Afforestation

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding status of Zudpi lands in Maharashtra, 22/05/2025

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 …

Programme to turn Bagepalli green mooted

DH News Service, Bagepalli: The monsoon rains this year had ushered in new hopes among the people of Bagepalli. The taluk had witness moderate rainfall, which was suitable for agricultural purposes. It was in this backdrop that it was decided to plant saplings in the premises of every Government School, …

Biodiversity, climate change and adaptation: nature-based solutions from the World Bank portfolio

Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Furthermore, most of this change has …

Drive to make Delhi greener

NEW DELHI: During her visit to New York for three days in September, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit would inform the international community how planting of one million saplings every year has resulted in expansion of the city

A million saplings to be planted

Bangalore, DHNS: To arrest global warming, the Karnataka State Legal Services Cell has embarked upon a mega-programme to plant one million saplings on August 31. The project, which aims at educating people about the sustainability of ecology and environment, will be launched by Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan …

Painting the world green

Why should one plant a tree? Ask this question even to a kid and you will be showered with various answers like - it can help in reducing global warming, keeping clean and green environment, protecting habitation, surrounding, biodiversity conservation and promoting global harmony through ensuring more livelihood options. In …

450 acres of forest land retrieved

V Narayana Murthi | ENS Vellore THE Vellore Forest Division has removed encroachment by farmers from around 450 acres of forest land from border villages in Gudiyattam and Odugathur ranges in the past three months, thanks to the support given by the Village Forest Councils and local bodies. Except in …

Windmills to revive the past

Delhi has very few windmills compared to places like Lowville in New York, says R.V. SMITH A windmill looks just as much out of place in a landlocked area like Delhi as perhaps a lighthouse. And so the windmill that stares at you near Moti Bagh in New Delhi (and …

Award for panchayats

PALAKKAD: The grama panchayats in various districts of the state which execute afforestation and soil and water conservation schemes in an exemplary manner by including it under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS) will be given awards, according to Finance Minister Thomas Isaac. The award money will be announced …

Huda aims to plant 1 lakh trees in a day

August 22, 2008 Hyderabad, Aug. 22: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Friday stressed the need for improving the green cover, particularly in urban areas, as part of the overall objective of transforming the state into "Haritandhra Pradesh.' The Chief Minister planted saplings at the Air Force Academy, …

Landslide zones in Ctg to be marked

The government initiated the process to mark hillsides and valleys, where landslides are possible, as "Red Zones", evacuate people living in those areas and bring those areas under afforestation. The move comes a day after 11 people died in a mudslide at Matirjharna in Chittagong city. Commerce and Education Adviser …

State to file affidavit in SC in the interest of forest land residents

Mumbai, August 18 Nearly five lakh families from the eastern suburbs of Mumbai

PHA plants 42,000 saplings in 20 days

The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has planted 42,000 saplings during the last 20 days as part of its trees planting campaign in the city. According to a press release issued on Sunday, the members of the national and provincial assemblies also participated in the tree planting campaign. Rana Mubashar, …

Are Delhiites going green?

The city government is on a tree planting drive ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Urban Indians are realizing the problem that is staring at us and therefore concerted efforts are being made to turm the Capital green. After decades of reckless industrialization the environment is back on the nation's …

Auguring urban forestry (editorial)

In the heels of the predatory nature of deforestation and environmental degradation, urban as well as rural afforestation programmes have assumed paramount significance in Bangladesh in line with the neighbouring South Asian nations. Although there has been a prolific growth of literature on environment in general and forestry in particular, …

Bid to turn capital green

Saplings planted on the roadside of Argora bypass road by the forest department. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Aug. 13: With an aim to revive the good old pleasant days in the state capital, the forest department has started tree plantation in the town this monsoon. And the noble task …

Supreme Court judgement on Vedanta mining as on Aug 8th 2008

Supreme Court order on Vedanta mining in Orissa dated Aug 8 2008 with regard to rehabilitation package and modalities to subserve the principle of Sustainable Development.

Umari keerai and global warming

Green plants and algae absorb carbon dioxide Green remedy: Salicornia, also known as umari keerai, grows on coastal areas and mudflats near the sea. It is a better photosynthesiser than wheat and some other grains. Some novel solutions are suggested to cope with the twin problem of global warming and …

Over 1m trees to be planted

More than one million trees will be planted in Karachi by December this year, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said in a statement issued by the city government. While inspecting trees plantation in various areas of the city, he said that the work to make Karachi green was under way. …

Bamboo can fight global warming

Bamboo can fight global warming Chennai WHEN the world is struggling to find new ways and means to fight global warming, the Exnora International has come up with a simple solution to combat the serious trouble

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