LAKKI MARWAT: Shops and makeshift kiosks built on government land in Naurang town here were razed during an anti-encroachment drive on Tuesday.

The operation was launched after traders didnt pay heed to the notices served on them by the local administration to remove encroachments, built on both sides of the GT Road, on their own or face action.

The notices were served to shopkeepers by additional assistant commissioner Yaser Qayyum on the directives of the deputy commissioner Syed Zafar Ali Shah.

Municipal committee workers with the help of heavy machinery demolished dozens of shops and outlets built on the railway land.

Mr Qayyum asked the encroachers to remove debris within 24 hours or the administration would confiscate it. He said encroachers and land grabbers would be dealt with an iron hand.

EARTH DAY CELEBRATED: The local wildlife departments of D.I. Khan and Bannu divisions on Tuesday celebrated the Earth Day with the resolve to launch concerted efforts for conservation of natural resources and protecting the earth from pollution and environmental hazards.

In this connection, separate functions were held wherein students, teachers, conservationists and people from different walks of life participated.

Speaking on the occasion, district forest officer, Dera, Khan Malook said that deforestation, industrialisation and water and air pollution had increased environmental issues on earth, causing problems for human beings. He underlined the need for launching integrated efforts for environmental safety with the cooperation of the masses.

He asked the students and youths to play their role in nature conservation. Students and youths can spread the message of nature conservation by taking part in tree plantation drives, activation of school nature clubs and wildlife safety activities.

Bannu DFO Abdul Halim Marwat highlighted the importance of conserving and protecting the earth through educating people to refrain from cutting trees and clearing land for industrial, agricultural and residential purposes. People should also be educated about harmful effects of poaching and killing wildlife on the natural environment.

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Surgical land clearing- mulching sweet gums
Mulching sweet gums-oaks.

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SALAMANCA, N.Y. Land clearing began last week in the Quaker area of Allegany State Park for the first of 28 upscale cabins to be constructed under a public/private partnership.

The Empire State Development Corp. has awarded a $420,000 grant toward the $2.1 million cabin project being constructed and operated by ASP Partners LLC., a Bronxville company located in Westchester County, just north of New York City.

Pre-construction activities, including grading, is under way on Parallel Trail in the Quaker area, said Gary Quattrone, Allegany State Park manager. Fourteen full-service cabins, similar to the newer Fancher-style cottages will be constructed on Parallel Trail, where older cabins were demolished last fall.

Construction on another 14 cabins in a meadow along Bova Road in the Red House area will begin sometime in the fall, after completion of the 14 cabins on Parallel Trail. Park forces are not involved in the construction.

The high end cabins will include bathrooms with shower facilities, kitchen, dining room and bedrooms. Reservations will be handled through the state park rental offices; or online at http://www.newyorkparks.reserveamerica.com. Parks maintenance employees will not be responsible for the newer cabins. They can be booked up to nine months in advance, and cost $695 a week, or $173.75 for a night.

They hope to have the Parallel Trail cabins up and running sometime this summer, then go on to Bova, Quattrone said. They are all year-round cabins. The cottage program has been very popular here. The turn-away rate is high. These new cabins will provide more opportunities for our campers who want a different camping experience.

Two years ago, state parks officials sought to combine an attraction that included a zip line, as well as new cabins in a similar public-private partnership. The project did not work out.

The Empire State Development Board approved its $420,000 share at a meeting last Thursday.

The $2.1 million project includes design work and extending utilities to the new cabins, which were described in the Allegany State Park Master Plan adopted a few years ago.

Park officials believe the new cabins will not go vacant. Instead, they should boost overnight visits in Cattaraugus County by increasing the average length of stay, as well as draw more weddings and destination events.

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Smoke from land clearing fires in Indonesia causes hazardous haze pollution in South East Asia every year. Record high levels of air pollution caused by haze were reached in June 2013 in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. In response to regional pressure after the latest haze crisis, Indonesia has finally agreed to adopt the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution from 2002. However, given the pact's weak compliance provisions, will the ratification really be a game-changer in South East Asia's struggle with haze?

In June 2013 South East Asia was suffocating in a cloud of record-breaking haze pollution. The haze, toxic smog caused by fires to clear land for agriculture in Sumatra, Indonesia, exceeded almost three times the hazardous limit for air quality. For a week the most affected areas of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia resembled a post-apocalyptic scene people only dared go out with face masks, schools were closed, the economy took a hit as businesses suspended work, events were cancelled, tourists stayed clear of the area and hospitals faced a surge of respiratory illnesses. The fires also impact climate change because they produce large amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the burning of carbon-rich peatland and forests. To illustrate the magnitude of the problem: the land-clearing fires which cause transboundary haze are also the biggest contributor to Indonesias overall GHG emissions. 2013 may have been the worst haze crisis in the region's recorded history, but similar occurrences are the norm during 'haze season' every year since the 1980s.

In 2002, ASEAN member countries addressed the environmental issue by adopting the world's first regional agreement against haze the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. The Agreement is a legally binding regional environmental treaty that aims to prevent and mitigate haze pollution 'through concerted national efforts and intensified regional and international cooperation'. Unfortunately, two big problems reduce the effectiveness of the Agreement. The first is that Indonesia, the only ASEAN member state yet to ratify the Agreement, is also the main polluter. The second problem concerns the design of the Agreement, which has a weak mechanism for dispute settlement and punishing non-compliance. The Agreement does not prescribe specific sanctions against a signatory country that has infringed its obligations. Instead, Article 27 of the Agreement feebly states that any disputes over non-compliance 'shall be settled amicably by consultation or negotiation'. In other words, enforcing the Agreement, even over countries that have ratified it, remains a matter of diplomacy, rather than law. It would not provide suffering countries and people with new legal remedies in future outbreaks of haze pollution.

The fact that the transboundary haze problem is not resolved for almost three decades is a testament to the complexity and magnitude of the interests and issues behind it.

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Assink Excavations were hired to clear some land and move a stockpile.

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Updated: Thursday, April 17 2014, 07:33 PM EDT

Irondequoit, N.Y.-- Chopping down trees and clearing the debris is not new for Al Gilbert.

"We always just cut them down," said the 88-year-old businessman.

In early December he began having roughly 200 trees, mostly Cottonwood, cleared from a one acre piece of land that rests yards from Voyager Marina and underneath the O'Rourke Bridge in Irondequoit.

"Mr. Gilbert has said he did not know that it was an E.P.O.D.," said Ray McDonald, a member of the Planning Board. "An environmentally protected overlay district--which is on his taxes."

Gilbert contends he did not know prior to being told by town leaders.

"I thought it was an i-pod first, I said, no that has something to do with telephone's first, not trees," said Gilbert.

Town Development Director Nicholas Weatherbee said another mistake Gilbert made was not getting town approval before cutting down the trees. With a simple permit, Weatherbee said, the trees could have been cut without violating town code.

Gilbert said had he known, he would not have cut trees from his own property.

The reason for doing so, however, is twofold.

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Clearing the decks for the expansion of Jamia Millia Islamia, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Delhi government to acquire about 107 bighas (approximately 26 hectares) of prime land in Okhla village in south Delhi.

The case pertains to 214 bighas of land in Okhla village that Delhi government wanted to acquire for the expansion of the 92-year-old university, one of India's oldest.

The city government had initiated the process a few months ago, but the Uttar Pradesh government objected to this, contending the land belonged to the state.

The court had in January stopped the acquisition process and ordered the maintenance of status quo.

"We contended before the court that the land belonged to the union government and that Jamia, being a central university, needs the land for its expansion," said Atyab Siddiqui, the varsity's standing counsel.

"The court modified its earlier order and allowed the acquisition of about 107 bighas of land. The rest of the 107 bighas would remain under judicial restrainment," Siddiqui added.

The Uttar Pradesh government had contended that it owned the entire area of a little over 214 bighas.

"The order has given a boost to Jamia's expansion plans. Currently, we are hard pressed for the space and there is hardly any space left for expansion," Jamia Millia Islamia media coordinator Mukesh Ranjan told IANS.

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Anger at increase in flytipping in Little Horton, Bradford

6:00am Wednesday 16th April 2014 in News By Rob Lowson, T&A Reporter

The owner of private land blighted by flytippers has been served notice to clear it by Bradford Council.

Residents have been left angered at mounting levels of rubbish being dumped by their homes behind Chislehurst Place and Pennington Terrace, Little Horton, Bradford.

And they fear no-one is taking responsibilty to deal with it.

Ian Thompson, of Chislehurst Place, said: Its absolutely disgusting out there.

I open my curtains and thats the first and only thing I see. At the moment, it is the worst its ever been.

The Council used to clear up the area every few months, but I spoke to them recently and they said they dont know who owns the land and theyve no intention of clearing it.

Mr Thompson said an increasing amount of old furniture and white goods had been dumped at the site in recent months, which he feels now poses a health and safety hazard.

Someone obviously had new windows fitted a few weeks ago and theyve just dumped all the old stuff here, he said. Since then everyone else has been dumping their rubbish too. It gets worse every day.

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