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 …
Coimbatore: The second national forestry research plan (NFRP) will focus on tackling climate change. S C Gairola, director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), said the plan is scheduled to be released this year. Speaking at a two-day national conference on ‘Towards Resilient Ecosystems: The …
A truly effective forest policy for India must be based on facilitating community-managed forests. The Draft 2018 POLICY undermines this instead. The government has recently released the draft National Forest Policy, 2018 (NFP 2018) for public comments. NFP 2018 intends to replace the National Forest Policy of 1988 (NFP 1988). …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2018. The prayer in the application is for permission to cut 234 trees to complete the project of laying of conduit pipe line to enable the Ganga water to …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2018 regarding encroachment of Panchmarhi Cantonment land. Supreme Court has been informed that out of 1001.582 hectares of Cantonment land belonging to the Army which is …
The Seychelles will be embarking on a new project to provide accurate and updated information on the status of the island nation’s forests, including data on endemic and native species. The project will be done through a national forest inventory which will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Energy …
Makueni County is seeking to surpass the nationwide target of having 10% forest-cover by the year 2030 by engaging in an enhanced tree planting exercise that will involve all households in the county. Speaking at the inaugural Makueni County Afforestation Drive on Saturday, Principal Secretary for Planning, Dr. Julius Muia, …
For years, scientists have been puzzling over what exactly deforestation does to temperature. But a study published recently purports to have figured it out on the small scale. It finds clearing forests significantly increased local temperature in some of the most deforested places in North America, Europe and Asia. Forests …
Colombia’s supreme court granted protections, filed by 25 children and other young people, that affirm that deforestation in the Colombian Amazon violates their rights to health and life. In the ruling, the supreme court ordered the president of Colombia and environmental authorities to create an action plan to protect this …
The dense vegetation in the Western Ghats determines the amount of rainfall that Tamil Nadu gets during the summer monsoon. Researchers have found one more reason why urgent steps have to be taken to stop deforestation in the Western Ghats. The dense vegetation in the Western Ghats determines the amount …
A government taskforce in Kenya has called for the management of the Kenya Forest Service to be sacked and some of its staff investigated for alleged corruption which it said had allowed for illegal logging and significant destruction to forests. Kenya has a forest cover of 7.4 percent of its …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2018 regarding utilization of land for the widening of National Highway from Dhaula Kuan, Delhi, 03/05/2018. It is stated by the counsel appearing for the NHAI …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2018 regarding construction of International Craft Complex in morphological Ridge area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. A CEC report on this matter was placed before the Court …
PANAJI: The electricity department together with the Goa Energy Development Agency is considering providing solar lamps to families living in remote forest areas who still don’t have access to power. Despite the government stating that the country has achieved 100% electrification, over 80 families, spread out across forest areas in …
Environmental activists, farmers, advocates and political parties join hands in Tiruvannamalai The project to develop a six/eight-lane greenfield highway connecting Chennai and Salem has drawn flak from farmers and environment activists in Tiruvannamalai. They say a major portion of the corridor that runs through the district will end up destroying …
The extent to which land initially intended for forests has been encroached for human use has been exposed in a report, with authorities being asked to take action against those responsible. Details previously contained in various reports, plus fresh revelations about the state of Kenyan forests, have been collated in …
Illegal logging and corruption practices around forest conservation have put forests on the verge of extinction. In an interview with the Star, Planning PS Julius Muia says raising the forest cover to 10 per cent by 2030 was among the flagship projects in the Vision 2030 economic blueprint, and since …
A damning report on the state of forests and logging has revealed how the forests' custodian - the Kenya Forest Service - has destroyed swathes of precious trees countrywide. The report released on Monday says the board and management of KFS have been unable to stem, and in some instances, …
Monrovia – Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Managing Director P. Mike Doryen has announced the conduct of the first national forest i in Liberia. The infantry, according to FDA, is intended to get a complete data on Liberia forest reserves, including sizes, wildlife and total values. “For the first time in …
Approximately one fifth of the Amazon rainforest has already been cut down, and nearly 80 percent of this deforestation is attributable to the cattle industry, says a new nearly hour-long documentary, “Grazing the Amazon.” Many ranchers are outspoken in their justification for deforestation, possibly because they feel safe from prosecution …
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has issued chargesheet to Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Harsh Kumar for permitting illegal felling of trees last year in Mohali district. The chargesheet has been issued in a case where the IFS officer had on November 14 last year written to the Mohali …
