-The Tribune The Supreme Court on Monday gave two more weeks to the Haryana authorities to implement its order to demolish around 10,000 illegal structures erected on Forest land at Khori village in Faridabad, saying the demolition of illegal structures had to go on. “Adjourned for two weeks. Till then all the demolitions that are being carried out should be carried out,” a Bench said. Please click here to read more. ...
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Punjab: Paddy-wheat to timber, strategic shift to agroForestry pays dividends -Harpreet Bajwa
-The New Indian Express Punjab fares well in Union agriculture ministry scheme that focuses on enhancing income of marginal farmers and diversifying land use by paying attention to agro-Forestry. PUNJAB: For five years, 13,039 farmers across Punjab have been into agroForestry, which has emerged as one of the viable alternatives for diversification from the paddy-wheat cycle. In half a decade, 1.50 crore saplings have been planted, for which farmers have been given...
More »No time to lose, says Sunita Narain on the new IPCC report
-Press release by Centre for Science and Environment dated 9th August, 2021 The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. We bring you an appraisal of the report’s findings by CSE director general Sunita Narain * The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the first part of its sixth...
More »Residents of Gujarat village protest against windmills being set up on Forestland -Mahesh Langa
-The Hindu Natural resources have been destroyed in Kutch due to clean energy projects AHMEDABAD: Sangnara, a small village in Kutch, has been trying to save its Forests from wind energy companies for the past two years as windmills were being installed on Forestland, depriving people of greenery and natural resources. Kutch has been designated as an important wind energy exploitation zone, and in the past few years thousands of windmills have been...
More »Genome of salt-secreting mangrove species identified
-The Hindu The findings will play a key role in developing drought and salt-tolerant food crops for the 7,500 km long Indian coastline. CUDDALORE: A group of researchers from the Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai; Centre for Advanced Studies in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University and Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, have for the first time identified a reference-grade whole genome sequence of...
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