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 …
BALANGIR: The villagers have achieved something which the authorities could not do. They have transformed a hill, devoid of trees, into a lush green forest. Five years back the hilly terrain spread over 180 hectares near Dhamamara village, about 5 km from here, was a near-desert due to large-scale deforestation. …
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said that the ITO Chungi in the east Delhi would be developed into a green zone on the pattern of the AIIMS flyover. The 36 acre areas surrounding ITOChungi will be divided into four pockets as part of the drive to make them …
Lack of rain, proper monitoring did ambitious scheme in Aimed at countering the drought scenario in the desert state, Harit Rajasthan, an ambitious scheme of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has failed to deliver the desired results due to lack of rain and failure to implement the scheme properly at the …
TOWARDS GREENERY: Forest officials led by District Forest Officer I. Anwardeen (second left) on a sapling planting drive in the city to mark the World Forestry Day on Sunday. Coimbatore: Distribution of saplings and planting them in and around the city marked the celebration of World Forestry Day by the …
SALEM: Planting of saplings, distribution of handbills and organisations pledging support to increase the green cover were some of the major events of the World Forestry Day observance in Salem city. The Salem Green City Association teamed up with the Department of Forests, the 25-year-old Salem Tree Club, the police …
Amritsar: The SGPC authorities will plant over one lakh saplings of shady, ornamental and trees of other genres in and around its 54 gurdwaras and educational institutes across Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh on March 14 to commemorate Gurta Gaddi Diwas of Guru Har Rai. The seventh guru of …
Under its corporate social responsibility initiative, the public sector undertaking will plant 1,500 saplings The Chandigarh International Airport, coming up at Mohali, will have as many as 1,500 silver oak trees under its green cover. This variety has been selected among others because its easy to maintain and attracts the …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government's Forest Department will provide one million potted plants for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the city. In all three to five million potted plants will be required of which the Forest Department will provide one million plants. Six projects worth Rs.50 crore were sanctioned over …
CHENNAI: For every tree felled on the Vandalur-Walajabad Road and the Singaperumal Koil-Sriperumbudur Road, 10 saplings will be planted, the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Corporation (TNIDC) has submitted before the Madras High Court. In its counter to a petition filed before the First Bench, comprising Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and …
Climate Change and Forests in India-State of science and research needs: a paper presented by Prof. N.H Ravindaranath IISc, Bangalore at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
KRISHNAGIRI: One lakh saplings will be planted in all the educational institutions in the district, said M. Thangarasu, Vice-Chancellor, Periyar University at a meeting held at the Collectorate recently in the presence of V.K. Shanmugam, Collector. Rainfall had decreased for the past many years due to diminishing number of trees. …
The district Collector, Akash Tripathi, has said that minimum two works based on water conservation and greenery must be started in every village panchayat based on public participation under
Rajahmundry, March 2: Social forestry authorities target to raise nearly two lakh seedlings of various species of plants including casaurina, teak, subabul and others, for each Assembly segment, for plantations under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NR-EGS), in both East and West Godavari and Krishna districts, from July. As …
The government is well on the track to increase the forest by 1 percent from the existing 5 percent to 6 percent by the year 2015 under the targets set for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for which 1 million hector of additional land would be brought under forests. To …
This article addresses forestry projects attempting to register with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Advocates argue that forestry projects have significant potential for sequestering carbon, contributing to livelihood improvements, and promoting sustainable development in developing countries
OVER 18,000 hectare of forest land has been diverted for mining purpose in the last three years across the country with Orissa topping the list of states. Orissa saw 5,151 hectare of forest land being diverted since January 2007 followed by Andhra Pradesh (3431 hectare), Karanataka (3359 hectare), Jharkhand (3275 …
Ruling out the possibility of involving miners in the restoration of the forest cover devastated by mining activities in the Aravalli region, the Supreme Court today directed the Haryana government to submit a comprehensive rehabilitation plan within four weeks.
Jamshedpur, Feb. 17: The Centre is keen on developing eco-tourism atop the picturesque Dalma hills so that local tribals can earn a livelihood from the exercise. The National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), under the Union ministry of environment and forests, conducted a two-day workshop to discuss various ideas that …
FORESTS in Orissa have always been in the focus. Be it over increase in cover, mining or tribal rights. With the up-to-date forest maps not available yet, there is no scope to know what one actually deals with. When the State of Forest Report announced an increase in green cover …
