India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Forest dept turns to acacia, shisham to shore up Mattewara reserve > Forest dept turns to acacia, shisham to shore up Mattewara reserve

Forest dept turns to acacia, shisham to shore up Mattewara reserve [1]

In an attempt to shore up the green cover at Ludhiana’s Mattewara reserve, the forest department has begun replacing the traditional eucalyptus trees with Shisham and Acacia ones instead.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2012
Indian Express (Chandigarh) [2]
Tags:
Shisham [3], Forests [4], Trees [5], Ludhiana (D) [6], Punjab [7], Eucalyptus [8], Droughts [9]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forest-dept-turns-acacia-shisham-shore-mattewara-reserve

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forest-dept-turns-acacia-shisham-shore-mattewara-reserve
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-chandigarh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shisham
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ludhiana-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eucalyptus
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts