Tag: forest
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Delhi govt to develop ‘Goreya Gram’ in Garhi Mandu City Forest to protect sparrows
This Goreya Gram has also provided a natural habitat for butterflies and an herbal garden facility has been made available to the general public.
May 20, 2022 -
The Importance and top ways to protect forest
We depend on forests for our survival. From the air we breathe to the woods we use, we all get from the forest.
March 21, 2022 -
Vigilance directorate constitutes flying squads to curb forest crimes
The flying squads will go a long way in bridging the gap of public trust deficit and bring transparency in the system, Jethwa said.
March 16, 2022 -
Cong corners govt on settlement of forest rights cases in Himachal
Raising the issue during Question Hour on the second day of the ongoing budget session, Congress member Ashish Butail said a total of 164 cases had been settled till date out of which 140 cases were settled during previous Congress regime.
February 24, 2022 -
CS asks forest department to restore 1000 sq kms degraded forests
Hailing the departmental initiative-‘Van se Jal –Jal se Jivan’, the chief secretary said the campaign has to be focused more in areas of water stress in J&K and the views of the local people should also be sought in making this programme a success.
February 21, 2022 -
Forests & Climate
The change in the pattern of climate largely explains why temperatures are set to increase in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Global warming is a contributory phenomenon. No less impressive is the data furnished by the Forest Survey of India, to the effect that the country’s green cover has touched nearly one-fourth of its geographical area. “Forests” and “trees outside the recorded forest areas" recorded an increase of 2261 square m in 2021, compared with the previous assessment in 2019.
January 15, 2022 -
Odisha’s mangrove forest rises by 8 square km, highest in the country
As per the latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 released on Thursday, the mangrove forest area in Odisha has increased by 8 square kilometers in a three-year period spanning from 2019-2021. The State’s growth rate is the highest in the country. Odisha was followed by Maharashtra (4 sq km) and Karnataka (3 sq km).
January 14, 2022 -
Forest department to promote eco-tourism in J&K
The forest department hosted one-week training for its staff manning forest huts in the hospitality trade including housekeeping, catering, and front office management.
December 28, 2021 -
STF arrests wildlife criminal, seizes elephant tusk
A case was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act for illegal possession of wildlife articles and attempt to sell trophies of scheduled animals.
December 8, 2021 -
Odisha puts on hold the elephant-radio-collaring project after tusker injures five forest staff
The department had decided to tag three problematic tuskers in Chandaka wildlife sanctuary, Khordha and Dhenkanal with radio collars to track their migration path in a bid to curb the incidence of pachyderm depredation in human habitation areas.
November 23, 2021 -
‘Forest’ not defined in any Central laws, says government
The recorded forest area of the country is 7,67,419 sq km. As per the Wasteland Atlas, 2019 published by the Ministry of Rural Development, the total wasteland in the country is 5,57,665.51 sq km, Rajya Sabha was told.
July 26, 2021 -
J&K to grant hereditary rights on forest land to traditional dwellers
The Act also empowers the holders of forest rights, and Gram Sabhas to protect the wild life, forest, biodiversity, catchment areas, water sources and other ecologically sensitive areas, besides ensuring that the habitat of forest dwelling STs and other traditional forest dwellers is preserved from any form of destructive practices affecting their cultural and natural heritage.
November 19, 2020 -
Three bodies found hanging in forest
The dead bodies were found hanging from a tree yesterday in Balikudia forest.
July 31, 2020 -
Leopard with tracking collar released in Alipurduar’s Buxa Tiger Reserve
Forest officials said that this was the second time that they had released a leopard fitted with the chip, and that the radio collar will help them study the its behaviour. The initiative was taken by the state forest department, in association with the Wildlife Institute of India.
July 5, 2020 -
Bengal defies national trend, registers increase in green cover in tribal, hilly areas
FSI has done an analysis of forest cover mapping in a buffer of 5 kilometres on both sides of the main river and in buffer of 2 kilometres on both sides of the tributaries.
January 18, 2020 -
‘No point for Centre to speak about plastic pollution when Mumbai Metro destroys Aarey’: Aaditya Thackeray
Thackeray took to Twitter and termed the felling down of trees as "shameful and disgusting" act which was carried out "in cover of night, with slyness.”
October 5, 2019 -
Midnight protests in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony as BMC begins hacking trees, over 100 detained
Leaders including Jignesh Mevani, Aaditya Thackeray have shown their protest against the cutting of trees in Aarey Colony and have appealed to the people of Mumbai to resist the 'illegal' action.
October 5, 2019