Ajmer: The state forest department has initiated steps to prevent grabbing of forest land for illegal constructions by constructing walls on the borders of forests. The plan is to construct six to eight feet walls as part of an eco-restoration programme.
In Ajmer city alone, 3,000 encroachments were detected in a survey last year and notices were issued to the encroachers.
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 3: Just a week after the BTC Forest Department took a tough stand against illegal encroachers in Chirang Reserve Forest under Holtugaon Division in Kokrajhar, the district administration also clarified that no one would be allowed to live in the reserve forest.
Human-wildlife conflict is widespread in today’s South Asia and the wider world. Forty-seven elephants, seven leopards and two tigers have been killed in the last twenty months in the forests of northern Bengal. The deaths of elephants were caused in most cases by speeding trains. The problem of
human-animal conflict is increasingly featuring in the media and in discussions. Interestingly, human-animal conflict has a rich history and dates back to the pre-historic times.
This paper considers the relationship between the emergence and development of state forestry institutions in forested landscapes of West Bengal and the chronic and acute poverty of citizens living there. At least 13% of West Bengal
Hills get forest land tag, work on boundary wall set to resume
After close to 35 years of dispute, hills spread over 53 acres of land in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, home to stone quarries for over three decades, will finally be protected as forest land with decks cleared for completion of a wall under construction around the park
The Supreme Court today refused permission to Reddy Brothers-owned Obulapuram Mining Company to transport the minerals mined from undisputed areas in Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh.
Asking the Central Environment Committee (CEC) to verify whether any mining is done in forest areas, a special forest bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia also warned that even a legal mining may be stoppe
Under the Forest Land Right Act, one lakh 9 thousand 424 forest dwellers have been given Land Right Certificates in the state so far. Action is underway to distribute Land Right Certificates to another 24 thousand 715 forest dwellers.
