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 …
HYDERABAD: Teak (Tectona grandis) no longer figures in the top five tree species in Telangana. The felling of timber tree species has increased so much that the inventory indicates that teak no longer figures among the top five species. This is revealed by the latest report “State of Environment Report-TS”, …
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have it rough in many ways. They are perhaps best known for their vulnerability to climate change, as a result of high poverty, rural populations, dependence on traditional agriculture, tourism-based economies and other factors. A new manual from FAO, Land Degradation Assessment in Small Island …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amandeep Aggarwal Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 11/01/2018 regarding dead and fallen trees posing danger to human life and property, Punjab. NGT permits the State Forest Department, Government of Punjab to cut and or fell the dead, …
With the current trend of land use/land cover (LULC) change taking place globally, several parts of northeast India are also showing signs of change in LULC pattern leading to forest loss. This study focusses on the expansion of monoculture rubber plantation (Hevea brasiliensis) in selected sub-watersheds in northeast India, and …
HYDERABAD: Teak (Tectona grandis) no longer figures in the top five tree species in Telangana. The felling of timber tree species has increased so much that the inventory indicates that teak no longer figures among the top five species. This is revealed by the latest report “State of Environment Report-TS”, …
A carbon sink is a system that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Having committed a target of creating an additional carbon sink the equivalent of 2.5 billion to 3 billion tonnes carbon dioxide by 2030, India now anticipates that it might not be able to meet that through forests …
CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts. India has a total area of 9,000sqkm of sandalwood distribution spread across eight states with Karnataka having the maximum area of 5,245sqkm. …
Government assures green panel The Delhi government has assured the National Green Tribunal that there will be no felling of trees without requisite permission for carrying out redevelopment work at Pragati Maidan exhibition ground here. The Public Works Department of the Delhi government told a Bench headed by acting NGT …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2018 regarding encroachment of Pachmarhi cantonment land, Madhya Pradesh. It has come to the notice of the Supreme Court that the meetings being held by the Ministry of …
The Centre will continue its freeze on recognition of rights of tribals and other forest-dwellers over forest lands, as mandated under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, until the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) frame rules to identify critical wildlife habitats or …
Rs 100 cr of unused funds for the purpose remain with govt; State fails to get share of funds since 2014-15 PANJIM: With over Rs 100 crore still pending in the State kitty under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme, Goa has failed to get its …
State of Environment Report (SoER) for Telangana, for the year 2015, was released by the Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), and the Minister for Forest and Environment on 6th January, 2018. The report has been prepared by Environment, Protection, Training & Research Institute (EPTRI), an …
Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh inspected the State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) at Sidhra and directed to identify the open areas to be developed into green spaces. The Minister instructed the Director, SFRI, B M Sharma, to prepare a comprehensive plan for raising about two crore …
GURUGRAM: About 200 trees were cut down in the Raisina area of the Aravalis on Wednesday, reported green activists. The environmental violation came to light after green activists, along with members of Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), caught some people cutting the trees in the protected area. The tree …
New Delhi: Differences between the environment ministry and the finance ministry have become a roadblock to the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). This authority was envisaged as an independent body that would manage a corpus — collected from industries that have used forest land for projects — …
The Indonesian government has unveiled an ambitious plan to nearly halve the number of fire hotspots in the country by 2019, in part through the restoration of degraded peat forests. The fires are an annual occurrence, linked to the clearing of forests for logging and monoculture plantations. In recent years …
An invasive Australian tree is now posing a serious threat to a global diversity ‘hotspot’ according to new collaborative research between Landcare Research in New Zealand, the Universities of Cambridge (UK) Denver (US) and Bangor University (UK). This species, Pittosporum undulatum, known locally as mock orange, was introduced to a …
This was revealed here recently by Mr Simon Msoka, an official of the Kilimanjaro Regional Secretariat, during a land use and climate smart agriculture workshop. The workshop was organised by Hanns R. Neumann stiftung (HRNS) in collaboration with the Uganda-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). “The campaign’s goal was …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ram Ji Vyas Vs. Union of India & Others dated 02/01/2018 regarding illegal mining going on in Beri Ganga Forest Block at Khasra No. 1405, 1259, 1262, 1294, 1298 and 1307 of Village Mandore Tehsil and District Jodhpur, Rajasthan. This …
In recent years, hundreds of companies have entered the restoration industry. They represent a wide range of business models that deliver financial returns for investors while restoring forests and agricultural lands. This report profiles 14 businesses that are part of an emerging restoration economy. It highlights four promising investment themes …
