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California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say
2 months, 3 weeks ago

California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say

LA Times  

An aerial firefighting task force has been thwarted — and sometimes grounded — by a new interpretation of a U.S. Forest Service policy that prohibits contractors from providing flight supervision over federal lands, according to Southern California fire chiefs. For instance, as the task force fought the Bridge fire the afternoon of Sept. 11, the Forest Service airplane supervising the …

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Major fire in Udhampur forests, locals urge administration to deploy IAF choppers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Major fire in Udhampur forests, locals urge administration to deploy IAF choppers

Hindustan Times  

A major fire raging in the forests of Darsoo in Udhampur district for the past couple of days has not been controlled fully yet, officials said. Another local Harvinder Singh said that they urged the administration to seek help from the IAF and deploy helicopters to douse the fire. To bolster firefighting efforts, the State Disaster Relief Force joined local …

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75-year-old woman killed in wild elephant attack, locals protest
9 months, 2 weeks ago

75-year-old woman killed in wild elephant attack, locals protest

Hindustan Times  

A 75-year-old woman was killed in an elephant attack on Monday in Idukki district of Kerala. According to the panchayat president, the region is a hotbed of human-animal conflict involving elephants, gaurs and wild boars The deceased was identified as Indira Ramakrishnan who resided with her husband in Kanjiraveli in Adimali panchayat on the Ernakulam-Idukki border. “My son called out …

Local Congress Attack Protest Forest Wild Mla
A battle for Rivaldo
1 year, 2 months ago

A battle for Rivaldo

The Hindu  

In 2021, a wild elephant named Rivaldo, from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu, was taken into “captivity” by the forest department following years of complaints from local residents. When I asked them what happened, they said that Rivaldo could sense that another elephant, Messi, was close to the kraal and wanted to break out from …

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Leopard attacks three-year-old boy in Alipiri-Tirumala path, captured
1 year, 6 months ago

Leopard attacks three-year-old boy in Alipiri-Tirumala path, captured

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: After an intense 24-hour search operation, the authorities have successfully captured the leopard which attacked a three-year-old boy at the 7th mile along Alipiri-Tirumala trekking path. However, the big cat let the boy go after the local police, TTD security guards and local vendors startled the animal by pelting stones and using flashlight. Dharma Reddy said, "Two town sub-inspector …

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Shivamogga DC interacts with villagers
2 years, 4 months ago

Shivamogga DC interacts with villagers

The Hindu  

Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner R. Selvamani, on Thursday, visited Bhanakuli in Sagar and interacted with local residents about the lack of basic amenities. He visited the village in the wake of a recent protest by local residents over the alleged harassment of youths by the Forest Department officials on charges of cutting trees in the forest. Though there were restrictions to …

Forest Residents Village Basic Amenities
Dutch reforestation company responsible for massive forest fire in Spain
2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch reforestation company responsible for massive forest fire in Spain

NL Times  

A Dutch company caused a massive forest fire near Saragoza in Spain, the Amsterdam-based reforestation company Land Life said in a press release. The Land Life workers quickly alerted authorities, but they couldn’t prevent the fire from turning into a massive forest fire. Land Life director Francisco Purroy said they are “devastated” by the destruction of scrub, grassland, and pine …

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Local bodies oppose ESZ regulations
2 years, 8 months ago

Local bodies oppose ESZ regulations

The Hindu  

The provisions of the draft notification to designate the region around the Neyyar and Peppara wildlife sanctuaries as Eco-sensitive Zone has not gone down well with the local bodies. Terming many of the restrictions as unreasonable, the affected villages fear these could impact infrastructure development especially within 1 km of the proposed zone. He felt many of the proposed regulations …

Forest Areas Proposed
Climate crisis: What can trees really do for us?
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis: What can trees really do for us?

Hindustan Times  

By Rob MacKenzie, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham & Rose PritchardPresidential Fellow in Social-Environmental Systems, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester: Forests are not nurtured, they have to fend for themselves. Carbon current accounts To find out, my colleagues and I at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Forest Research use a free-air CO₂ enrichment facility. Forest carbon …

Land Trees Carbon Tree Fossil Fuels Forests Tree Planting
Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn
3 years, 4 months ago

Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn

Al Jazeera  

Devastating wildfires have tore through forests and villages, killing at least eight people and burned through huge tracts of land. “No one has taken responsibility for these fires and we have nothing after today,” said resident Hatice Cinar, the sound of burned trees collapsing ringing from the forest below. But Erdogan came today and told us the government will give …

Turkey Forest Village Erdogan Fires Forests Burn
Seeds of Hope: Can Bamboo Turn this Former Firing Range Green Again?
3 years, 6 months ago

Seeds of Hope: Can Bamboo Turn this Former Firing Range Green Again?

News 18  

A special pilot project is underway in Bhanderwah valley in Jammu’s Doda district. One such report — titled ‘Rainfall-Induced Slope Failures and Use of Bamboo as a Remedial Measure’, published in Indian Geotechnical Journal in October 2020 — notes how bamboo roots strongly hold the soil. So when the district forest department of Bhanderwah decided to experiment with bamboo cultivation, …

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