Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Kasane — The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Chobe forest reserves management plans will initiate the assessment process and consider the inception report. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Forestry Conservation Botswana (FCB) chief executive officer, Mr Joshua Moloi, stated that this was in line with the organisation's mandate of …
More than 30 environmental groups have signed a statement demanding that agreements allowing the logging of Australian native forests not be renewed. Australia’s 10 regional forestry agreements (RFAs) were signed between 1997 and 2001, each running for 20 years, with the first two expiring in 2017. The agreements between state …
A Nepali government survey has said that forests today take 44.74 percent of the total 141,718 sq km area of the Himalayan country, compared to the total forest cover of 39.6 percent between 1997 and 1998. The Department of Forest Research and Survey conducted its five-year survey between 2010 and …
The Centre’s plans to spend nearly Rs. 42,000 crore under the afforestation programme now hang in the balance The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill listed for business in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing parliamentary session has been postponed to the monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh told …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has been entrusted with preserving and improving the forest wealth of the country in the interest of its citizens and national ecological security. The rising demand for forestland for non-forestry purposes, such as mining, hydropower and infrastructure development, has caused MoEF&CC; …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the international forest conservation scheme known as REDD+ first came to Tanzania in 2008, it brought hopes of slowing deforestation and curbing climate change. But according to a recent report, funding for the program is drying up, threatening the future of the …
Myanmar has banned lucrative logging operations as the newly-elected government of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi steps up a battle on deforestation, an environment official said on Thursday. Myanmar's rich forests are among its most valuable natural resources, but they have been plundered by logging that helped fund the …
PHNOM PENH, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government would soon list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country's protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. Environment Minister Say Samal said the new five protected areas would be Prey Long forest in Kompong Thom, …
Safeguarding the world’s remaining forests is a high-priority goal. We assess the biophysical option space for feeding the world in 2050 in a hypothetical zero-deforestation world. We systematically combine realistic assumptions on future yields, agricultural areas, livestock feed and human diets. For each scenario, we determine whether the supply of …
The Amazon has it bad, but the Cerrado may have it even worse. After all, at least you’ve actually heard of the Amazon. The Cerrado isn’t as big, but it is still one of the largest and most important ecosystems in one of the largest and most environmentally rich countries …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called upon people to "collectively work" to conserve forests, saying more forests will lead to more water resources which will ultimately help farmers and future generations. "On International Day of Forests, let us pledge to collectively work to conserve forests and increase green cover," …
With over N676.8bn spent in international conservation funding to protect biodiversity and stop tropical deforestation in Africa since the early 1990s, the forest has gone down the more, a new study has found. The study found that conservation aid alone has not been able to counteract deforestation pressures, and in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Changes in Forest Rules, 01/03/2016. Use of forest land and cutting of trees standing thereon for widening of roads and execution of other non-forest activities requires prior approval of Central Government under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 …
Dehradun: Chief minister Harish Rawat on Sunday directed the state forest department to impose a ban on religious feasts in areas that fall under national parks such as Rajaji National Park and Corbett National Park. Addressing a meeting of top forest and senior officials, including chief secretary Shatrughana Singh, at …
The National Mission for a Green India proposal, released under the aegis of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, is a significant attempt to integrate the mechanism of ecosystem services in the overall framework of forest conservation in India. It suggests a series of strategies for improving the quality …
BHUBANESWAR: The State level steering committee of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) has approved an ambitious annual plan of operation (APO) for 2015-16 with a financial outlay of Rs 513 crore. Claiming that Odisha has emerged as the leading State in implementation of CAMPA and creation of …
Reducing emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that is being implemented in Kisongwe village, Kilosa district boundary (over 500km from Dar es Salaam) has caused dispute with their neighbouring village of Rudewa-Batini, after the former claimed to have invaded the latter’s location in a bid to expand its project. …
FAO and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD have joined efforts to prepare this discussion paper on sustainable financing for FLR. It provides an overview of existing funding sources and financial instruments that could be used and adapted specifically for the implementation of FLR efforts at the national, regional and …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred Sixty-ninth Report on "Environmental issues of Himachal Pradesh in General and Shimla in Particular". The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests undertook a study visit to Shimla from 14th …
A local tribe from East Kalimantan and a green group from Belitung, Bangka-Belitung province, have won prestigious UN Development Program (UNDP) green awards for their efforts to protect the environment and advance sustainable development. The Dayak Benuaq tribe from Muara Tae village in West Kutai, East Kalimantan, won the 2015 …
