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 …
As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts C K Prahalad states in his corporate management book The Bottom of the …
MUMBAI: The BMC takes great pride in its annual tree plantation drive but a reality check shows less than 10% of the saplings--planted spending lakhs of rupees--survive. The reason, said experts, is lack of expertise. This year, the civic body has already planted over 650 trees--306 in the western suburbs, …
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, June 10 For long, it has been suspected that most plantations taken up by the Forest Department exist on paper only. This time, it has finally been proved that not only were plantation drives undertaken by the Forest Department in Jhajjar fake, but crores that have …
N Ravikumar People of a village near the temple town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu have successfully began an afforestation programme without government support and cultivated trees in ten acres of land. The model green village, Poonaithangal, lies 15 km from Kanchipuram and the villagers have spent their own money …
PATHANAMTHITTA: An ambitious programme of planting one crore saplings in the district for the next two years is now underway. The Forest Department in association with the Local Self-Government Department would implement the programme, Assistant Conservator of Forests (Social forestry) B Shyam said. As part of the project, 45 lakh …
All are equally responsible to protect the earth MITIGATE GLOBAL WARMING: V. Carmelus, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Southern Railway, watering a sapling after planting it inside the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchi on Tuesday TIRUCHI: Environment protection is not merely the concern of the government alone. All sections of the …
It will spend Re.1 crore this year for the project Good initiative: Environment Minister T.P.M.Mohideen Khan planting a sapling on the SSKV Higher Secondary School premises in Kancheepuram on Friday. KANCHEEPURAM: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board will spend Re.1 crore this year to plant saplings in village panchayats, which …
KOCHI: Kochi will look greener once the ambitious project by Rajagiri OutREACH, Kalamassery, to afforest the city by planting around 10,000 saplings takes off with the cooperation of the public and the Government. The project that involves census of trees will be tentatively inaugurated by Local Self Government Minister Paloli …
New Delhi: Delhi discoms rose to the occasion on World Environment Day by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Delhi Government. The MoU is an extension of the
Chandigarh Launching of the Green Chandigarh Action Plan 2009-2010, inauguration of a watch tower in Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, ceremonial planting of saplings by UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues and a cultural programme highlighting the significance of the environment were among the many events that marked the World Environment Day …
Pune To mark the World Environment Day on Friday, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will undertake a tree plantation drive and distribute saplings in different part of the city. The civic body has urged citizens, students and social organisations to participate in the drive. The tree plantation will be conducted …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore,DH News Service: Hidden from the public glare, the City-based Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre and College (South) has set an example in eco-preservation by converting its sprawling 720 acre campus on HAL airport road into a home for as many as 5,000 sandalwood trees, a variety …
Mangalore, June 3 The Karnataka Government will launch a programme aimed at planting around two crore saplings in the State, according to Mr Anantha Hegde Ashisar, Chairman of the Western Ghat Task Force. He told presspersons here that the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yeddiyurappa, will launch the programme
LUCKNOW: The forest department has planned a second green mission for Bundelkand region. Beginning July 1, department will start the effort to make the region greener by more than 2.8 cr saplings. Last year's special plantation project, which was marred by controversies, has not deterred the department from going ahead …
Protocols are the foundation of an offset program. By defining eligibility requirements and the quantification of the quantity of offsets generated, protocols will drive the development of emission reduction and sequestration projects. By assuring quality standards for offsets, protocols are also central to the credibility of offset markets. This report …
New Delhi: The environment ministry may finally be able to unlock the Rs 9,760 crore fund lying unutilised for afforestation with the environment minister committing that the once-rejected Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill will be revamped and reintroduced in Parliament by the end of the budgetary session. In an interview to …
The government is going to prepare a master plan to increase the country's forest coverage up to 20 percent in next six years, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday while inaugurating the three-month countrywide 'National Afforestation Movement'. The government is working on the plan to increase the forest coverage by …
The government is going to prepare a master plan to increase the country's forest coverage up to 20 percent in next six years, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday while inaugurating the three-month countrywide 'National Afforestation Movement'. The government is working on the plan to increase the forest coverage by …
