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Timber mafia still operative in Pauri Garhwal
JP Dabral of Himalayan Chipko Foundation has filed several PILs in Supreme Court of India exposing the misuse of Hak hakook system and the nexus between the forest department officials and the timber mafia. In two such matters the Ministry of Environment & Forests has…
Read more »TOI: Musk deer too going Sariska tigers’ way
ANJALI NAURIYAL TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 01:16:40 AM ] DEHRA DUN: After tigers, the price of human greed is being paid by yet another animal species — the innocent musk deer. A study by zoologists some time back stated that over…
Read more »IE: Woman behind Valley of Flowers
Forest officer Jyotsna worked tirelessly to put Chamoli on UNESCO radar S.M.A.KAZMI, Indian Express Sunday, July 17, 2005 DEHRA DUN, JULY 16: The World Heritage Site (WHS) status for the Valley of Flowers in Chamoli has come after years of hard work by the forest…
Read more »ANI: Uttaranchal tries to rope in tribals for forest conservation
[India News]: Jim Corbett National Park, Jan 12 : Uttaranchal is trying to woo eco-tourists to its remote but breathtakingly beautiful landscapes, and for this the state is trying to rope in thousands of tribals and villagers to make their attempt easy. The tribals being…
Read more »Need to conserve Uttarakhand’s biodiversity stressed
UNI – Saturday, May 8 1999 DEHRA DUN: Activists of the “Beej Bachao Andolan” (Save the Seed Campaign) have stressed the need to conserve the rich biodiversity of the Uttarakhand hill region to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the area. At a workshop on “The…
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