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 …
Maharashtra government is set to receive Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre in next three years under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority and is keen on setting up an ‘eco-battalion’ to increase green cover, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. To increase the green cover in the State, the …
Eve Lonnquist’s family has owned a forest in the mountains of northwest Oregon since her grandmother bought the land in 1919. Her 95-year-old father still lives on the 157-acre property. And she and her wife often drive up from their home just outside Portland. But lately, Ms. Lonnquist, 59 and …
In a bid to protect green cover, the Delhi government on Monday decided to officially recognise 16 trees across the city as its "natural heritage". The decision was taken by Tourism and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra, who holds the interim charge of the Environment Ministry in the absence of Imran …
An unlikely alliance of the Queen, Prince William, the Labour MP Frank Field, Commonwealth countries and Canadian ecologists join forces today to protect one of the largest coastal temperate rainforests in the world: the Great Bear rainforest along the central and west coast of British Columbia. Prince William is in …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 15 lakh for conservation of rare, endangered and threatened species in the Sahyadri mountain sub-cluster of the Western Ghats. The government resolution (GR) issued on Thursday stated that the funds will be given to Shivaji University, Kolhapur for utilisation towards the purpose. The …
The vast truck, used for water storage, of the Cavanillesia umbellata tree is one of the most conspicuous characteristics in a dry forest Tropical dry forests are among the most threatened habitats on the planet, yet remain overlooked by scientists and conservationists, warn researchers. Despite being home to many species …
Certification should be combined with other standard public policies to promote sustainable forest management principles, say experts. Experts point to a need for more relationship building between voluntary certification schemes and public institutions. Effective certification requires the cooperation of policy makers, certification schemes, companies, academics and other stakeholders. An expert …
When most people think of Bangladesh’s native ecosystems, the Sundarbans — the world’s largest mangrove forest — are probably the first thing that come to mind. But the Sundarbans aren’t the country’s only wildlife-rich forest ecosystem: dense tropical forests once extended across large expanses of the country, housing tigers, elephants, …
The country's natural forests, habitats to wildlife and havens for many rare plants, are declining at an alarming rate for lack of effective conservation efforts, say experts. “Once about 86 percent of the country's forests were the natural ones, but today you will find a very poor track of land …
Bias against plants is widespread, and seriously limits conservation efforts, scientists say. While some studies suggest that people’s attraction towards animals may be due to biologically based visual and cognitive processes, others have shown that cultural practices play an important role in shaping people’s relationship with plants. Plant blindness can …
With new technology and a crackdown on logging, Romania is racing to save some of Europe's last virgin forests, home to wolves and brown bears. To speed the process, the European Union state has invited environmental NGOs to join official administrators in mapping the threatened woodlands and adding them to …
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries will be unable to meet their climate change pledges unless they secure land rights for people living in the world's tropical forests, indigenous leaders told an international conference of regional governors meeting in Mexico. Regional government officials from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, …
Sonowal asks lady forest officials to formulate work plan for assessment of forest resources GUWAHATI : Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the forest officers to identify challenges posing dangers on wild lives, the sources of such challenges and develop a mechanism to counter them for the protection and conservation of …
Close to $6 billion has been pledged to conservation initiatives in ten key forest countries in Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region under REDD+, and that money is being deployed in nations and provinces with high levels of deforestation and associated carbon emissions — in other words, exactly where …
Conversion sanads and felling of trees not recommended in identified private forest areas, Arlekar tells House PORVORIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) has informed the government that it will not be feasible to permit any non-forest activity in private forests without clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, …
Despite decades of concerted global conservation efforts, biodiversity loss continues unabated, making it important to assess the effectiveness of conservation approaches. Using forest cover as a proxy for conservation effectiveness, we analysed land-use and land-cover changes across a community and a state forest of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India. Forest losses …
Luanda — Without any vote against and two abstentions, the National Assembly approved on Wednesday the Draft Law on Wildlife to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of forest areas and the Angolan terrestrial wildlife. The text, approved with 166 votes in favour, also aims at creating the general basis …
According to a new report by the NGO Forest Trends, 314 companies — nearly 20 percent of the 1,896 companies that publicly disclosed their 2014 emissions data to CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) last year — were engaged in the purchase or sale of carbon credits to …
Conservation Evidence (CE) has published a comprehensive new synopsis of global interventions in forests summarizing the results of more than 120 conservation actions that have been undertaken, such as changing fire regimes, legal and community protection, prescribed burning, or encouraging seed-dispersing birds to take up residence in degraded areas. Scientists …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Selective logging, road building and fires are threatening biodiversity in Brazil’s Amazon despite a requirement that rural landowners maintain at least 80 percent of their forest cover in the world’s largest rain forest, researchers said on Wednesday. In 2012, Brazil enacted a law to protect forests …
