Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In an alarming development, unabated encroachment of forest areas in Assam has led to decrease in forest cover in the State by 2 square km, the India State of Forest Report 2013 released here today said. The report said that out of the total forest cover of 27,671 sq km, …
India’s forest cover increased by 0.18 per cent in 2012 over two years, the government has claimed in its forest survey report. However, a good half of this increase is notional – a result of correcting an error of assessment of forests in West Bengal during the 2010 study. The …
The total area under forest cover now stands at 697,888 sq km of geographical area, an increase of almost 1% over 2011 India’s forest cover continues to hold steady at 21% of the country’s geographical area despite pressure from increasing population, urbanisation and industrial use, and increased demand for cattle …
Country still has large swathes of contiguous forests accounting for 40% of the forest cover There has been an increase of 5,871 sq km of the country’s forest area since 2011, even as moderately dense forest areas have depleted due to population increase, grazing and encroachments, says the biennial “India …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar released the biennial report “India State of Forest Report 2013” on Tuesday. The report states that the forest cover continues to stand at 21 per cent of the country’s geographical area despite huge population pressure, increased grazing, encroachment and diversion of forest land. As per the …
In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked Punjab Chief Secretary to step in for preventing the misuse of forest land for commercial purposes in the state. He has been asked look into the feasibility of examining the setting up of marriage palaces by encroaching upon government …
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) has recommended the expansion of Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Theni district to boost conservation in the southern Western Ghats. After conducting studies on distribution, abundance and conservation of primates and mammals in the Meghamalai landscape for sixty years, the SACON scientists …
The government resolution notifying the scheme was issued on May 20. Village panchayats with a track record of managing forests will be given a larger role on World Environment Day on Thursday (June 5). At least 50 panchayats (village local bodies) will be bestowed more powers under the ‘Gram Van’ …
The state government has directed the Revenue and Forest Department to start physical verification of the actual area under occupation by Tibetans at various settlements in the state to verify cases of forest encroachments in the light of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders. The government had sought time from …
On paper, much done to restore traditional tribal rights but govt prerogative & industry interests are a formidable barrier Since March, denying tribals their legal rights over forests invites imprisonment for up to five years under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Manmohan Singh …
The Digboi Forest Division led by Siraj Ahmed the Deputy Conservator of Forest together with the civil administration comprising the District and Sub Divisional launched a massive eviction drive here at the Namphai Reserve Forest under Digboi Division along the Assam–Arunachal border near Jagun last morning and evicted 163 temporary …
India’s tiger reserves have been witness to devastating forest fires many of which have been triggered by the timber lobby mafia. The catastrophic fire at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WSS) in Kerala some weeks ago took four days of massive firefighting. The report of senior vigilance officer to the Kerala …
The Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district is on the verge of extinction due to the negligence of the Forest Department. In 1998, it was declared a forest sanctuary, and its total area was 220 sq km. As of now, its area has declined to 134 sq km due …
The encroachment of forest land on the McLeodganj-Dharamkot road has become a threat to reserve forests and rare deodar trees. Encroachers have been carrying out a systematic procedure to do away with deodar forests for raising illegal buildings in the area. They remove the earth from edges of the hill, …
Bardibas, May 11: Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Mahesh Acharya has said that management of the encroached area of the Sagarnath Forest Development Project (SFDP), situated in Mahottari and Sarlahi districts, will be made soon. Talking to media persons soon after monitoring the forest area of the project on …
Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has pointed out several problems in a draft notification on the Western Ghats issued by the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) earlier this year. The NGO, which had earlier petitioned the HC to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg elephant corridor in Maharashtra an ecologically sensitive region, …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday constituted a committee comprising representatives of the Environment & Forests Ministry, the Ridge Management Board and the Delhi Government’s Additional Chief Conservator of Forest to inspect the site of an alleged illegal ‘ashram’ constructed by self-styled godman Asharam Bapu in the Ridge here. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding unauthorised structures within the sanctuary area of village Asola, Delhi. The Tribunal has come down heavily on the lack of coordination in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/05/2014 regarding unauthorized construction on Central Ridge, Delhi. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/306-2013(OA)_6May2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=5926
Slum dwellers are hacking trees in the mangroves along the Palm Beach Road, said some residents. Apart from the debris mafia, locals said, encroachers, too, are paying no heed to warnings and are trying their best to flatten the green patch. Activists said that slum dwellers from Karave and Dharave …
