A crucial agreement for the mapping and monitoring of Murree Forests Division (MFD), highlighting encroachments on forest land, was signed between the Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for Nature
GUWAHATI, NGOs working for environment and wildlife conservation has expressed alarm at the fact that poaching of wild animals and illegal cutting of trees is still going on in the forest areas of Assam, especially the Dibru Saikhowa National Park.
Spread across a 640-square km area, the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is home to several species of wild animals and migratory birds.
Continuing its tough stance against illegal mining in Karnataka the Supreme Court on Friday ordered fresh demarcation of ninety-nine mining leases and suspended the operation by one company after finding that more than 1,081 hectares of precious forests had been eaten up by them over the years.
Acting on the third and fourth reports of the Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) on
Order of the Supreme Court of India on Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos. 7366-7367/2010 between Govt of A.P. & Ors ver M/S Obulapuram Mining Co. P. Ltd.
Forest land worth thousands of crores of rupees is encroached upon in the city and Ranga Reddy districts. The forest department has found that 4,648.43 hectares of land in key areas like Dulapally, Medpally, Shamirpet and Ibrahimpatnam have been encroached. The forest department is fighting the cases in various courts to evict the encroachers.
Attappady tribes accuse department of helping windmill companies
PALAKKAD: Tribal people have alleged that the Forest Department has been encroaching upon their land at Kottathara in Attappady, where some windmill companies had earlier allegedly tried to usurp their property.
As in the local body elections last September, during the latest Assembly elections, they say, the department had been
JAMMU, A total of 14,359.62 hectares of forest area is still under encroachment in the State and 1009.27 hectares area has been retrieved during the last five years.
This was informed by Minister for Forest, Mian Altaf in response to a question of Congress MLA from Bhaderwah, Mohd Sharief Niaz in the Legislative Assembly today.
The state government has finally declared the 'Goa state forest policy - 2009' even as the green cover has shrunk drastically and is further threatened by mining and development activities. The policy seeks to blend the basic principles of the national forest policy ( NFP 1988) with the state's needs.
