Tagged : forest
36 wild animals killed in Chhattisgarh
Poachers killed 36 wild animals in Chhattisgarh in the past 24 months, a forest official said Friday........
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 11:43 | Read More
Poachers killed 36 wild animals in Chhattisgarh in the past 24 months, a forest official said Friday........
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 11:43 | Read More
Nadda resigns as Himachal forest minister
Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister J.P. Nadda, who was appointed a general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday, resigned as cabinet minister Thursday to take up his new party assignment........
Published : Thursday 18 Mar 2010 20:50 | Read More
Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister J.P. Nadda, who was appointed a general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday, resigned as cabinet minister Thursday to take up his new party assignment........
Published : Thursday 18 Mar 2010 20:50 | Read More
Use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help US cut CO2 emissions
A new study has suggested that the use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint. Results of the study found that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect big.......
Published : Thursday 18 Mar 2010 13:20 | Read More
A new study has suggested that the use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint. Results of the study found that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect big.......
Published : Thursday 18 Mar 2010 13:20 | Read More
Jharkhand villagers tie Rakhi as commitment to forest protection
Jharkhand Forests Department has launched a campaign to tie Rakhi to trees in order to save forests in Gumla District. The department took an innovative step of getting nearby villagers to bind strips of cloth around the trees in a ceremony similar to.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 20:29 | Read More
Jharkhand Forests Department has launched a campaign to tie Rakhi to trees in order to save forests in Gumla District. The department took an innovative step of getting nearby villagers to bind strips of cloth around the trees in a ceremony similar to.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 20:29 | Read More
Forest protected areas important for slowing climate change
Washington, March 17 - ANI: A new study, involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions, has determined that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and immediate strategies to combat cl.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 16:28 | Read More
Washington, March 17 - ANI: A new study, involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions, has determined that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and immediate strategies to combat cl.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 16:28 | Read More
Tropical ants use their legs as rudders to glide to safety from predators
Washington, March 17 - ANI: In a new research, scientists have found that tropical ants that nest in the forest canopy, but launch themselves into the air when predators arrive, can glide back to their trees using their back legs as rudders. The arbor.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 14:53 | Read More
Washington, March 17 - ANI: In a new research, scientists have found that tropical ants that nest in the forest canopy, but launch themselves into the air when predators arrive, can glide back to their trees using their back legs as rudders. The arbor.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 14:53 | Read More
Maoists kidnap Bihar engineer, release him after few hours
Sherghati (Bihar), Mar 17 - ANI: A civil engineer of a private construction firm, who was briefly abducted and detained by the Maoists, was rescued from a remote forest region of Bihar's Gaya district on Tuesday. Heavily-armed personnel of the Revolutio.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 11:58 | Read More
Sherghati (Bihar), Mar 17 - ANI: A civil engineer of a private construction firm, who was briefly abducted and detained by the Maoists, was rescued from a remote forest region of Bihar's Gaya district on Tuesday. Heavily-armed personnel of the Revolutio.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 11:58 | Read More
Expanding BJP's base will be priority, says Nadda
Expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) support base to bring it back to power is the main priority, said Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said, after being named a party general secretary........
Published : Tuesday 16 Mar 2010 17:20 | Read More
Expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) support base to bring it back to power is the main priority, said Himachal Pradesh Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said, after being named a party general secretary........
Published : Tuesday 16 Mar 2010 17:20 | Read More
Rescued crocodile may die from plastic consumption
A dying crocodile was rescued from a river at Kundaim but forest officials feared the reptile could die of consumption of plastic waste in the river........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 17:45 | Read More
A dying crocodile was rescued from a river at Kundaim but forest officials feared the reptile could die of consumption of plastic waste in the river........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 17:45 | Read More
Centre releases Rs.25994.57 lakhs to Madhya Pradesh to develop forest villages
New Delhi, Mar 15 - ANI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha, that the Centre has released Rs.25994.57 lakhs for forest villages development in Madhya Pradesh state. Replying to a queatio.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 15:30 | Read More
New Delhi, Mar 15 - ANI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha, that the Centre has released Rs.25994.57 lakhs for forest villages development in Madhya Pradesh state. Replying to a queatio.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 15:30 | Read More
Vitamin D levels may have different effects on atherosclerosis in blacks, whites
Washington, March 15 - ANI: Supplementing vitamin D in those with atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries," may have different effects in black and white patients, suggests a study. Experts at the Wake Forest University School of Medic.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 15:43 | Read More
Washington, March 15 - ANI: Supplementing vitamin D in those with atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries," may have different effects in black and white patients, suggests a study. Experts at the Wake Forest University School of Medic.......
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 15:43 | Read More
Seven cat species captured on camera in Indian rain forest
Washington, March 13 - ANI: A photographer have captured on camera seven cat species in Jeypore-Dehing lowland rain forest in the northeast Indian state of Assam. According to a report in National Geographic News, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati to.......
Published : Saturday 13 Mar 2010 11:31 | Read More
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Washington, March 13 - ANI: A photographer have captured on camera seven cat species in Jeypore-Dehing lowland rain forest in the northeast Indian state of Assam. According to a report in National Geographic News, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati to.......
Published : Saturday 13 Mar 2010 11:31 | Read More