Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
In a briefing paper released March 14, Global Witness accused ten companies from the EU of importing timber harvested illegally from the DRC. Industrie Forestiere du Congo (IFCO) logged outside of its approved operational area in a remote DRC forest, the watchdog group said. According to Global Witness, the IFCO …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mathura Bai Verma, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Parsada Vs State of Chhattisgarh dated 27/03/2019 regarding environmental pollution by the cement plant operated by M/s Newako Wistas Corp. Limited, Asarmeta Cement Plant, Tehsil Alaktara, District Janjgeer Champa, Chhattisgarh. There is also a …
A four-year investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) advocacy group traced illegally sourced timber from the forests of Congo Brazzaville and Gabon, to discover what it says are extensive holdings by a Chinese firm linked to bribery, corruption, tax evasion and ecosystem destruction. “According to evidence collected by EIA, …
Brazil possesses vast tracts of public lands, especially in the Amazon, which exist in the public domain. Traditional peoples, landless movements, quilombolas (communities established more than a century ago by Afro-Brazilian slave descendants), and other homesteaders have the legal right to lay claim to these lands. It is the job …
Victoria’s environment department has been so ineffective at regulating logging in state forests that the government-owned forestry enterprise VicForests has effectively been left to self-regulate, according to an independent review. The report, quietly released on the day of the school climate strikes and the Christchurch terror attack, finds the Department …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Musnota, Tehsil Nangal Vs State of Haryana dated 25/03/2019 regarding illegal felling of trees taking place and mining at Khasra No. 550, Village Musnota, Tehsil Nangal Chaudhary, District Mahendergarh, Haryana. Mining is being done by Maa Santoshi …
NAMIBIA's rosewood forests could disappear in the next 20 years if the large-scale timber harvesting continues at the current rate, environment minister Pohamba Shifeta has warned. Shifeta - who has been opposed to timber traders and harvesters - said this in parliament last week when he revealed that about 68 …
Kenya's leaders have said that the Mau forest is under threat from illegal logging and clearing and waters that used to flow from the forest are now drying up. In order to protect East Africa's largest indigenous forest, the government is planning to force 10,000 people to move elsewhere. But …
With the world's forests increasingly under threat from climate change and logging, leaders and top bank chiefs pledged billions on Thursday to help reverse the steep decline in Africa's woodland areas. So far this century East Africa alone has lost around 6 million hectares of forest, swathes of which contain …
Among the orders was also one which stated that no diversion of the forest lands allotted to a Protection Working Circle in any Working Plan under FRA and FCA must take place till the next date of hearing. In a step to ensure the protection of “the valuable and precious …
Victor Chenda Mpanga, 39, knows his livelihood depends on the forest, but like many others eking out a living in Zambia's vast woodland, he had little choice but to help destroy it. Mpanga was a full-time farmer, but poor yields due to unsustainable agricultural practices and climate change forced him …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Institute of Sustainable Development Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2019. The issue for consideration is the regulation of use of charcoal as raw material for the industry to avoid cutting of trees. The matter was decided by …
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is accelerating commitments to restoring ecosystem in Africa, said an official on Tuesday. "We are accelerating commitments for ecosystem restoration to improve resilience in the region," David Cooper, deputy executive secretary of CBD told reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing fourth session …
The UN wants individual countries to make commitments to ‘significantly’ reduce its production Countries from around the world set their sights Monday on a pivotal deal to curb plastic waste, a source of long-term pollution and worsening contamination of the ocean’s food chain. Thousands of delegates, business leaders and campaigners …
GULU, Uganda, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The convulsive rhythms of local "lakubukubu" music blast from the back of a pickup truck in the dusty town of Pajule, where two towering trees give welcome shade. At a community meeting in the northern Ugandan town, "Our Trees, We Need Answers", …
The European Parliament begins debate March 11 on a resolution to consent to the recently signed Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with Vietnam on the trade of timber and timber products from the Southeast Asian country. The VPA is the result of nearly eight years of negotiations aimed at stopping the …
Only 24 species of land snails were previously known from Belize, but a decade-long study that started in 2006 has uncovered 135 more, including 17 that are new to science. Researchers and Belizean biological field technicians dug through leaf litter, went deep inside caves and sinkholes, and explored some of …
They were cut in Faridabad for project The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday reserved its order on a matter pertaining to the felling of trees in Faridabad by Bharti Land – a sister company of Airtel, for a construction project. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar …
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil companies over deforestation risks during the last seven years, a green group said on Thursday. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which released its annual report on Wednesday, sold stakes in more …
In 2018, 7,018 of the world’s largest companies reported information about their efforts to manage their climate, water and forests related risks and impacts through CDP’s global disclosure platform. This includes 455 companies that disclosed information on their deforestation risks and impacts. This data is used by over 525 institutional …
