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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Chopping Down One Of UK's Most Loved Trees
A 38-year-old man on Wednesday denied criminal damage, after one of the UK's most-loved and photographed trees was found cut down next to the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Teen Dies As 250-Year-Old 'Heritage' Tree Falls In Chandigarh School, Inquiry On Amid Questions
Activists say "not merely a tree but the entire system has fallen", ask how Chandigarh UT administration could not monitor old trees for potential danger, particularly around schools
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Amid Outrage Over Felling Of Trees In Shillong, Government's Assurance
Amid outrage over the felling of heritage pine trees - believed to be more than 100 years old - in Meghalaya's Shillong, an assurance has now come from Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's government that is trying to "look for a better solution".
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Supreme Court Allows Removal Of Trees Fallen During Cyclones In 2015, 2018 In Agra
The Supreme Court has permitted the Uttar Pradesh authority to remove 702 trees, which had fallen due to cyclone and storm in May 2015 and April 2018, from various locations of Agra district which comes under the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ).
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UP To Conserve Century-Old Trees, Give Them "Heritage" Status: Officials
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conserve trees that are more than 100 years old and give them the status of "heritage".
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Madhya Pradesh Spends Rs 12 Lakh A Year To Maintain 'VVIP Tree'
There is a peepal tree like no other on a hillock in Salmatpur in Madhya Pradesh - it costs the state government Rs 12 lakh a year to keep the tree alive. This peepal tree, arguably India's first 'VVIP tree', is growing up five kilometres away from the Sanchi Buddhist complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal an...
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16 Delhi Trees To Get 'Heritage' Tag
In a bid to protect green cover, the Delhi government on Monday decided to officially recognise 16 trees across the city as its "natural heritage".
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200 Nilgiri Mountain Rail Passengers Stranded After Huge Tree Falls on Track
About 200 passengers of the heritage Nilgiri Mountain Rail service were stranded for nearly two hours after a huge tree uprooted in heavy rains fell on the track between Kallar and Aderley stations today.
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Unguarded Simlipal Tiger Reserve under threat
The Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district and now a UNESCO World Heritage site is under grave threat.
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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Chopping Down One Of UK's Most Loved Trees
A 38-year-old man on Wednesday denied criminal damage, after one of the UK's most-loved and photographed trees was found cut down next to the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Teen Dies As 250-Year-Old 'Heritage' Tree Falls In Chandigarh School, Inquiry On Amid Questions
Activists say "not merely a tree but the entire system has fallen", ask how Chandigarh UT administration could not monitor old trees for potential danger, particularly around schools
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Amid Outrage Over Felling Of Trees In Shillong, Government's Assurance
Amid outrage over the felling of heritage pine trees - believed to be more than 100 years old - in Meghalaya's Shillong, an assurance has now come from Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's government that is trying to "look for a better solution".
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Supreme Court Allows Removal Of Trees Fallen During Cyclones In 2015, 2018 In Agra
The Supreme Court has permitted the Uttar Pradesh authority to remove 702 trees, which had fallen due to cyclone and storm in May 2015 and April 2018, from various locations of Agra district which comes under the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ).
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UP To Conserve Century-Old Trees, Give Them "Heritage" Status: Officials
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conserve trees that are more than 100 years old and give them the status of "heritage".
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Madhya Pradesh Spends Rs 12 Lakh A Year To Maintain 'VVIP Tree'
There is a peepal tree like no other on a hillock in Salmatpur in Madhya Pradesh - it costs the state government Rs 12 lakh a year to keep the tree alive. This peepal tree, arguably India's first 'VVIP tree', is growing up five kilometres away from the Sanchi Buddhist complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal an...
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16 Delhi Trees To Get 'Heritage' Tag
In a bid to protect green cover, the Delhi government on Monday decided to officially recognise 16 trees across the city as its "natural heritage".
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200 Nilgiri Mountain Rail Passengers Stranded After Huge Tree Falls on Track
About 200 passengers of the heritage Nilgiri Mountain Rail service were stranded for nearly two hours after a huge tree uprooted in heavy rains fell on the track between Kallar and Aderley stations today.
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Unguarded Simlipal Tiger Reserve under threat
The Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district and now a UNESCO World Heritage site is under grave threat.
