Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The benefits of community-based forestry are well known. A 2014 study by the World Resources Institute, for instance, showed that deforestation rates were as much as 11 times lower in forests licensed to local communities. Madagascar became one of the first countries in the southern hemisphere to adopt the legal …
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Divas Matinyadze’s 47 beehives are hidden away in a dense patch of forest, along a narrow dirt path beside a small river in Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme. “If you cut a tree anywhere near my beehives, you are assured of trouble from me,” chuckled Matinyadze. …
Stakeholders in forestry initiatives have endorsed a new plan that outlines specific measures to be undertaken across sectors to increase Kenya's forest cover to 10 per cent in the next 15 years. They have adopted the National Forest Programme (NFP) covering the period 2016-2030, to guide the country's management of …
A few moments of relaxation for Chilean logger Nelson Hidalgo were shattered one day last month when 12 armed men piled out of a pick-up truck and demanded he step outside his work-site dining trailer. At rifle-point, the masked men forced Hidalgo and a handful of colleagues to the ground, …
The Environment Ministry has proposed a new policy for the management of forests that among other things proposes a green cess to promote “ecologically responsible behaviour” and called on the government to promote the sustainable use of wood. “Wood has a significantly lower carbon footprint than many of the substitutes …
The environment ministry has come out with a draft National Forest Policy (NFP), proposing levy of a green tax while calling for safeguarding forest land by exercising strict restraint on diversion for non-forestry purposes like mining and industrial projects and practising responsible eco-tourism in forest areas to ensure safety of …
Forest wildfires rampaging across Russia are being significantly under-reported by authorities, according to analysis of satellite data. Climate change is making wildfires much more likely in Russia, but regional officials have been reluctant to report the true extent of the problem, and campaigners are warning that the harm to forests, …
Last year's international deal on limiting climate change must involve more use of forests as natural stores of carbon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Norway's government said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Kerry, visiting Oslo as part of a trip to Europe, and Norway's Environment Minister Vidar …
The Norwegian government is providing World Resources Institute with 115 million kroner over the next three years to strengthen Global Forest Watch, a platform for monitoring the world's forests. The grant will support Global Forest Watch's tools that help monitor commodity supply chains, including those of companies that have adopted …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has released the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy (NFP), proposing the levy of a green tax. It has also touched upon the contentious issue of human-animal conflict. The government has made public its draft National Forest Policy, to replace the one …
The publication, produced by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and UNDP, is a compilation of various court rulings, including the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of several states, that have strengthened the Forest Rights Act. The compendium aims to be a guide for authorities that protect the rights …
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting their environment, Norway's environment minister said. Speaking ahead of a high-level conference on forest conservation hosted by Norway, Vidar Helgesen said …
In a historic move, Norway has pledged to eradicate deforestation and not use any products that may result in further destruction of forests. The Norwegian government has also vowed to find ways to source essential items without harming the ecosystem. Norwegian Parliament's Standing Committee on Energy and Environment recommended the …
Forest & Bird has released two dramatic videos showing how Northland's forests, which are undergoing a masting event this year, are collapsing due to chronic underfunding of the Department of Conservation and lack of pest control. With a $20 million emergency response to southern beech forest masting confirmed for this …
Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament pledged the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a committee of MPs recommended imposing regulations to ensure the state did “not contribute to deforestation of the rainforest”. Norway funds forest conservation …
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, the United Nations said. More than half of Panama is covered with tropical …
This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and …
Forest Department Manipur has taken up plantation over 154358 hectare of forest areas to increase the forest cover, to rehabilitate Jhum lands and meet the requirement of timber, fuelwood and fodder. The plantation includes 48523 hectare of fringe areas planted under the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) through decentralize mechanism of …
The management of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has been cited by the House of Representatives on accounts of complaints filed by Representative Gabriel Smith of Grand Bassa County, alleging that Liberia's forest is being depleted with no benefits to the nation and people as a result of poor management. …
This was said yesterday by the Deputy Minister, Mr Ramo Makani, when responding to Mr Cosato Chumi (Mafinga Urban-CCM) who asked the government to consider licensing villagers living around forest reserves to take part in harvesting activities. The MP charged that in the last harvesting season, there was no even …
