Panaji: The Goa Green Brigade has urged the Panaji range forest office to stop the “clandestine butchering” of heritage roadside trees and adopt a scientific conservation policy, while warning of legal action if scheduled tree work continues.Activists have also sought a halt to the Corporation of the City of Panaji’s plan to trim or fell…
Nagpur: Nearly 5,000 trees across Nagpur will soon undergo scientific health and risk assessment using artificial intelligence (AI) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) launching its Smart Tree Assessment project on Wednesday.The pilot initiative, facilitated through the efforts of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was inaugurated by mayor Neeta…
T’puram: It’s been a year since trees were pruned and cut across the city during monsoon, but state govt is yet to come up with a scientific method to assess the health of trees and decide if they are risky or not. The new govt may have to take steps to bring together the departments…
A fallen tree in Bengaluru Bengaluru: A public notice issued by the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s forest department Thursday has drawn criticism for placing the onus squarely on citizens to report dangerous trees in their properties. The notice states that property owners or occupiers must assess the condition of trees within their premises and submit tree-felling…
