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 …
The summer season is an invitation to diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya. If little care is taken, then one can easily save himself/herself from the vector borne disease. The first formula to ward off mosquitoes from the house is to plant few plants in and around the house …
The Chipko Movement started off under the leadership of Gaura Devi, a middle-aged Bhotia woman, who managed to mobilise about 30 women of her village to step out of their homes and protect the green cover of their lands with their lives. In the early 1970s, when industrial giants attempted …
Nainital/Dehradun: Google commemorated the 45th anniversary of the Chipko movement with a doodle on Monday even as the leader of the campaign termed tree felling for Char Dham road “devastating” to the state. The doodle portrays women, who were at the forefront of the mission and had kept night-long vigils, …
Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan launched a nationwide tree-planting campaign that also targets to make Dodoma a green city but authorities at the new gold mine say “it’s not too late to start reclaiming these arid lands. ” “We have organised ourselves carefully … next month we will start planting trees …
AHMEDABAD: Rural Gujarat now has 34.35 crore trees outside forest and urban areas, 14% higher than the 30.14 crore trees counted in 2013. The rural tree count figures released on Wednesday reveals that the state now has 20.38 trees per hectare. Officials said that the rural tree count was recently …
Protect forest catchment to ensure water in city reservoirs. Visakhapatnam: The forest department including Vizag zoo conducted awareness programmes to mark International Day of Forests. The theme of the day this year was “Forests and Sustainable Cities – Let’s make our cities greener, healthier, happier places to live.’ Celebrating the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/03/2018 regarding felling of trees in the area of Taj Trapezium Zone. Supreme Court has been informed by the State of Uttar Pradesh that a vision document is likely …
Many cities are already demonstrating their commitments to a more sustainable future and there are many excellent examples of green urban development, according to a new FAO publication called "Forests and sustainable cities - Inspiring stories from around the world" launched on the occasion of the International Day of Forests. …
Although Kerala has been a top rubber grower in India, the plant was first introduced in the Northeast by the regional forest department in the 1960s Rubber plantations, which have been vigorously promoted in north-east India in the name of increasing forest cover and rehabilitation of tribespeople, have got environmentalists …
NEW DELHI: A new study on more than 2000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country found that in 70% of the projects plantations have been taken up on notified forest land but termed as "degraded" in official records. Case studies documented by authors of the study reveal in many cases …
MUMBAI: As many as six forest fires were reported in Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Thane ranges since Tuesday evening. “A total of six forest fires were reported on Tuesday, including a major blaze at Mulund’s Yogi Hill area. By 8pm last night, the Mulund fire was brought under control …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Environment Awareness Forum Vs The State of Jammu & Kashmir dated 13/03/2018 regarding the annual felling of khair trees from the private land in the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Supreme Court directs the State of Jammu & Kashmir …
BENGALURU: The bio-park of Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi campus lost 36 sandalwood trees in slightly more than a year, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. Twenty-six of these were chopped and smuggled by miscreants in December 2017 alone. The 1,000-acre campus is home to the largest number of sandalwood …
Kenyans are facing a shortage of timber and charcoal as the government moves to save forests from depletion. The government placed a three-month ban on logging and charcoal burning two weeks ago at the height of a biting dry spell that had led to major water crisis across the country. …
LUDHIANA: The income-tax department and Times of India’s joint initiative Live Green Campaign is all set to take new colours with its second phase kicking off from Friday. Led by chief income tax commissioner Binay K Jha, representatives of various top industrial houses of Punjab along with people from all …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amandeep Aggarwal Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 09/03/2018. This application is moved by M/s Preetech Power Pvt. Ltd., seeking approval of this Tribunal for felling of trees on the private land. In support of the relief, it …
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has told the civic administration to conduct an inquiry into alleged lapses in the tree census, under way in the city for the past two years. Shivajinagar MLA Vijay Kale had raised the issue in the ongoing budget session of the state assembly. He said …
Saligao: Environmentalists, villagers from Verla-Canca in Bardez as well as activists from Tiswadi and Salcete gathered together at Mapusa on Tuesday to voice their opposition against illegal felling of trees, illegal land filling and the plan to include villages in the jurisdiction of the planning and development authority (PDA). The …
Zambian authorities have begun exporting timber confiscated from illegal loggers who continue to fell trees despite a nationwide ban to protect the country's dwindling forests. Similar moves in other countries have proved controversial, with opinion divided between whether selling confiscated timber sends the wrong signal to illegal loggers, or is …
Blantyre District Council says it intends to plant over 30 million tree seedlings before the end of this year’s national tree planting season. Blantyre District Commissioner (DC), Bennet Nkasala made the announcement on Saturday at the launch of the district’s tree planting exercise in the area of Village Headman Sabantini …
