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 Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to all the respondents, including Tata Steel and the Odisha government, following a petition seeking an injunction on alleged illegal construction of boundary walls and cutting of trees by Tata Steel for the proposed extension of …
More than 11 African States had participated in planting the tree of the green belt which is considered part of the African Grand Fence which length is 1520 kilomes and width of 15 kilometers from the east to the west. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Hassan Abdul Gadir …
THE Timber Producers Association of Zambia (TPA) has appealed to the Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to reverse the ban on the export of timber. On Wednesday, Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Jean Kapata banned the export of logs of any timber species including …
Examination of the ecosystem properties of treeline ecotones in seven temperate regions of the world shows that the reduction in temperature with increasing elevation does not affect tree leaf nutrient concentrations, but does reduce ground-layer community-weighted plant nitrogen levels, leading to a strong stoichiometric convergence of ground-layer plant community nitrogen …
In this paper we reflect on aspects of palaeoecological approaches to understanding past woodland environments. With increasing requirements for interdisciplinarity in research, and an increase in popular interest in the ‘natural environment’ such as ‘new nature writing’, we suggest that palaeoecology is potentially well situated to engage with other audiences …
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi government as to why it has not complied with an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking it to furnish details about the number of trees felled for each development project in the city. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva issued a notice to …
The National Green Tribunal today granted a week's time to a committee, formed by it, to file a report regarding alleged illegal and unauthorised felling of large number of trees in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar asked the Additional Chief Conservator …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The city's greenery with its ornamental plants, shrubs, bushes and trees, is definitely soothing for the eyes but a few experts believe that unless the hills are protected and developed into green zones, Vizag might run out of green space in the next decade. Although city and urban area …
Since last October, Bengalureans are fighting against the proposed steel flyover project. While a lot has been spoken about the 800-odd trees that are at risk if the project takes off, little has been spoken about the animal and bird population at risk. Given Bengaluru's biodiversity, it is home to …
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The forest department has started surveying the scheduled trees along the Pune-Mumbai highway in Dehu Road Cantonment Board limits to identify trees that need to be cut or relocated for road widening. More than a dozen environmental and social organizations in Pimpri Chinchwad staged an agitation near Nigdi …
The forest department has planned to cut 40,000 to 50,000 trees inside the forests in Chikkamagaluru, much to the chagrin of environmentalists. The Koppa division of Chikkamagaluru circle of the department has initiated a drive to fell teakwood, ‘nandi,’ rosewood and other trees in 22 plantations. The drive has commenced …
PANAJI: A lengthy, two-decade long process of identifying private forests and a delay in demarcating and mapping the identified patches in Regional Plan (RP) 2021 has led to irreversible diversion of green cover and degradation of unidentified patches in Goa. Environmentalists allege that Goa's rich natural heritage, estimated to be …
800 trees cut down for road widening. Rule requires 100 saplings to be planted for every tree cut. But order is not being followed. Hyderabad: The Roads and Building department, through its contractors, have cut down over 800 trees along the Hyderabad-Warangal highway as part of its road-widening project. The …
In compliance of Tree Authority directives, MMRC would also plant three new trees for every one that is chopped down. CLOSE TO 5,000 trees would be affected in the city during the construction of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro corridor. However, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) — the implementing body of the …
A part of this expressway has been declared as National Highway to accelerate the pace of construction work. With a view to increase forest cover in Gurugram, about 20 lakh saplings will be distributed in the city by Haryana Forest Department in February. State Forests Minister Rao Narbir announced this …
Global warming could be responsible for killing trees that are thousands of years old Warming temperatures due to climate change may spell the end for some of the oldest trees on the planet, a new study has warned. Bristlecone pines - including Methusaleh, one of the world's oldest trees have …
Present investigation was carried out in three blocks; Hiranagar, Dinga Amb and Marheenof Kathuadistrict of Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir located in the sub-tropical zone to identify and document the under-utilized forest tree species and their multiple traditional uses. Study revealed that people in the study area make multiple …
Due to gender-specific roles and responsibilities, men and women face varying challenges and opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts. It is particularly important to take into account the ways that men and women engage with tree resources in order to develop both equitable and effective interventions and …
Almora: More than 100 half-burnt and fully burnt trees were allegedly cut in high-altitude villages of Gunji and Navi near Dharchula in Kumaon recently in contravention of rules, local villagers have alleged. The trees were burnt in a fire that broke out earlier this week which was defused by personnel …
ERIGAVO, SOMALIA – In a tradition dating to Biblical times, men rise at dawn in the rugged Cal Madow mountains of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa to scale rocky outcrops in search of the prized sap of wild frankincense trees. Bracing against high winds, Musse Ismail Hassan climbs with …
