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 shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a profound cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a …
Among the orders was also one which stated that no diversion of the forest lands allotted to a Protection Working Circle in any Working Plan under FRA and FCA must take place till the next date of hearing. In a step to ensure the protection of “the valuable and precious …
While the forest cover in the NCT of Delhi rose from 188.7 sq km in 2015 to 192. 4 sq km in 2017, two out of three categories of forests that constitute forest cover, namely Very Dense Forests and Moderately Dense Forests, saw a decline. Delhi’s green cover, comprising forest …
Beijingers have taken part in various voluntary tree planting activities and planted over 200 million trees over the past 40 years, local authorities said Tuesday. China designated March 12 as National Tree Planting Day in 1979. The national capital then created a voluntary tree planting day on the first weekend …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hari Kishan Vs State of Haryana dated 21/02/2019 regarding damage to the trees alongside the roads and parks in Sector 21 D, Faridabad, Haryana, by Vibal Hospital, Faridabad. A report received from Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (HoFF), Forest Department, …
A parliamentary panel expressed concern on Tuesday over forest degradation in the country, especially in the north-eastern states, and urged the environment ministry to take stringent steps to curb the illegal felling of trees. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on science and technology, environment and forests, in its 324th report on …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has urged the environment ministry to take stringent steps to curb the illegal felling of trees. No action plans was prepared by the ministry to control illegal cutting of trees. A parliamentary panel expressed concern over forest degradation in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P. Edwin Wilson Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 01/02/2019 regarding measures to protect the trees planted at public places and along the avenues in Chennai. The grievance in the application is that laying of concrete and cement …
Lack of water is playing a major role in limiting global forest growth as the climate warms, a recent study has suggested. According to the research published in the Journal of Science Advances, the effect is most evident in northern climates and at high altitudes where the primary limitation on …
Tanzanian government on Sunday announced to conduct a six-month operation to remove invaders from the forests and reserved areas across the east African nation. Suleiman Jafo, Tanzania's Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), made the announcement soon after visiting one of the highly deforested …
NAGPUR: In a bid to boost 33 crore plantations under the ‘Green Maharashtra Mission’ in 2019, the state government has decided to implement the ‘Miyawaki Dense Forest Project’ which will be modelled as ‘Anandwan Project’. For designing the project, state government on January 15, formed a four-member study group under …
The study, published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, used six roadside locations in the UK, as test sites where the green infrastructure was between one to two metres away from the road. Planting roadside hedges, rather than just relying on trees, can most effectively reduce pollution exposure from cars in …
Some 38,000 trees have been burned down in a devastating fire that broke at a reserve forest at Jagdishpur in Madhabpur upazila on Saturday. Forest department employees with the help of locals doused the flame on Sunday morning after two days of fanatic efforts. Jagdishpur Beat Forester Shamsuzzaman said the …
CHANDIGARH: The state of Punjab, which has the lowest forest cover and percentage of land under green cover in the country, is finally taking initiatives to better its position. The 2017 Forest Survey of India assessment has already shown an increase of 66 sqkm in tree cover outside recorded forest …
CHANDIGARH: Sangrur based environment activist Amandeep Aggarwal feels disillusioned that his grit and perseverance in exposing the alleged rampant tree felling and misplaced compensatory afforestation in Punjab before National Green Tribunal (NGT) lost to achieve the desired end results. He felt that the case lost its trajectory amid the sensational …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Nand Rai Vs Government Polytechnic College, Deoria & Others dated 11/12/2018. This application was originally filed against grant of permission for felling of 57 tress by the Divisional Forest Officer in favour of Government Polytechnic College, Chariyaon Buzurg, Deoria, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Pradhan, Gram Sabha Sarkot, Chamoli Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 03/12/2018 regarding illegal cutting of thousands of grown up trees at Damuthol Tok to Devsari Road, 8 km. from Gwaldam – Nandkishori Road in District Chamoli, State of Uttarakhand. …
Water security is key to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, increasingly the world is facing water shortages, and an estimated four billion people do not have sufficient access to safe and reliable water. The link between forests and climate is regularly considered in decision-making, whereas that …
About half of developing countries express ambition to use agroforestry—the integration of trees with crops, livestock and other non-forest timber products—for adaptation and mitigation of climate change. In order for agroforestry contributions to be recognized and rewarded, however, countries need reliable systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Here we …
Paper industry represented by Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) has come out strongly against the perception being created by telecom providers linking paper to environmental concerns. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has received representations from telecom service providers requesting a review of the provision of the printed copy of …
