Ashwin Upadhyay and Anilkumar, quit their plum jobs with an MNC in the Capital and have returned to Mysore with the aim of making it greener. They have not only taken up the task of planting saplings all over the city themselves, but they are also inspiring others into their endeavour. They have sought permission from Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to plant saplings under the name of

Global warming is one of the most devastating problems of the new millennium. The Kyoto Protocol is the first step towards an international strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions which in turn helps to mitigate the global climate change. A decision was made in Marrakech Conference of Parties (2001), to include the afforestation and reforestation as the only eligible activities of the CDM.

Sholas, which represent a unique vegetation complex, are very rich in biodiversity and support a high degree of endemism are known for their intrinsic values in terms of providing sustained water supply in the hills. Shola forests faced severe stress from biotic interferences like collection of firewood and fodder, recurrent man made fires in surrounding grasslands and conversion into exotic plantations, which caused their depletion.

maharashtra is planning to amend the state employment guarantee act to divert the reserve fund to other projects. The move comes when the union government is trying to fortify the National Rural

The Forest Department will not carry out the culling of monkeys at its own level in view of the religious sentiments of the people but grant permission to kill them to farmers whose crops are being da

Three new afforestation schemes were started last year including Urja Van Yojana, Charagah Vikas Yojana and Vidya Van Yojana in the state.

Professor R C Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Mayor Pardeep Chhabra, and the fraternity from the university planted saplings at the P U campus today, inaugurating a week-long plantation dri

At ITC, CSR is built into its businesses.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi continues with its efforts to increase green cover in the city, with the inauguration of a herbal park in Priyadarshini park, Bblock, and an ornamental park in Karaw

Installation of a concrete batching plant at site has become a basic need for all infrastructure projects.

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