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 …
The 2019 Land and Water Days- Near East and North Africa (NENA) Conference convened by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was started in Cairo on Sunday. The five-day event attracted around 400 experts, practitioners, government officials, policy makers and development partners from countries of the Near …
Donald Trump has issued a new permit for a controversial oil pipeline that critics say will devastate local communities and prove disastrous for the environment. The move comes in spite of a federal judge blocking the Keystone XL project in November, saying the government had not fully considered oil spills …
Soil erosion is a major problem of agriculture in India. The objective of this study is to investigate how farmers perceive the severity of soil erosion in the rainfed watershed areas of Telangana , India . The study is based on a detailed survey of 400 households in two sub …
WASHINGTON - Nearly one in three people living in West and Central Africa fear losing their homes and land in the next five years, according to a survey of 33 countries, making it the region where people feel most insecure about their property. More than two in five respondents from …
Millions of women worldwide are still unable to access and own land despite laws recognising their rights, researchers and campaigners said on Monday as they urged countries to bridge the gap between policy and practice. Patriarchal attitudes towards women and girls and a lack of knowledge of their own rights …
Brazil possesses vast tracts of public lands, especially in the Amazon, which exist in the public domain. Traditional peoples, landless movements, quilombolas (communities established more than a century ago by Afro-Brazilian slave descendants), and other homesteaders have the legal right to lay claim to these lands. It is the job …
Social activists unite against PLPA amendment A group of social activists has launched a signature campaign against the recent amendment brought by the Haryana Government to reduce the area falling under preserved forest in Faridabad and Gurugram districts. The campaign aims to get signatures of at least one lakh residents …
Seychellois who had land taken away by the government have until December to submit claims for compensation to the Land Compensation Tribunal, said the chairperson. Joseph Athanasius told SNA that the length of time given is for the public to have ample time to submit their claim as the tribunal. …
South African parliament's Ad Hoc Committee, tasked with amending the Constitution to pave the way for land expropriation without compensation, decided on Wednesday to refer its work to the next parliament. The committee agreed to refer the task to the next parliament, committee chairperson Thoko Didiza said. The committee's report …
The African Union (AU) is conducting a public campaign for sustainable mining in the 55 member states, an official of the bloc said Tuesday. Frank Mughenyi, senior industrial advisor at the Office of the Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the AU Commission, said the campaign is being carried out …
The South African government will continue to pursue land expropriation without compensation until land is returned to those who were forced to be deprived of it, Deputy President David Mabuza said Tuesday. Land expropriation without compensation will not stop because of opposition, Mabuza said while answering questions in Parliament. However, …
Japan expressed concern over the slow pace of land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, but could not tell if this would delay the scheduled completion of the project by 2022. THE CONSUL General of Japan in Mumbai Ryoji Noda on Monday expressed concern over the slow pace of …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday rapped the Delhi government over improper depiction of encroachments on forest land in Southern Ridge and sought a proper map giving complete detail. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore directed the principal secretary of the Revenue Department to have a …
Chiredzi — THREE white commercial farmers have lost their properties in the latest land seizures in the south eastern district of Chiredzi. The High Court has ordered the farmers- Anna Bradfield, Mike Horsley and Shane Warth- to vacate their properties in Chiredzi. Magistrate Geraldine Mutsoto ordered them to vacate the …
Environmentalists in northeast Kenya are campaigning against a major construction project which they say is taking place on land grabbed illegally. The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project is worth an estimated $24.5bn. Activists say it will damage the environment. But the government has accused the activists of standing in …
Changes in the law would prove disastrous for the Aravalis, says Rao Inderjit Singh In an embarrassment to the BJP government in Haryana, Union Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and the party’s Gurugram Lok Sabha MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order preventing the …
Acquired for Meerut-Loharu stretch of NH 334-B The District Revenue Office has revised the compensation for the land of Chhara village acquired for the National Highway No-334B (Meerut to Loharu in Bhiwani) and sent the proposal to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for approval. Sources say the rate …
The Haryana state Assembly's assent to the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) Amendment Bill, 2019, withdrawing protection granted to Aravali hills and forests, goes against past Supreme Court orders and will prove disastrous for Delhi-NCR's environment, senior advocates and environmental activists said. On Wednesday, the PLPA act was amended through …
However, the court said “the mighty and the undeserving” would be shown no mercy. Asks States to file affidavits to show verification was fair The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its February 13 order directing the eviction of lakhs of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers, whose claims for …
Developers allege State was not leasing land for projects auctioned by Central agencies The Centre is confident that the Gujarat government will offer land for wind energy projects tendered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in the State. Project developers had alleged that the State is not leasing …
