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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babu Lal Jajoo Vs Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan & Others dated 04/03/2015 regarding utilisation of CAMPA funds in in the State of Rajasthan for its rightful purpose of afforestation, development and conservation of forests and …
SHILLONG: The nine cement companies in East Jaintia Hills, which have violated the Forest Conservation Act, will be allowed to acquire land as per the proposed Land Acquisition Act for afforestation, said Forest and Environment minister Prestone Tynsong. These nine cement companies have violated Forest and Conversation Act, 1980, and …
In an attempt to bring people closer to forests in Uttarakhand, the Harish Rawat government in last one year did try to involve them in environment conservation with its Chief Minister’s flagship Hamara Ped Hamara Dhan Yojana. The scheme is meant to encourage plantation of saplings in private lands. Forest …
Castigating the Forest Department for delay in identifying and demarcating private forests, the National Green Tribunal, Pune, has declared 12.61 ha of land at Xelpem, Mapusa, as private forest. The Forest Department has been directed to take all necessary steps immediately to preserve and protect this forest land as per …
If you’ve ever pondered what trees think about life’s major issues, the city of Melbourne has come up with an elegant solution – you can email them and find out. The city council has devised an interactive urban forest map that provides individual data on each of the 70,000 trees …
The Tibetan authorities handed out 2.9 billion yuan (466 million U.S. dollars) last year as rewards for environmental protection, the regional assembly was told on Wednesday. The funds went to those who stopped or reduced herding in areas prone to deforestation and on subsidies for grass seed and farming equipment, …
COMMUNITIES from two villages of Mbulu District in Manyara Region have started leaping the benefits of their responsible forest conservation behaviour with a 38m/- pay check during the first six months of 2014. Carbon Tanzania said in a recent report posted on its website that the two villages, Domanga and …
The Reference Document is divided into 9 chapters starting with an introduction and overview of the subject, moving on gradually and logically to required policy framework to support REDD+ implementation as part of the forest management in the country. The document describes in detail the issues and concepts related to …
In the wake of the signing of a forest conservation agreement between the Government of Liberia and the European Union through the Government of Norway, where the country stands to benefit US$150 million in exchange for protecting its forest, the Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority says the agreement …
Land-use change, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, is a massive source of carbon emissions and contributes substantially to global warming. Therefore, mechanisms that aim to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation are widely discussed. A central challenge is the avoidance of international carbon leakage if forest conservation …
A high level committee, which has been reviewing green laws to suggest appropriate amendments to bring them in sync with the government's development goals, has got another month to finalize its report. The move comes even as the Centre is keen to change couple of key legislations during the winter …
The State Government is building up a strong case to ask the Union Government for levying “Green Dividends”, an incentive for maintaining the green cover. Odisha along with some other less-developed States is maintaining the forest cover higher than the all-India average of 21 per cent. As these States are …
KHULNA : The Forest Department has taken a master plan for protecting the Sunderbans, world heritage mangrove forest, to attract tourists, ahead of tourism year in 2015, reports BSS. On April 10 in 2014, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon here said at a meeting that the present …
Forestry: If the country harvested timber like it did in the last five years, the country would go barren, forestry officials warn. In the past five years, almost 40m cubic feet (cft) of timber, equivalent to about 80,000 truckloads, have been used in the country for various construction works. Data …
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will roll out plans to expand forest areas within the next three months as part of its efforts to combat forest encroachment nationwide. The issue was raised at yesterday's NCPO meeting, chaired by army chief-of-staff Aksara Kerdpol, who is also director of …
The Tasmanian Liberal government has succeeded in unwinding key parts of the peace deal to end the state's forest wars. The legislation gives the timber industry greater access to forests, makes them harder to set aside from logging, and cuts out environmentalist consultation. Around 400,000 hectares of high conservation value …
Indonesia’s latest tactic for slowing the world’s fastest rate of deforestation is to crack down on licensing of companies with concessions for agriculture on peat lands and rain forests. The agency for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation is auditing 18 companies to check for proper licensing, Heru Prasetyo, …
