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 …
On World Environment Day, this could be worrying news for the new environment minister. A study by forest researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) has concluded that India could be grossly "over-reporting" its forest cover. The researchers say that the existing forest cover, in reality, may be what …
Forests and trees enhance and protect landscapes, ecosystems and production systems. They provide goods and services which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity. Forest genetic resources – the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential …
The best quality honey is produced from Aegialitis rotundifolia and Cynometra ramiflora, according to the mangrove cell. In a bid to encourage locals to conserve mangrove forests, the Mangrove Cell will soon introduce apiculture. The GOI-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) committee, which met in Mumbai last week, has approved a …
Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Wednesday said that under the ‘green and clean Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plan’ the provincial government had banned cutting of trees to increase forest cover in the province. He said that the plan had been launched to promote environmental tourism and boost energy resources. He expressed these …
Members of Paschima Ghatta Samrakshana Horata Vedike (Western Ghats Protection Forum) will hold talks with people residing in the vicinity of the Ghats to raise their voice against the government’s decision to dilute the Kasturirangan report for implementation. The Vedike wants the government to implement the Madhav Gadgil report. Speaking …
The existing measure to mitigate man-animal conflict in the forest-fringed district of Wayanad have failed miserably, said a report by greens and wildlife scientists. The report submitted to the state and central governments has called for introduction of more participatory and community- based mechanisms to address the issue. The report …
Villagers have seen how parts of Kendrapara district were saved during super cyclone For Niranjan Swain, a 62-year-old farmer of Badakota village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, growing crops is just as important as making a ritualistic patrolling around a 25-acre patch of land, where he and his fellow villagers are …
Pune: A report from the commissioner, appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, to assess the status of trees along the Ghorpadi-Mundhwa Road is in tandem with tree activists’ views about blatant violation of tree conservation rules. “It may be limited to the status of trees along the Ghorpadi-Mundhwa …
A project aimed at protecting forests in Senegal's Casamance region has helped locals lay aside their political differences Last month, deep in a forest in the Casamance region of Senegal, members of surrounding communities gathered to watch the hypnotic spin of the palm-leaf covered Kumpo, a mythical tribal figure who …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has finally notified guidelines for diversion of forest for laying transmission lines through forest areas. It may be recalled that the National Green Tribunal in its judgement in Janajagarithi Samiti versus Union of India and Others (Appeal No. 10 of 2012) related to …
...Implementation of the Act has totally failed in Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim in terms of no claims for land titles received till July 30, 2013 Though the State of Assam has implemented the Forest Rights Act, 2006 to give land rights to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and other traditional …
An Act for the law relating to consolidation, management, sustainable use and conservation of forests in Arunachal Pradesh. This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Act, 2014.
The national REDD+ policy aims to provide a roadmap for building comprehensive strategies for implementing REDD+ projects and programmes effectively in the country in the context of international development in this sector. The policy alongwith the strategies will lead to REDD+ readiness in the country and enable India to gain …
The mangrove cell is also planning to start the western coast’s first marine interpretation centre at Airoli. Soon, Mumbaikars can walk through the mangroves along the Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai and get closer to flamingos in the Thane creek. The forest department and the City and Industrial Development …
Greens Seek Compensatory Planting Drive The public works department’s (PWD) plans to cut down trees for widening Main Central Road (MC Road) – connecting Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram – have run into trouble as environmentalists have come out against the move demanding implementation of compensatory tree planting programme or announcing a …
The Environment and Renewable Energy Ministry has taken steps to set up Environment Protection Committees in each district with the intention of obtaining public support to increase forest cover in Sri Lanka, a ministry spokesman said. He said this initiative has been taken under the directive of Minister Susil Premajayantha …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (69 of 1980), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003, namely: These rules may be called the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2014.
Plantation and conservation of forest cover on the bank of Narmada— main source of water supply to Indore, will significantly reduce water treatment cost, thereby easing burden from Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC). Currently, IMC spends anywhere between Rs5 and 6 crores on operation and maintenance of treatment plant at Jalood …
Read text of Maharashtra Village Forest Rules 2014 released by the state government on March 5 2014 to to institutionalize an effective management regime for conservation and long-term sustainability of forests.They apply to part of such reserved forests (RF) or protected forests (PF) in the village as assigned under the …
The Code - sustainable management of forests and biodiversity — has stressed the need to carry out forest conservation without affecting the livelihood of villagers. It has been prepared by the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. The survey shall entail collecting information on socio-economic status of the people living in and …
