LELILEF SAWAI, Indonesia — On a steep trek up to his forest farm on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, Librek Loha let out a cry of dismay. Librek Loha, a farmer, picks a cacao in his field near Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, Sunday, June 9, 2024. Librek Loha, a farmer, walks to …
Environmental organisations in Wayanad have sought an enquiry of a special investigation team into the massive tree felling from the Sugandhagiri Cardamom Project, one of the largest resettlement projects in Asia launched exclusively to rehabilitate bonded tribal people in Wayanad by the end of 1970, near Vythiri in the district. Saseendran, Wayanad Prakruthi Samrakshana Samiti president N. Badusha said the …
Facing flak from green activists for felling trees in part of Aarey Colony for a metro car shed, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation on Sunday posted a video claiming it had planted 24,000 trees across the city even as its MD Ashwini Bhide justified the "inevitable destruction", saying it paves the way for "new creation". Bhide has re-tweeted a video …
At least 29 people, including six women, were arrested on Saturday in connection with the protest against the cutting of trees in Aarey Colony, a police official said. Hours after the Bombay High Court dismissed all petitions challenging felling of trees to make way for Mumbai Metro cars shed, Mumbai's Aarey Colony witnessed cutting down of trees late on Friday. …
