Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024. In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs. depth from the farmer’s land by M/s Gowar Construction Limited, the project proponent in collusion with the …
A group under Women for Land Rights in Liberia yesterday presented a petition to Lofa County Senator George T. Tengbeh, to use his influence and prevail on his colleagues to pass the 2014 version of the Draft Land Rights Bill into law. Led by Mrs. Betty K. Sharpe, the group …
JAKARTA — An effort by the Indonesian government to compile a single map of land-use cover across the vast archipelago is nearing completion seven years after it began, but continues to be hampered by the very problem it seeks to overcome: bureaucracy. The one-map policy, conceived in 2011 to establish …
This fact was released Wednesday in Luanda by the director of the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of the Environment, Giza Martins, during the opening of the workshop to launch the Program of Definitions of National Voluntary Goals of Degradation of Neutral Lands. He added that this reality is …
Residents of communities that would be affected by the construction of a bridge to link central Monrovia with Bali Island are proposing an early relocation package before the start of the project. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com The residents claim government’s early planning of a relocation strategy will ensure …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Centre for Environment Law Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/04/2018 regarding diversion and regularization of 13495.6133 hectares of Eksali land and 8037.0848 hectares of Dali Plots in Thane and Raigad Districts (Maharashtra). Application along with report of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Government to complete the demarcation of forest land in Southern Ridge are by June 30. A Bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore warned the officers concerned that in case the work is not completed till that date, a fine of …
Ahead of next year’s referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea, the government of the autonomous region of Bougainville believes reopening the Panguna copper mine is the key to gaining economic self-sufficiency. In January, traditional landholders rejected a bid by Bougainville Copper Ltd. — now majority owned by the Bougainville …
The world's prosperity and wellbeing are seriously being threatened by the degradation of land and nature. Although there are opportunities to turn things around, fears of further deterioration in the coming decades must not be taken lightly. That is concluded at the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …
A new assessment sets out the best-available evidence for policymakers to make better-informed decisions to combat land degradation, drawing on more than 3,000 scientific, government, indigenous and local knowledge sources. According to a new report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (IPBES), the principle global driver of …
The paddy fields in Keezhattur, where a bypass is planned, is situated just seven metres above the sea level. There is no farmland so close to sea level. Kuttanad and the Netherlands are the only places where farming activities are carried out below the sea level. The paddy land acts …
Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan launched a nationwide tree-planting campaign that also targets to make Dodoma a green city but authorities at the new gold mine say “it’s not too late to start reclaiming these arid lands. ” “We have organised ourselves carefully … next month we will start planting trees …
Scientists will publish the first-ever analysis Monday of the global state of land and its ability to sustain a fast-growing human population that relies on it for 95 percent of all food. The diagnosis is likely to be dire, providing a comprehensive overview of what other reports have already warned: …
The High Court has ordered the National Lands Commission to pay six petitioners Sh3.4 million. Their land was acquired for the construction of Ndakaini Dam in 1989 by the then commissioner of lands. Justice George Odunga ordered NLC to pay the money by itself or through the Nairobi City Water …
Bijnor: It has been 37 years since land of farmers at Raipur Berisaal village, located on the border of Najibabad and Bijnor tehsils in the district, was acquired by the government for construction of a 1 km road. But with officials of the two divisions passing the buck, these farmers …
The constitutional review committee which has been tasked by Parliament to review section 25 of the Constitution will be embarking on an extensive public participation process to consider views on the issue of expropriation without compensation. In February Parliament voted in favour of an EFF motion to support land expropriation …
As many as 26 cases across 11 states show that forest land is being acquired by the government for development projects like mining and dams by forging consent of tribespeople or by ignoring it, according to a new analysis. Public hearings were either not held or were conducted at far-off …
GANDHINAGAR: The BJP-led Gujarat government which makes tall claims about its protection of cows, told the assembly by a written submission that 2,754 villages in Gujarat have no gauchar land (community land for grazing of cows and other animals). In reply to starred questions by Congress MLAs, the revenue minister …
Forest Minister says local trustees usurped land with Mantralaya’s support The State government has announced the formation of a 10-member panel to launch an investigation into the illegal conversion of forest land by the previous regime. In the Upper House on Monday, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that the committee …
Jaipur: Farmers whose land will be acquired to develop new Greenfield airport project near Shivdaspura have started protesting against the state government. The farmers have started organising meeting in villages, where land will be acquired for the project. Abhishek Kumar, a farmer said, “For the airport the JDA would acquire …
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would launch the cheque distribution programme. Hyderabad: More than 70 lakh farmers in Telangana would receive cheques for Rs 4,000 per acre each from the state government on April 19 as part of the first-of-its-kind initiative towards investment support scheme for Kharif in June. Cheques …
