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Say no to Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act Amendment - Petitions indian - 20-MAY-2010
Unless tree felling is restricted, our green cover may disappear through greed and ignorance. The GoK enacted the KPTA, 1976, which made permission from the Forest Dept mandatory for felling trees. According to the Trees Act, trees may only be felled with prior permission of the Forest Dept which has the duty and liability to preserve and protect trees. Anyone (including officials of govt/civic bodies) is subject to criminal prosecution for felling a tree without the required permission. This requirement of official permission has prevented large scale felling of trees, and has also restrained people and officials from unnecessarily felling trees owing to fear of criminal prosecution. Thus the KPTA thus put a brake on tree felling and helped protect our green cover. Almost all the 30 species (many major fruit trees) now included for exemption in addition to the earlier 11 constitute the major tree wealth of both rural and urban Karnataka. It'll/It'd devastate bird life and spread pests. |
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Save Karnataka's forests from the mining mafia - Petitions indian - 26-MAR-2010
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-karnataka-forests-mining-mafia http://www.petitiononline.com/miningmf/ Twitter Tweet (105 characters) Save Karnataka's forests from the mining mafia - Petitions http://bit.ly/cDyrHe http://petol.org/miningmf Tigers pushed out for mines in Karnataka - Mail Today Sun, Feb 28 K'taka:Tigers pushed out for mines Mail Today Sun, Feb 28, 2010 |
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Did state illegally give BIAL forest land for commercial purposes Devesh - 16-DEC-2008
Cross posted from my Bangalore Aviation blog A potentially explosive report in today's Deccan Chronicle |
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thampan - 6-NOV-2007I came across a project being done by an NGO called Parisara and BWSSB. They are doing something to revive the greenery for bangalore. I thought that I will share the same over here so that readers of praja can participate if interested. Excerpt from the site of Spoorthivana Vision :To preserve the eco system for future generations.Mission:To grow trees with active public participation and involvement. To create awareness among public and to create a live museum of memories so that the future generations would be inspired. Spoorthivana 35 Kms away from Bangalore city on way to Magadi, near the confluence of Arkavathi and Kumudvathi rivers; SPOORTHIVANA – a dream project for preserving all your cherished memories by planting saplings, has come up in 300 acres of sprawling terrains belonging to Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) at TG Halli (Thippagondanahalli) reservoir catchment area. The Government of Karnataka has approved this greening venture with BWSSB and Parisara The idea is that you could sponsor a tree for Rs 500/- and it will be maintained by the spoorthivana team. |