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 …
Despite SC ban, 123 saw mills operating within prohibited area *Funds meant for forest protection used to purchase ACs JAMMU: In what could be termed as insensitivity towards the green gold wealth, only one per cent of forest land has been demarcated in Jammu district by the Forest Department thereby …
The state government has proposed a new social forestry policy to be implemented in non-forest areas to increase green cover. “In Maharashtra, there is 19 to 20 per cent of forest land. The social forestry department has decided to provide green cover to 80 per cent of the non-forest area …
The CAG has pulled up the State Forest Ministry for allegedly diverting 1,883 hectares of forest land for non-forest purposes in violation of the rules in this district of Jammu and Kashmir. The report released by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India this month also found that Jammu accounts …
The extremely low forest cover in the Draft Development Plan-2031 for Gurgaon-Manesar Urban Complex has come under severe criticism from environmentalists and civil society groups which have demanded that the plan be brought in compliance with the forest provisions as per the national and State policies. “The forest cover in …
The forestry sector’s contribution to poverty alleviation in Asia and the Pacific is of great importance owing to the high prevalence of poverty in forested areas. Obstacles to reducing poverty through forestry are many. Forests are often far from markets and poor people frequently lack marketing knowledge, financial capital and/or …
The Forest Department on Friday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the Cherunelli estate in the Nelliampathy forest region has been notified as reserve forests. According to the state, 296 acres are notified as reserve forest. The state further submitted that in an order dated January 20, 2006, the …
PANJIM: Finally, the State Forest Policy is expected to see day of light, with state forest department referring the policy for legal vetting. Forest minister Alina Saldanha said that department has already finalized the policy and has sent to law department for legal vetting. She said that policy is likely …
Haryana’s forest cover might be only one-sixth of the target that the state has set for itself by 2020 but this has not stopped the state government from eyeing more green areas for development activities. The latest green belt under threat is the forests in the Aravalis surrounding Mangar in …
This paper is based on a critical literature review and looks into the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in India, with particular reference to the two states of Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. The paper examines the provisions, whatever little the forest-dependent people had since the colonial regime, when modern …
PANJIM: Over 30 applications for diversion of forest land for mining have been received by the Forest Department since 2011, which have been kept on hold, in the absence of State Forest Policy 2011. Former Forest Minister, Filipe Neri Rodrigues had, announced that no fresh applications for diversion of forest …
New research released by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) at the International Workshop on Gender and Forest Tenure in Asia and Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China shows that despite more understanding, more resources, and policy recommendations, women continue to be largely marginalized and ignored or exploited in community …
A state level multi stakeholder workshop on community forestry and REDD+ was organised by Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), Bhubaneswar, with support from Community Forestry International (CFI) at DRTC-CYSD, Bhubaneswar, on 30th June 2012 to discuss the issues and challenges in management of community forest, focusing specially on REDD+. …
Colombia plans to have in place 10 months from now a new system to measure deforestation, which it hopes will drastically improve its ability to establish a national policy to reduce emissions from deforestation (REDD), the country's environmental minister said. Tropical forests cover one-third of the Andean country and according …
Brazil’s vast forests lost some legal protections last week, but less than environmentalists had feared. On 28 May, President Dilma Rousseff vetoed a dozen sections of the revamped forest code passed a month earlier by the lower house of Brazil’s National Congress.
PANJIM: Despite raps from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Goa's State Forest Policy is yet to see the light of day, even after the process to finalise it began way back in April last year. The draft which was put up for public scrutiny received tremendous response with a …
The State of the World's Forests 2012 (SOFO 2012), published by the FAO, argues that forests should be placed at the heart of a green economy. The report states that sustainable use of forestry resources can contribute to reducing poverty and hunger, mitigating climate change through carbon capture, and creating …
The report provides an analysis of actual REDD+ design and early implementation, based on a large research project – the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS), undertaken by CIFOR and partners. It takes stock of national, subnational and local REDD+ experiences, and identifies the political and practical challenges to designing …
New Delhi India has potential to make forest produce like wood and paper as major foreign exchange earner and UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is ready to extend knowledge and technological assistance for the same, a top FAO official said on Thursday. “India can turn wood and paper as …
CHENNAI: Forest and tree cover has declined in Tamil Nadu and the State has not prepared its own forest policy even though five years have passed since a recommendation to do this was made by the National Forest Commission, says a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. …
