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Officer who stood up to the British for teakwood forests

The Times of India 15 Jun 2021

He would sow the seeds in the area and created a teakwood forest in Topslip near Pollachi which had been completely destroyed by the British government before Wood’s arrival ... Before the British arrived, many rosewood and teakwood trees were found in the Anaimalai reserve forest in the Coimbatore district.

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Forest department to radio collar wayward ‘Baahubali’

The Times of India 15 Jun 2021

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has given the radio-collar to the forest department,” district forest officer D Venkatesh said ... We can get their exact location and reach there without wasting time in search of the animal and push them back into the forests.

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Logs of illegally felled trees seized in Thrissur, Palakkad

The Times of India 15 Jun 2021

The forest special squad officials seized about 100 cubic meters of logs of illegally felled trees from eight locations in Thrissur and Palakkad districts on Monday. Forest officials said the detailed estimates of the seized logs were being taken and this would be completed in a day.

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County reports 43 new positive and presumptive COVID-19 cases over weekend

The Roseburg News-Review 15 Jun 2021

... 21484 Tiller Trail Highway, 1-4 p.m.Thursday, United States Forest Service, Diamond Lake Ranger District, 2020 Toketee-Rigdon Road, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.Friday and Saturday, Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Carving Championship, Rainbow Plaza, 345 Riverfront Way, Reedsport, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

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Some politicians engaged in Green Ghana Project for public attention – Clement Apaak

Ghana Web 15 Jun 2021

The ‘Green Ghana Day’ under the Green Ghana Project was aimed at planting five million trees to restore depleted forest cover. Among the seedlings distributed to the districts and regional offices of the Forestry Commission and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies were seedlings of economic trees like Wawa, Mango, Rosewood and Shea ... .

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Whiff of virus in death of four green pigeons in Bok

The Times of India 15 Jun 2021

Following the incident, block animal husbandry officer Dr Suresh Prasad and forester Arun Bauri visited the spot to assess the situation. The veterinary doctor of the district health department, Mukesh Kumar, said that the swab, blood and cloacal samples of the dead birds have ...

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Why Meghalaya struggles to prevent Illegal coal mining despite repeated tragedies

Yahoo Daily News 15 Jun 2021

However, the five-year NGT ban witnessed no recess of discreet coal mining inside deep forests mostly in the districts of West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills and West Khasi Hills ... The 21-year-old Siswifor Dkhar, a coal miner from Musniang village of East Jaintia Hills District, lost one of his feet while working in a coal mine in May 2019.

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Illegal coal mining: Why Meghalaya struggles to prevent unlawful practice despite repeated tragedies

Yahoo Daily News 15 Jun 2021

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Gautam Budh Nagar has only three trees over 100 years old, says forest dept

Hindustan Times 14 Jun 2021

It seems that the rapid urbanisation has taken its toll on the old tree cover in Gautam Budh Nagar, as the district is left with only three trees which are over 100 years old and qualify for ‘heritage’ tag, finds out the forest department in a year-long quest ... The district has a ...

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Farmers to be given 400,000 saplings

The News International 14 Jun 2021

District Range Forest officer of Punjab Forest Department Rawalpindi (Extension) Sher Afzal Raja Sunday said the district office of range forest Chakwal will distribute 0.4 million saplings to the farming community ... “Only in Chakwal District of ...

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Plantation being carried out for forest growth

Dawn 14 Jun 2021

Only in Chakwal district, 5,000 kanals of land has so far been turned into dense forests, said District Range Forest officer Sher Afzal Raja, adding 400,000 saplings will be distributed among farmers.

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‘Evidence’ of tiger’s presence found near PTR after 15 months

Hindustan Times 14 Jun 2021

Forest officials came across pug mark of a tigress in Lohardaga district, close to Palamau Tiger Reserve Evidence of a ... Forest officials came across pug mark of a tigress in Lohardaga district, close to Palamau Tiger Reserve ... Forest extension of this district touches the PTR forest.

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Adansi Akrofuom DCE, MP join forces to grow 9K trees under Green Ghana Project

Ghana Web 14 Jun 2021

The District Chief Executive for Adansi ... Jonas Woode revealed that the Adansi Akrofuom District has taken stock of 9000 seedlings as well as 3000 oil palm seedlings to be planted in degraded mining sites in the District as part of measures to restore forest cover in Akrofuom.

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Kerala: About 500 trees in assigned lands felled in Thrissur

The Times of India 14 Jun 2021

Preliminary estimates indicate that about 500 trees, mainly teak, were felled in different assigned lands in the district after the revenue department issued a controversial order relaxing the norms on tree felling. Sources said only seven rosewood trees have been found felled so far in the district.

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Navro-Pio calls on citizens to take active part in Green initiative

Ghana Web 14 Jun 2021

The Navrongo District Manager of the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission, Mr Emmanuel Owusu, said the Navrongo office covered four political districts namely Kassena/Nankana Municipal, Kassena/Nankana west, Bulisa North and Bulisa South Districts ... four districts.