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 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 …
GRAND-POPO, BENIN - In a wooden canoe on the waters of the Mono River in southwest Benin, a strange cone-shaped effigy in purple raffia and topped with horns sails back and forth through the mangroves. The Zangbeto - the traditional voodoo guardian of the night - once policed the streets …
Ivory Coast will spend 616 billion CFA francs ($1.1 billion) over the next 10 years to rehabilitate and regrow the country’s forests that have shrunk as cocoa output expanded, a government spokesman said. The West African country, the world’s biggest producer and exporter of the chocolate ingredient, had 16 million …
The Government has extended the 90-day ban on logging in public forests by a further six months. Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko (above) said the extension would further streamline the operations of the Kenya Forest Service by allowing the appointment of a new board. The board was disbanded in March …
ADDIS ABABA—Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MFECC) said that it has been endeavoring to double the current forest coverage of the country to 30 percent in the coming 15 years. Speaking to The Ethiopian Herald, Forestry Resource Inventory and Management Director General at the Ministry, TeshomeTamrat said that …
It is a movement which seeks better governance and community rights over natural resources - land, water, forests - for better management It’s eerily calm in this village, located some 40 km from Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi. Outside the village there is a massive stone, where there is a handwritten declaration …
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment Ministry launched its full fledged Green Skill Development Programme(GSDP) today that aims to train over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in the country through 30 courses by 2021. Environment minister Harsh Vardhan also unveiled a related mobile app (GSDP-ENVIS) here, terming it …
Governments and forest actors are about to meet in Ghana to address commodity-driven deforestation, an issue that has risen in global prominence since many major food and consumer goods companies committed to end deforestation in key supply chains in 2010. These commitments were strengthened in 2014 when governments, businesses, civil …
Monrovia – Civil society organizations and communities affected by oil palm concessions across Liberia have grouped themselves in addressing urgent issues in the oil palm sector, demanding more access to mechanisms that can make concessionaires more accountable in line with laws and regulations. Nearly 2 million hectares of forestlands have …
The FAO is the lead United Nations agency on the sustainable use of forests, and the voluntary guidelines refer to so-called forest concessions; laws and policies that allow local communities and private individuals or businesses to use forested land in return for payment or services. The aim is to make …
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). …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Environment protection and economic development must go together, stressed the Vice President of India, M Venkaih Naidu. The States must be incentivised for increasing forest cover. The NITI Aayog and the Centre must have provisions to encourage states doing well, and top most priority must be given to the forest, …
