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 …
Pimpri Chinchwad: A social activist is up in arms about alleged unauthorized tree cutting on land belonging to the state animal husbandry department. Datta Saikar said he will write to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and environment ministe Ramdas Kadam, seeking action against the officials responsible for felling more than 50 …
GURUGRAM: The forest department has prepared an ‘offence report’ (suggesting offence was committed) following an inspection in Anhkeer area near Badkal in the Aravalis, where around 150 trees were felled last week in violation of the Aravali Notification and other green norms. “We found 45 trees were uprooted while about …
Governments and forest actors are about to meet in Ghana to address commodity-driven deforestation, an issue that has risen in global prominence since many major food and consumer goods companies committed to end deforestation in key supply chains in 2010. These commitments were strengthened in 2014 when governments, businesses, civil …
Monrovia – Civil society organizations and communities affected by oil palm concessions across Liberia have grouped themselves in addressing urgent issues in the oil palm sector, demanding more access to mechanisms that can make concessionaires more accountable in line with laws and regulations. Nearly 2 million hectares of forestlands have …
The FAO is the lead United Nations agency on the sustainable use of forests, and the voluntary guidelines refer to so-called forest concessions; laws and policies that allow local communities and private individuals or businesses to use forested land in return for payment or services. The aim is to make …
Coimbatore: The second national forestry research plan (NFRP) will focus on tackling climate change. S C Gairola, director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), said the plan is scheduled to be released this year. Speaking at a two-day national conference on ‘Towards Resilient Ecosystems: The …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2018. The prayer in the application is for permission to cut 234 trees to complete the project of laying of conduit pipe line to enable the Ganga water to …
The water level in the Ndakaini Dam has risen to 46 per cent, giving hope to many city residents who have had to contend with rationing. The dam supplies more than 80 per cent of Nairobi's water consumption. The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) has said rationing will …
For years, scientists have been puzzling over what exactly deforestation does to temperature. But a study published recently purports to have figured it out on the small scale. It finds clearing forests significantly increased local temperature in some of the most deforested places in North America, Europe and Asia. Forests …
Colombia’s supreme court granted protections, filed by 25 children and other young people, that affirm that deforestation in the Colombian Amazon violates their rights to health and life. In the ruling, the supreme court ordered the president of Colombia and environmental authorities to create an action plan to protect this …
A government taskforce in Kenya has called for the management of the Kenya Forest Service to be sacked and some of its staff investigated for alleged corruption which it said had allowed for illegal logging and significant destruction to forests. Kenya has a forest cover of 7.4 percent of its …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the change of colour of the iconic Taj Mahal at Agra and said the monument had become yellowish earlier and was now turning brownish and greenish. The apex court suggested that the Centre take the assistance of experts from India …
The extent to which land initially intended for forests has been encroached for human use has been exposed in a report, with authorities being asked to take action against those responsible. Details previously contained in various reports, plus fresh revelations about the state of Kenyan forests, have been collated in …
Illegal logging and corruption practices around forest conservation have put forests on the verge of extinction. In an interview with the Star, Planning PS Julius Muia says raising the forest cover to 10 per cent by 2030 was among the flagship projects in the Vision 2030 economic blueprint, and since …
A damning report on the state of forests and logging has revealed how the forests' custodian - the Kenya Forest Service - has destroyed swathes of precious trees countrywide. The report released on Monday says the board and management of KFS have been unable to stem, and in some instances, …
Approximately one fifth of the Amazon rainforest has already been cut down, and nearly 80 percent of this deforestation is attributable to the cattle industry, says a new nearly hour-long documentary, “Grazing the Amazon.” Many ranchers are outspoken in their justification for deforestation, possibly because they feel safe from prosecution …
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has issued chargesheet to Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Harsh Kumar for permitting illegal felling of trees last year in Mohali district. The chargesheet has been issued in a case where the IFS officer had on November 14 last year written to the Mohali …
We present a range-wide assessment of sympatric western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and central chimpanzees Pan troglodytes troglodytes using the largest survey data set ever assembled for these taxa: 59 sites in five countries surveyed between 2003 and 2013, totaling 61,000 person-days of fieldwork. We used spatial modeling to …
Nagpur: A sit and draw contest was organized for students of Std I to X on Tuesday as part of cleanliness fortnight being organized by Raman Science Centre (RSC) at its Gandhisagar facility. The competition saw children from all age groups draw paintings highlighting the importance of maintaining cleanliness and …
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Mumbai police to check if the noise levels at the Metro-3 construction sites in Churchgate, Mahim and Cuffe Parade are beyond permissible levels, as has been claimed by Awaaz NGO. A division bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Riyaz Chagla, said, "We're hearing …
