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 …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday called for public participation as well as the cooperation of trade bodies and industrial houses in combating climate change. The trade and industry, taking it as a part of their social responsibility, should come forward to create public awareness about the consequences …
Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), Coimbatore has decided to step up the drive for enhancing green cover by schools and also to plant 10,000 saplings with the help of industries. Effort A release from TNPCB says that June 5 is being observed as World Environment Day where every …
To mark World Environment Day; 11.87 lakh saplings given GREEN:Children planting a sapling. SIVAKASI: The stage is set for a mass sapling planting in Virudhunagar district on Saturday planned on the occasion of World Environment Day. The district administration has distributed 11.87 lakh saplings to individual houses and private lands.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an initiative to bring the benefits of growth and development to the adivasis, the State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) was inaugurated here on Thursday by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.
Pune The environment protection committee of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has sought a report from its engineering wing about the requirement of trees to be planted during the tree plantation drive to be kicked off from later this month.
P. Oppili CHENNAI: A team of experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will visit forest areas in Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and the Nilgiris for three days from next Monday to approve funding for the State Forest Department's Natural Resources Management Project. A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head …
Tiruchi Bureau KARUR: A total of 4,250 saplings will be planted along the State Highways in Karur district on the occasion of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's 87th birthday on Thursday. Collector C. Munirathinam planted a sapling along the State Highway 71 connecting Karur-Guziliamparai-Dindigul to launch the project. The project is …
Jammu: To preserve the ecology of the region, the Stone Crushers Association has decided to plant as many as 10,000 saplings in the coming monsoon. The association also called on the newly appointed Chairman of the Pollution Control Board (PCB) Lal Chand here. The deputation was led by the Jammu …
Sukhna, the landmark waterbody of the City Beautiful, is dying. The water level of the lake has receded from 18 feet in 1958 to approximately four-and-a-half feet today. There are many to blame for the sorry state of affairs. Blame the babus. Over the years, the Chandigarh Administration has been …
The Environment Ministry will hold a series of country-wide public meetings from next week to discuss the proposed Rs 44,000 crore Green Mission which aims to increase the total forest cover by 20 million hectares by 2020. The consultations are in keeping with Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's decision to discuss …
Numerous countries have undergone decentralisation reforms in the management of natural resources. However, the policies implemented are often not applied in ways compatible with the democratic potential with which decentralisation is conceived. The paper analyses the issue of decentralisation in resource management, in Thanagazi block, Alwar District, Rajasthan. In this …
Coimbatore: The State Government has announced a massive drive to ensure greenery in Coimbatore by planting one lakh saplings. State Forest Minister N. Selvaraj is expected to launch the drive on Tuesday. A meeting to finalise the plan of action was held on Monday, which was attended by Conservator of …
KOKRAJHAR, May 30: The 135 Battalion of Eco Task Force (ETF), mostly drawn from retired defence personnel, is continuing its laudable efforts for reviving the deflated Chirang reserve forest under Holtugaon Division in Kokrajhar district. The ETF which has taken up the re-plantation in the reserve forest started their works …
Pune Housing societies come forward to plant saplings and take care of them for 3 years The initiative of the Pune Municipal Corporation to increase the green cover in the city has picked momentum with many housing societies taking up the scheme of planting saplings in their respective jurisdiction and …
Having unveiled its Rs 44,000 crore 'Green Mission' aiming to enhance its forest cover, India hopes to secure global funding to undertake the ambitious programme to curb greenhouse gas emissions. At a presentation at the Oslo Conference on Climate and Forests yesterday, Environment Secretary Vijai Sharma said, "Since the bulk …
RASHME SEHGAL India has made a special pitch to stop deforestation from logging, crop growing and cattle grazing at the Oslo Conference on climate and forests since this is calculated to account for upto 20 per cent of carbon dioxide presently being released into the atmosphere. Environment secretary Vijai Sharma …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has formed one distribution centre for every 25 houses to enable smooth mass planting of saplings planned on June 5. In a statement, the Collector, Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan, said that all the saplings would be moved to the distribution centres by June 2. People have been …
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI INDIA seized the opportunity accorded by the Oslo Conference on Climate and Forests to make a case for a global fund to aid developing countries increase their forest cover. New Delhi maintains that it is not enough to provide compensation and incentives for avoiding deforestation …
