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 …
In A move that will come as a major relief to states, environment minister Jairam Ramesh stressed on the primacy of states in compulsory afforestation efforts. Mr Ramesh made it clear that the Centre was not seeking to undermine states over the use of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and …
Henceforth Forest department will not be able to take the easy route for tree plantations by planting Akasia saplings. The Opposition during Zero Hour on Monday while questioning the government over its programme for planting saplings, suggested that department should go in for other species of trees which would be …
An integrated survey based on satellite interpretation corroborated with limited field checks was carried out with a view to assess groundwater potential of Nandimandalam-Kothapalli of Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh falling in Survey of India toposheet no. 57J/11.
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) may not be known much for going green. But, the nodal agency for constructing memorials carved out of red sandstone, has finally decided to add some green cover to the city. And so, ambitious bosses have set up a target -- plant one lakh …
The international negotiations on climate change are on and all Parties of UNFCCC are working to reach an agreed outcome at Copenhagen in December 2009. This latest publication encapsulates the major submissions made by India to the UNFCCC during 2008 and 2009. Of particular note are India
There has been considerable and growing interest in forest carbon and its role in international climate change policy. This interest stems from the substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that arise from the forestry sector and the potential for forests to deliver cheap-and-deep emission reductions. Forest Carbon Accounting: Overview & Principles …
- Handicraft to stop tribals from joining Maoist ranks SHASHANK SHEKHAR Baskets of hope Dhanbad/Bokaro, July 30: The forest department has embarked on a bamboo plantation drive with the aim of generating employment for tribals of Naxalite strongholds in Dhanbad and Bokaro districts so that they aren
DAM Turkey to go ahead without aid Turkey decided to go ahead with the construction of the US $1.68 billion Ilisu dam project even after credit agencies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland withdrew from the project. In December 2008, the three governments suspended funds claiming Turkey did not fulfill certain …
LUCKNOW: The city is not just losing its tree cover fast but also the scope for regeneration of the lost cover. Endless construction and ever increasing urban pressure has hardly left places where trees could be planted. In fact, at many of the places where trees have been cut this …
Here is some ''green noise'' for a cause which, if taken cognizance by the Karnataka High Court, may give some breathing space to Bangaloreans. A coalition of City environmentalists of all hues
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said that the green cover in the capital will be increased to 30 per cent over the next two years. Inaugurating a plantation drive at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) complex here, Ms Dikshit lauded the schoolchildren for their active role in plantation …
Jyotika Sood A tree guard worth Rs 1,200 for protecting a plant worth Rs 12. Yes, this is an example of sapling plantation drive undertaken by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. Don
Udhagamandalam: Arrangements are apace for implementing a Tree Cultivation on Private Lands programme, according to the District Forest Officer (in-charge), the Nilgiris South, N.Satheesh. Good response In a press note issued here on Tuesday, he said that the scheme introduced during 2007-08 had evoked good response. Tamil Nadu was the …
Call to plant more saplings and raise trees KARUR: A sapling planting programme, to popularise afforestation efforts among students and their parents and to highlight the need for preserving the environment, was organised by the BLESS Nursery and Primary School, Inungur, Karur district, recently. Inungur Panchayat, Shanthi Vanam Ashram, Thanneerppalli, …
A weak monsoon looks set to leave northeastern India high and dry. In a striking paradox, the region that boasts the once-wettest Cherrapunji and is nestled among verdant hills faces chronic rain deficiency. Manipur has a deficit of 67 per cent, while Arunachal Pradesh, the least affected, is deficient by …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today launched a greening drive in Delhi and inaugurated setting up of a city forest at Rewla Khanpur-III in southwest Delhi where 10,000 saplings are to be planted. One hundred sixty children who were part of the greening drive planted 1,000 saplings in the city forest. …
