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 state Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for filing an affidavit before the Supreme Court, seeking that 4.98 lakh hectares be dropped from the deemed forest classification. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said 17.62 lakh hectares had been classified as deemed forest in the …
A former army man has moved the National Green Tribunal against the Haryana government's sanction to chop trees in the eco-sensitive Aravalli Hills prompting the green panel to seek a response from the Centre. A vacation bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notices to the Environment Ministry, the …
The cutting of trees in various regions of the state for road-widening projects took place ruthlessly last week just ahead of June 17, the day when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on tree cutting was resumed after a two-month stay by the Supreme Court. The process of axing the …
Delhi Forest Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday directed officials to achieve the target of planting one million saplings across the national capital this year to increase the green cover. "Since pre-monsoon showers have set in Delhi and it is expected that soil moisture level will now be maintained till the …
PANAJI: The coconut palm, which was controversially shorn off its tree status in Goa last year, may well become a tree, in fact a state tree, a few months from now, said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday. Nearly a year after the then BJP-led coalition government de-recognised the coconut …
GURUGRAM: While chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was telling Gurgaonites to plant trees at the inauguration of a 100-acre nature camp in Gurgaon, 100 trees were being chopped off on MG Road on Saturday. Reportedly, around 100 trees were chopped off on Friday and Saturday on MG road. Most of …
Bonde made the call during commemorations of the World Environmental Day at Cowdray Park in Bulawayo at the weekend. “It is wise to follow the Command Agriculture template and as we speak we have 834 000 plants that are available. We are organising an indaba for the regional bloc which …
MMRCL told the high court that it will give an undertaking that it has obtained all the necessary permissions. Mumbai: The Bombay HC has given permission to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) to cut down mangroves for the construction of underground metro station at the Bandra Kurla Complex …
MEERUT: Over a year after the then SP-ruled UP government planted five crore saplings in the state in a day and created a Guinness World Record, the BJP-ruled government is preparing to to sow five crore saplings in a duration of three months. The plantation drive, which will begin from …
Cocoa farmers at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region are cutting down trees on their farms, impeding efforts to tackle climate change effects on cocoa production. The practice is thwarting government’s ‘Tree on the Farm’ initiative meant to address the impact of climate change on agriculture. Goal …
Lusaka – The Southern African Development Community is losing an estimated $16-million per month through the rampant smuggling of the Pterocarpus Chrysothrix trees, used for fine timber and medicine mostly in the Far East Asia. This financial loss and threat posed to the slow growing species has prompted Zambian President …
BSI attempt is part of a three-year research programme A team of experts from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is visiting the southern Western Ghats regions of Kerala and Tamil Nadu to explore the endemic tree resources in the region. The visit is part of our three-year research programme …
Environmentalists rued the proposal to cut down at least 4,600 trees — mostly deodar and broad leaf trees which are important for absorption of water — spread over 94 hectares for the construction of a 150-km all-weather two-lane road between Tanakpur and Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand by 2020. Executive engineer of …
A sapling being planted in the city on MondayA sapling being planted in the city on Monday JAIPUR: Several civil groups have marked the World Environment Day by planting saplings in the city. To mark the day many NGOs have carried out several activities highlighting the importance of Environment protection. …
Yavatmal: The Forest Circle of Yavatmal consisting of Yavatmal, Washim and Akola districts in Vidarbha is set to expedite the targeted figure of 50 crore tree plantation across the state within the set time frame. According to the Chief Conservator of Forest of Yavatmal circle Govind Chavan, the State Forest …
JAISALMER: The newly appointed district collector K C Vishnoi has started preparations for operation 'Jaisalmer Green' to be launched from July, to get rid of drought permanently in Jaisalmer and to provide a preasurable experience to the tourists. Under this campaign, intensive plantation will be done at leading tourist spots …
To celebrate the state's golden jubilee in a befitting manner, the Haryana government has decided to plant one sapling each for its 2.5 crore population. The state will plant 60 lakh saplings of eucalyptus, 13.50 lakh medicinal plants and 20 lakh fruit-bearing trees, Forests Minister Rao Narbir Singh, who was …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday put an end to the controversy surrounding the ‘Girivalam’ road-widening project, by concluding that the expansion proposal cannot be deemed illegal or against the preservation of nature. However, the tribunal imposed certain conditions, reducing the width of the proposed roads and forbidding the …
Herald report makes activists sit up and take note of Govt's 'haphazard' planning VASCO: Following a report that appeared in Herald highlighting that 600 trees have been identified by the PWD which may be felled to widen NH17A connecting Cortalim to Vasco via Chicalim, environmentalists and green activists along with …
Nagpur: "For the development of any region, it should possess 33% forest cover. We need to plant 400 crore trees to make sure that Maharashtra reach this milestone," said, Sudhir Munganitwar, Finance & Planning, Forests minister at The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management. Munganitwar was addressing the …
