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 …
The National Steering Committee on Climate Change (NSCCC) under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has approved a five strategy plan for the implementation of the REED+ forest project in Liberia. This followed months of extensive negotiations and critical documents finalized with support from partners. …
The Environment ministry has signed an MoU with the Jewish National Fund to share knowledge and expertise on planting forests in dry climates. Speaking in Jerusalem last week during the signing ceremony, Environment CS Judi Wakhungu said Kenya will borrow technology from Israel. This, she said, will improve soil conservation, …
Nagpur: "For the development of any region, it should possess 33% forest cover. We need to plant 400 crore trees to make sure that Maharashtra reach this milestone," said, Sudhir Munganitwar, Finance & Planning, Forests minister at The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management. Munganitwar was addressing the …
Zambian authorities have been trying to save an endangered timber species, the Mukula, but it seems their efforts are yet to yield any tangible results. Barely a week passes without stories of trucks laden with logs en route to being exported outside the country being intercepted. The Mukula tree is …
A small fishing village in Kenya’s coastal region has earned international recognition as a hub for green economy thanks to a community-owned carbon offset project that has enhanced the conservation of mangrove forests. The Gazi village, located about 40 kilometers south of the port city of Mombasa, is the site …
Tanzania on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at transforming some of its key forests into being highly protected to save the east African nation from turning into desert. The move is aimed at strengthening conservation of forests that are are overwhelmed with wantonly tree felling for timber and fuel …
Forest cover in sub-Saharan Africa declined by nearly 10 per cent between 2000 and 2010. Of this loss, 75 per cent was caused by the conversion of forest to agriculture, largely for food production to serve rapidly growing domestic food demand. Focusing on Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania, this study examines …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017. Compensatory afforestation is one of the most important conditions stipulated by the Central Government while approving proposals for de-reservation or diversion of forest land for non-forest uses. It not only compensate loss in the forest cover and forest land …
HURUNGWE, Zimbabwe, March 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's largest forest conservation projects has managed to curb deforestation in northern Zimbabwe, but the slow sale of carbon credits – on which the project depends – threatens its expansion, its organisers said. Some 785,000 hectares of prime forest …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clearance of forest land under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, 20/03/2017. During the year 2014-15 and 2015-16, 17217.75 Ha and 13946.05 Ha of forest land respectively, has been diverted for non forest purposes under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act. These constitute 0.815% …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2016 via G.S.R. 200(E) on 06th March, 2017.
The Peoples Rules and Organizations Supporting the Protection of Ecosystem Resources (USAID/PROSPER), in partnership with the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), recently signed a community forest management agreement in Monrovia. The agreement between the FDA and eight forest dependent communities resulting in eight Community Forest Management Agreements (CFMAs), is intended to …
Forest conservation is a thriving new job for many Kenyan communities thanks to the country’s laws encouraging community participation in environmental protection. Daniel Korir and Wesley Kiplangat are both members of indigenous community, Ogiek Community Forest Association (CFA) registered with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). They are taking part in …
Rakai — Government has deployed a combined force of UPDF soldiers and police in Malabigambo Central Forest Reserve in Kyebe Sub-county, Rakai District, to fight illegal logging. This follows reports that National Forestry Authority (NFA) supervisors in the district have been colluding with police officers to clear truck-loads of illegal …
NANJIRINJI A, Tanzania – When Jamila Sallimu Chikunda found out she was pregnant with her third child in 2015, her joy quickly turned to anxiety. Chikunda’s family was struggling to make ends meet and she didn’t know how they would afford to pay for the delivery and costs associated with …
The Democratic Republic is poised to receive tens of millions of dollars in funding to protect its forests, even as Greenpeace has found evidence that the country has repeatedly violated its own long-standing moratorium on logging concessions. Since signing agreements with the government of Norway and the Central African Forests …
Revenues derived from carbon have been seen as an important tool for supporting forest conservation over the past decade. At the same time, there is high uncertainty about how much revenue can reasonably be expected from land use emissions reductions initiatives. Despite this uncertainty, REDDþ projects and conservation initiatives that …
Kolhapur: The forest department has decided to start a 'green army' to boost plantation and protection of the tree cover across the district. Deputy forest conservator Prabhunath Shukla said, "The state government successfully planted over 2 crore trees through public participation in the first two years since it came to …
City legislator Madan Kaushik inaugurated a plantation drive organised by the Rudra Yagna Samiti and the Pragat Bharat Sanstha here yesterday. Mass plantation would be done in the city periphery under the campaign. Kaushik planted a sapling at the Sadbhawna Ganga ghat. He said human life and ecology could only …
Union Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave on Wednesday said that a 'Jan Andolan' -- mass movement -- is needed for regeneration of the forests and nature. The minister who advocated a Gandhian way of life for ecological sustainability at the recently held COP22 at Marrakech in Morocco, pointed out the …
