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Forest Conservation
Order out of chaos
Issue Date: Oct 15, 1996
the island nation had had enough of it. In 1987, New Zealand finally buried its forest service, one of its most enduring symbols of bureaucratic bungling; an unlikely alliance of environmentalists, economists and reformist politicians played the role of executioners. Out of the ashes emerged the department of conservation ( d o c ), charged solely with protecting native forests.
Let forests be mined: coal ministry
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
CHOOSING economic growth over protection of rich forests, the ministry of coal has written to the Cabinet secretary against demarcation of coal-bearing mines as “go” and “no-go” zones. In June, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) had set rich forests as out of bounds for mining. As a preliminary exercise, the environment and coal ministries identified 35 per cent area of nine coalfields as no-go zones.
Green light to buffer zones
@AparnaPallavi1 Issue Date: Oct 22, 2010
The Indian government has given its nod for creating buffer zones around Pench and Melghat tiger reserves in Maharashtra. The Pench tiger reserve in Nagpur district, which has a core area of 275 sq km has been equipped with a 500 km buffer zone. While the Melghat tiger reserve which has a total area of 2,300 sq km has been granted 1,268 km buffer zone.
Dissenters unite
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2010
Yevgeniya Chirikova used to enjoy walking in the Khimki forest near Moscow's international airport.
Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2010
ON MAY 25, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) released the draft Green India Mission.
News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2010
HYBRID SEEDS AND PESTICIDE
Haitians shun Monsanto aid
As Haiti struggles to recover from the quake that battered it on January 12, biotech giant Monsanto has offered it 475 tonnes of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds, worth US $4 million.
Potters’ wisdom for last journey
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2010
It was an evening in August. A group of men on a boat were packing dried dung cakes and hay into an earthen silo tied to the hull in Darbhanga district. Slowly, a body was pushed between the dung cakes. Oil was sprinkled on top. Smoke curled out as the cakes were lit with a matchstick.
News 360° - Briefs
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2010
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