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 …
Moderately dense forest has declined by nearly 30,000 acres in the State Though the gentle slopes of the Western Ghats form its backdrop, an astounding 263 sq. km. of dense forest cover in Shivamogga district has given way to plantations or fields over the past four years. At the southern …
Baidu India initiated a green campaign this Diwali, encouraging people to light lamps (diya) instead of firecrackers to curb air pollution. A successful week-long social media campaign (7th November to 13th November) which was run on Twitter and Facebook spread awareness about the harmful effects of pollution created by burning …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to exercise restraint while issuing permissions to convert land use at identified private forest areas, specifically for tree felling and use of agriculture land for commercial purpose, until further orders. The bench of Justice V R Kingaonkar and Ajay …
Wants suggestions to develop forest land near S. Delhi fort The Delhi high court has sought assistance of two experts associated with the Yamuna Bio-Diversity Park to develop a 200-acre forest land near the 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort in South Delhi. “On the next date of hearing, we request Professor …
The Government announced that India’s forest and tree cover has increased by 5, 081 sq km. While the total forest cover of the country has increased by 3, 775 sq km, the tree cover has gone up by 1, 306 sq km. According to the India State of Forest Report …
It has been suggested that carbon starvation, owing to reduced availability of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs), is an important contributor to tree mortality during drought in tropical rainforests; however, data from the world’s longest-running experimental drought study presented here show no evidence of carbon starvation, and instead the researchers conclude that …
As green belts continue to face the threat from rampant encroachment and increasing commercial activity, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited tree felling in the stretch located along Mehrauli-Badarpur Highway in south Delhi's Saket area. "There shall be no tree cutting on the stretch of green belt indicated in the …
A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave this direction to advocate M. C. Mehta, who was appointed as local commissioner to enquire into the tree felling incident. With continued threat to the Taj Mahal due to pollution around it, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a …
For generations, Chen Jiafen’s family lived in the shadow of a 4,700-year-old ginkgo tree in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. But they and their neighbors had to move in 2011 to make room for the 50-meter tree whose vast roots were undermining nearby buildings. Despite now living about a kilometer away, …
Eluru: Minister for women and child welfare Peethala Sujatha said that as many as 1.20 lakh saplings will be planted in West Godavari as part of Karthika Vana Mahotsvam to promote greenery in the state. Taking part in the programme held here on Wednesday, the minister said that saplings were …
Lucknow Municipal Corporation has decided to rope in banks to adopt various roundabouts and trisections of city for their beautification and plantation. It is already carrying out the exercise to plant trees in parks and roadsides in partnership with leading private banks. Plans are also to encourage these financial institutions …
Mumbai: Members of the civic improvements committee visited the site of a proposed road that would cut right through a portion of the iconic Kamala Nehru Park at Malabar Hill on Tuesday, after several citizens and corporators raised objection over the same. There are 72 trees that will be affected …
Anguished over the way in which its order to transplant trees to widen a South Delhi road was being implemented, the National Green Tribunal today held officials of the Public Works Department and other agencies responsible and warned of deducting their salaries. "Even if a single tree (out of transplanted …
Bali inaugurates workshop on ‘Climate Change’ Minister for Forests, Ecology & Environment, Bali Bhagat inaugurated one-day workshop on “Climate Change Concerns Adaptation & Mitigation” organized by the Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing in collaboration with University of Jammu (JU) here today. The objective of the workshop is to …
Accurate quantification of forest carbon stocks is required for constraining the global carbon cycle and its impacts on climate. The accuracies of forest biomass maps are inherently dependent on the accuracy of the field biomass estimates used to calibrate models, which are generated with allometric equations. Here, we provide a …
More than half of the tree species in the Amazon rainforest may be globally threatened. Scientists have taken a closer look at species of trees and have found that though threatened, they could be protected in the future. Forest cover in the Amazon has been declining since the 1950s. However, …
Hundreds of trees uprooted in the rains in Chennai have underscored the need for a rethinking in selection of tree species suitable for urban and coastal districts of Tamil Nadu. Careless planting methods and poor maintenance cause death of trees during monsoons, say naturalists. “Can you identify a single Tamarind …
Illegal and rampant felling of green trees has attracted a lot of attention after the Himachal High Court took cognisance of the matter. An investigation by The Tribune into the illegal felling of trees in municipal council Dharamsala area over past about one decade reveal that most of culprits have …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vijay Shiv Ram Sakpal Vs. The Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. dated 16/11/2015 regarding tree census of Gardens Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dipak Kisanrao Marne Vs Rajendra Devrao Marne & Others dated 16/11/2015 regarding illegal and unauthorized act of cutting of 21 trees, one Khair tree-schedule tree under Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964 and other 20 …
