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 term "sustainable development" seems to have reached a stage of sustainability after having been used for long. Sustainability is a word most suited, perhaps, for describing an ecosystem constituted of biota like plants, animals and microbes living in any area of the earth. But unfortunately, we -- the most …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over concretization of pavements in the capital, leading to a shrinkage of space for trees and sought response from the Centre and the state government on the issue. The HC was hearing a PIL which pointed out that trees were getting uprooted …
The Delhi High Court sought response from the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL seeking its direction to de-concretise pavements in the capital. The petition pointed out that trees on the pavements have become weak due to concretisation as roots were not getting sufficient nourishment. Advocate Sugreev Dubey, …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL seeking its direction to de-concretise pavements in the capital. The petition pointed out that trees on the pavements have become weak due to concretisation as roots were not getting sufficient nourishment. Advocate …
The green is overwhelming at first but then the reality checks. An official at the forest in Kharkhari Jatmal village in Outer Delhi says it takes a sapling at least 15 years to branch out and grow into a tree, and that many do not survive Delhi
* Over 38,000 trees have been cut in Delhi since 2005 for various projects, an RTI application filed by The Indian Express finds * Ten trees should be replanted as
Aug. 25: The mythological Kalpavriksha, known as Baobab tree, may face extinction in the state because of the extension of NH-9 from Hyderabad to Vijayawada. According to botanists, there are only eight such trees in the state mostly distributed in Krishna district along the highway. All the trees are several …
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: Two critically endangered trees of Kerala will be pulled back from the brink of extinction if efforts to reintroduce them in the wild fructify. Karanjali (Dipterocarpus bourdillonii) and Adimundan (Humboldtia bourdillonii) are endemic to the Western Ghats. If the reintroduction is successful, their saplings will grow in …
The largely unplanned growth of Bangalore has left hundreds of layouts without a single tree. This shocking loss of the green culture has left summers hotter, entire residential areas under a grey cloud and a city firmly lose its erstwhile garden splendour. The mindless felling of trees for infrastructure projects …
The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different donor-funded afforestation projects, which mainly plant exotic trees of commercial value. The majority of the donor-funded projects in the past or the projects the government and development partners plan to implement shortly are about planting …
Scientists use detailed satellite images to reveal the vital role of trees on 1 billion hectares of agricultural lands in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Professor Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and Nobel laureate says the study proves the close links between farms and trees. Although …
A green backdrop in the wake of the recent monsoon fails to hide the stumps of fullygrown Sagaun trees that once stood on Kashiram"s fields in Dadudhana village of Betul district. The septuagenarian Dalit, along with his son Ramcharan, still awaits payment from a dodgy contractor who logged 200 trees …
Census Will Also Cover Variety And Distribution Pattern New Delhi: For the first time ever, Delhi is going to have a tree census. It will not just estimate how many trees the city
The top UN environment official has lauded Pakistan's efforts in setting a Guinness World Record for planting over 500,000 trees in one day, part of the South Asian nation's pledge in the global billion tree campaign. In the record-breaking feat, 541,176 young mangrove saplings were planted in 24 hours by …
IF animals have been considered man's best friend, trees just became their brethren. Leading this school of thought by example was Surjit Singh Barnala, the Governor, who tied a rakhi to a sapling on Tuesday, thereby inaugurating the Vriksha Raksha Bandhan campaign, organised by Exnora International and Velammal Vidyalaya. A …
