Hundreds of trees uprooted during monsoon floods in Shimla
The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill…
The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill…
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has proposed the construction of a new Engineer Block and a new Mini Academic Block within its campus.
Researchers were also able to use this procedure to see if there were any changes between naturally occurring and cultivated trees.
About 1.76 lakh trees are to be planted as per Compensatory Afforestation scheme prepared by Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand Forest Departments.
Agencies like DDA, MCD, Delhi Parks & Garden Society, Delhi Biodiversity Society, and others have been advised to complete the plantation of these trees during the ongoing monsoon season itself.
The Forest Department has granted permission to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to fell or transplant 2,940 trees in the North Forest Division, and 450 trees in the South Forest Division.
The trees were cut on Saturday and after a furore on social media and complaints by the green activists, the police filed an FIR.
Though forests still cover about 30 per cent of the world's land areas, they are disappearing at an alarming rate. In the time it takes to utter the word 'deforestation', another chunk of the forest, the size of a football pitch, gets destroyed. Today, deforestation is largely taking place in the fast growing tropical and sub-tropical regions, and in the rain forests, where population density is traditionally low but is now rising. While temperate zones were deforested long ago, it is now the tropical areas that are being deforested very quickly. The rainforests, the regions of astonishing biodiversity, are now facing major disturbances and human impacts.
MMRCL had started hacking trees from October 4 to make way for a car shed, hours after the Bombay HC dismissed four petitions challenging the decision to allow felling of over 2,700 trees in the prime green lung of the city.
In plants, it is known that experiences such as stress can alter the molecular wrapping around the chromosomes, and this determines which genes will be silenced. Scientists now know that events, like traumas and starvation, change animal brains and can be passed on to offspring.
