Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The protection and revival of degraded and deforested land is the need of the hour. In order to tackle the issues that arise as a consequence of degradation and deforestation, principles of forest landscape restoration are being globally promoted. The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million …
REDD+—which stands for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries—debuted on the global stage more than a decade ago. The idea prompted high expectations that an approach that featured results-based incentives for …
The biofuels industry has grown rapidly in the past decade, driven by government blending requirements and clean fuels standards in major economies. There is potential for significant new demand for biofuels from the aviation sector, which is looking for ways to meet its goal of carbon neutral growth by 2020, …
The best way to save forests and curb biodiversity loss is to recognize the claims of indigenous peoples to their territories, a new report urges. Published by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), an international NGO , and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous rights, the 28-nation study …
The jurisdictional approach (JA) to REDD+ and low emissions development has gained considerable currency in recent years. As understood here, JA refers to a government-led, comprehensive approach to forest and land use across one or more legally defined territories. Multiple efforts directed at building jurisdictional approaches have been underway across …
Mussoorie: The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve (JNR), a 100-acre privately-owned forest reserve popular with visitors to the hill town is the latest casualty in the recent spate of forest fires that have hit the state. According to reserve officials, almost 80% of the reserve has been affected in fires that have …
Moravian Church in Malawi has condemned the smuggling of charcoal into neighbouring Tanzania, saying the practice is contributing to deforestation in the country. The church’s head of programmes in Malawi, Jonas Nyangwe, made the remarks recently in an interview after visiting some of the areas in Traditional Authority Kilupula in …
This paper develops a broad framework to conceptualize the multiple ways forests contribute to poverty reduction and inform interventions in forest landscapes. The paper identifies five key strategies for reducing poverty in forest landscapes: improvements in the productivity of forest land and labor; strengthened community, household, and women's rights over …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar Rajoria Vs. Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2018. Respondents including Jaipur Development Authority are restrained from interfering in the reserve forest of Bandh Ki Gadi, Amagarh which consist of Village Galta and Jamdoli by doing any work …
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir): Amid the wild fire raging in the forests area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district for the past three days, Locals in are complaining of being exposed to a number of health diseases. The students are finding it difficult to continue their schools as the air …
In order to conserve the biodiversity and protect ecology and environment, the Tamil Nadu government is to evolve a comprehensive State Forest Policy. CHENNAI: In order to conserve the biodiversity and protect ecology and environment, the Tamil Nadu government is to evolve a comprehensive State Forest Policy, Minister for Forests …
AMRITSAR: US-based NGO EcoSikh is planning to engage the Sikh community to plant a million trees around the planet to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. In a release issued on Tuesday, EcoSikh president Rajwant Singh said their goal was to reach out to Sikhs across the …
Blantyre District Council has embarked on forest regeneration and water table retention campaign as one way of effective and sustainable management of the environment. The aim of the campaign is to see more existing indigenous shrubs grow into big and thick forests and help improve the water table through land …
Moravian Church in Malawi has condemned the smuggling of charcoal into neighbouring Tanzania, saying the practice is contributing to deforestation in the country. The church’s head of programmes in Malawi, Jonas Nyangwe, made the remarks recently in an interview after visiting some of the areas in Traditional Authority Kilupula in …
A Liberian government delegation has held an intervention meeting in Buluyeama, Lofa County where a company has been accused by locals for illegal logging and failing to impact the affected communities. The firm, Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Limited, is carrying out massive logging of a vast forest at the border …
Monrovia – Conservation International and the Government of Liberia launched The Liberia Conservation Fund -Liberia’s first independent conservation fund to provide sustainable, long-term financing for the country’s protected areas. Conservation International has committed $1million USD to the Fund via its Global Conservation Fund and the Government of Liberia has made …
A damning report has shed light on an elaborate collusion between Kenya Forests Service (KFS) staff and saw millers, as the country struggles to prevent fast-diminishing forest cover. The report by the team formed to examine the management of forests and logging activities in the country revealed how KFS irregularly …
The Ministry of Finance has allocated GH¢144million over the next two-years to fund the ‘Greening Ghana’ initiative aimed at engaging 15,000 youth for the tree planting project under the Youth in Agriculture and Afforestation Module. The Greening Ghana programme is an initiative being spearheaded by Forestry Commission and is targetted …
The country’s attempts to protect its forests have been undermining the rights of indigenous people living on the land. Evans Kemore, a human rights activist based in Nakuru, says: “We have been evicted many times. We have been socially, physically and physicologically tortured with our families. It is a shame.” …
Tropical rainforests play a critical role in regulating the global climate system—they represent the Earth's largest terrestrial CO2 sink. Because of its broad geographical expanse and year-long productivity, the Amazon is key to the global carbon and hydrological cycles. Climate change could threaten the fate of rainforests, but there is …
