government could not rehabilitate the forests of the province despite the passage of one year after the devastating floods of last year. Forests in kacha areas have been the natural barriers against floods' devastation. After the devastating floods of last year, Senior Minister for Works and Services Dr Zulifqar …
Garnier and The Times of India joint initiative Take Care Take Charge ended on a high note with thousands of volunteers undertaking environment friendly activities to commemorate TCTC Day. The objective was not just to celebrate thousands of ideas or pledges received but to acknowledge how India’s youth have a …
Social networking site Facebook is fast catching on with Government agencies as the fastest medium to reach out to the youth and keyboard tapping denizens. After the widespread response to the Delhi police and MCD pages, the Delhi Government’s Environment and Forests department is the latest entrant on the popular …
There will be no increase in the existing forest cover of Punjab, despite the fact that the state government has started a massive tree plantation drive during the monsoons
Read B K Chaturvedi committee report on the tussle regarding the ‘no-go’ issue in mining. It recommends diluting environmental regulations to fasten growth of the coal sector and has been questioned. Report of the committee constituted by Group of Ministers to suggest solutions on coal and other development issues See …
Delhi takes great pride in its annual greening drive, but environmentalists say very little is being done to ensure that the trees actually survive. A recent meeting convened by the NGO Green Circle of Delhi, and attended by officials from the Forest department and the city
A massive tree plantation drive in the city will begin soon to achieve the national target of 33 per cent green cover by 2012. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched an elaborate scheme
In order to increase the green cover in Delhi from about 20 per cent at present to the national target of 33 per cent by 2012, the Delhi Government will launch a
