Tag: Environmentalists

Boudh: A large number of valuable trees have been reduced to ashes over the last seven days as a major fire has been consistently burning several reserve forests of Boudh district. But the forest department is yet to take any action on the issue. Sources said the fire has engulfed over 30 forests under Madhapur, […]

Bengaluru: Hundreds of people including noted global environmentalists, legislators, scientists, artists took part in the week-long “Roundglass Samsara Festival 2017”, that concluded on Sunday in the city, aiming to create a dialogue surrounding environmental issues. Kenyan ecologist Mordecai Ogada, New Zealand conservationist Barbara Maas, former President of the south Pacific island nation of Kiribati Anote […]

Angul: The annual bird census began across the State on Friday. More than 25 teams comprising over 1000 wildlife officials, experts, environmentalists and academicians have been engaged in the headcount exercise at various wildlife ranges and water bodies of the State including Satkosia & Mahanadi river system. The enumeration of avian species began in Satkosia […]

Baripada: A resident of the Banabati block of Mayurbhanj district, Samarendra Behera, is now a local sensation thanks to his meticulous and artistic art carving on trees to raise awareness against felling of the green cover. Behera carves out faces of famous personalities on trees for the purpose. “People usually don’t think twice before carving out […]