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 quest for the elusive dollar among poverty stricken villagers living close to Mafungautsi forest, is putting the country's teak and mahogany tree species at risk of being wiped out. Listed since 1954 as a protected forest by the then country's Natural Resources Board, very few teak and mahogany species …
Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology Choudhary Lal Singh has directed the Divisional Forest Officers of Jammu Division to start a massive plantation drive and set a target of planting about one lakh ornamental and fruit saplings in the forest areas and alongside the roads during the current monsoon season. …
After prohibiting construction and repair within one metre radius of trees, the National Green Tribunal has directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to submit progress reports on deconcretisation and protection of trees in the capital twice a year. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed the DDA …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amandeep Aggarwal Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 08/07/2016 regarding cutting of trees in the State of Punjab at various road widening projects and canal banks. NGT directs the counsel appearing for the State of Punjab to state before …
The Social Forestry wing has commenced efforts to transform a portion of the Sainik School campus at Kazhakuttam into a green lung in the city. As many as 35,000 saplings of various species have been planted on 50 acres of land spread across three plots on the school campus. The …
Agra: Unable to prepare a response to the report filed by environmentalist MC Mehta in connection to the alleged felling of more than 10,000 trees near Taj Mahal, the Uttar Pradesh advocate general on Monday sought an extension of five weeks from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for this. The …
The population of the state is about 5 crore and each individual is advised to plant three saplings. Hyderabad: Forest lands are decreasing in Andhra Pradesh. As per the national forest policy, the forest area in every state should be about 33 per cent of the total land. In AP …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of S.D. Windlesh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 05/07/2016 regarding cutting of around 400 trees for widening a road in Delhi without permission by Public Works Department (PWD). Tribunal imposes a fine of Rs. 10,000/- on the Chief Engineer …
Forest department has planted 13 lakh saplings and other departments 7 lakh With shortage of manpower, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) garden department, entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the tree plantation drive undertaken by the state government, urged the other civic departments to pitch in to achieve its target …
Greenery on six major roads in the state will be a thing of the past, as 88,593 trees are being felled for the expansion work. It is claimed that double the number of saplings would be planted to make up for the loss, but shortage of space along these roads …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aditya N. Prasad Vs. Union of India & Others dated 04/07/2016 regarding deconcretization and protection of trees in Delhi. NGT directs Vice-Chairman, DDA to take up one meeting at least, once in six months wherein the Chairman/Incharge of each Committee …
Pune: The lush green hills dotting the city are not green enough.A closer look at the flora on these hills reveals that the slopes have been converted into grassland (monoculture) - not right from the bio-diversity perspective. Most of their natural vegetation has been lost. The hills need a variety …
Kolhapur: The Kolhapur circle along with coordinators, is all set for the state-wide plantation drive with more than 11,000 sites ready for plantation today. The state's aim is to plant two crore saplings to increase green cover across the state. Catching up with the lastest craze of slefies, the forest …
A local resident of Rusororo carries a tree. Bank of Kigali to plant one million trees in climate change mitigation effort. Bank of Kigali says it will invest part of its annual operations budget in supporting efforts by a local non-profit environmental conservation organisation to plant one million trees in …
Kolhapur: The forest department has finalised 11,252 sites and prepared pits for sapling plantation in the district. This is a part of the state wide mission of planting two crore saplings on July 1. The mission is to increase the green cover of the state from 18% to 33%. The …
On Tuesday, scientists in the United Kingdom published a study charting the relationship between light pollution and the timing when trees produce buds. By observing four tree species, they found that on average, artificial light may cause trees to bud more than seven days earlier than their naturally occurring counterparts. …
The lethal combination of drought, warming weather and outbreak of bark beetle has caused the death of more than 66 million trees in California's Southern Sierra Nevada since 2010. According to the report from CBS Sacramento, U.S. Forest Service reported more than 26 million trees have died over the past …
The state government may soon make money grow on trees... The state government may soon make money grow on trees. For, it is planning to establish a system on lines of carbon credits, where "tree credits" can be given as an incentive to those planting trees. The credits will be …
When Julien Andrianiana started selling charcoal 14 years ago, he was just one of a few dealers around. Most households in Toliara, a coastal city in southwestern Madagascar, still used firewood for cooking. As the city’s population doubled, business became so brisk that he managed to send two of his …
The Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar faces further shrinkage as the Bangladesh Railway wants to cut down more than 25,000 trees to ensure safety of train passengers. The railway authorities' appeal came following disruptions in train services in the last two years, caused by fallen trees on the railway lines …
