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Utah declares state of emergency, restricts fireworks as US largest wildfire growsUtah has declared a state of emergency and restricted fireworks ahead of July Fourth due to a massive wildfire. The Cottonwood Fire, fueled...- Hundreds of vehicles stranded due to massive landslide in Poonch district; BRO restores NH-144 after 5-hour haltThe BRO teams confirmed that after a 5-hour operation, the road was cleared and opened for general traffic, allowing the stranded vehicles ...
- J-K: Massive forest fire erupts at multiple locations in Rajouri forest divisionA severe heatwave has ignited multiple forest fires across Rajouri Forest Division. Forest department teams and local volunteers are battli...
- Noida man compares temperature gap between the road and under a tree amid heatwave, the stark gap will shock youA viral video from Noida shows a stark temperature difference between asphalt and shaded areas, proving trees offer substantial cooling. As...
- Sacred Groves CIC in talks for 10-year investment for restoration of forest lands near KazirangaA meeting was held by India's representative of the environment conservation oriented social enterprise set up with the objective of conser...
- Supreme Court paves way for reimbursement of 14 lakh investors in GFIL scamThe court has asked a committee headed by a former Punjab and Haryana high court judge R N Agrawal to complete the process within three-mon...
- Cruelty to elephants: Kerala Forest department warns of strong actionKerala Forest Department has warned of action against cruelty towards captive jumbos, in view of a recent SC order pointing out the need to...
- MGNREGA schemes to bring coal thieves into mainstreamThe schemes taken up in nine blocks in the Asansol, Durgapur sub-divisions, had already succeeded in bringing down the number of coal theft...
- Government mulls to rope in land resources, social forestry into revamped MGNREGAWorks under revamped MGNREGA include construction of check dams, de-silting of traditional water bodies, construction of minor irrigation t...
- MGNREGA helped increase food-grain production in Burdwan: District Magistrate Saumitra MohanVarious schemes initiated under the MGNREGA programme here has led to a significant rise in food-grain production and improvement in ecolog...
- Depleting green cover poses threat to Marathwada: ExpertsThe forest department has issued a red alert on the absence of green cover over 94% of the landed areas in Marathwada and stressed a synerg...
- Incentivise schemes for increasing green cover: Maharashtra govt to expert panelMaharashtra water conservation and Employment Guarantee Schemes minister Nitin Raut has asked an expert panel to design an incentive scheme...
- Maharashtra govt plans new policy for 'green cover'Maharashtra government plans to formulate a new social forestry policy which will be implemented in non-forest areas of the state to increa...
- With 54% green cover, Gandhinagar India's tree capitalGujarat’s capital – Gandhinagar – could well be India’s tree capital. The latest figures of a census conducted by the state government show...
- ITC conferred World Business & Development Award 2012The award has been instituted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),the International Chamber of Commerce and the Internationa...
- Students in Kochi to plant four lakh seedlings on Environment DayThe district social forestry division will plant four lakh seedlings of 15 different tree species with the help of students in the city to ...
- ITC plans to cover 1.50 lakh hectares under social forestryConglomerate ITC Ltd is aiming for over 30 per cent increase in the area covered under its social forestry programme in the next five years...
- Kerala Social forestry gets UN recognitionA host of afforestation programmes taken up by the Kerala government in the last four years has received United Nations' recognition.
- ITC's Bhadrachalam facility gets FSC certificationFSC is a certification system that provides internationally recognized standard-setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services to ...
- World Bank pledges to do more for DR Congo rainforestThe World Bank, accused of negligence in a forestry program in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pledged on Thursday to do more for the wor...
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