Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/08/2021. The matter related to protection of Santragachi Jheel. The NGT directed the Chief Secretary, West Bengal and the District Magistrate, Howrah to file their affidavit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research & Development (IBRAD) Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/08/2021. The allegation of the applicant is that adjacent to his property there is a wetland/waterbody - which has not been …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. P. Ranjanna Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/07/2021. The matter related to construction activities around the wetland area in Bengaluru, Karnataka - the city had a large number of lakes, but there is substantial extinction/disappearance due to …
Compliance report filed by the Municipal Corporation, Bhopal in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of Aarya Shrivastava Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others. The matter was related to illegal encroachments on the banks of the southern part of Upper Lake, Bhopal. The Municipal Corporation, Bhopal …
Given the emergence of the global health crisis in 2020 and the economic fallout thereafter, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners, discussed the need to initiate discourse on mainstreaming nature into the economic recovery process in India. These discussions led to the initiation of a webinar series under …
Arctic wetlands play a number of crucial environmental roles, but they continue to be degraded and lost, with potentially dire global consequences. This report offers insights and identifies knowledge gaps, with the aim of supporting sustainable development and resilience in these areas. Arctic wetlands store an enormous amount of global …
Counter affidavit filed by the Department of Environment, Tamil Nadu dated 12/01/2021. The matter dealt with allegations of raw sewage encroachments in Korattur, Ambathur, Madhavaram, Peerknkaranai and Adambakkam lakes. The Department of Environment has extended financial assistance towards eco-restoration of water bodies - through the concerned custodian of the water …
This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges for green businesses in Asia and the Pacific. It also identifies the market motivations, regulatory and nonregulatory mechanisms, and implications for companies. The imperative for green businesses is growing in the region. In many Asian countries, governments are introducing policies, regulations, initiatives and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kashinath Shetye & Others Vs Chief Secretary State of Goa & Others dated 24/09/2020. This application was filed under Sections 14 & 15 of the NGT Act, 2010 for stopping construction of Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) on land bearing survey …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzaffar Bhat Vs State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others dated 27/08/2020. The issue for consideration is prevention of unscientific dumping of waste and encroachment of Hokersar Wetland, Wular Lake and Kreentchoo-Chandhara Wetland in the Union Territory of Jammu …
The project was designed to support the government’s efforts to address the pollution and water management issues of its marine ecosystems. The Qingdao municipal government in Shandong Province started the preparation of a new development strategy of “embracing bay development, surrounding bay protection” in 2008. The strategy was to involve …
Response on behalf of Raja Muzaffar Bhat in response to the factual and action taken report of December 8, 2019 and progress report of August 18, 2020 filed by the Joint Committee constituted by the Government of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir under the Chairmanship of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzzaffar Bhat Vs U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir dated 08/07/2020. Grievance in the application was that there was dumping of municipal solid waste in Wullar lake around Ningli Tarzoo in Baramulla district in Jammu & Kashmir. The lake in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Noor Khan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 25/06/2020 regarding allegation of a mud car rally by a sports group called ‘Bhopal Rally Championship’ being organised illegally in the Bhoj wetland (Upper Lake) of Bhopal. A report filed by …
Freshwater ecosystems host exceptional biodiversity: covering less than 1% of the Earth's surface, they harbour more than 10% of all species. Despite their critical importance, the biodiversity crisis impacts freshwater ecosystems most significantly out of all ecosystems. More than 50% of all wetlands globally have been lost since 1900 with …
Inspection report by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) dated 27/01/2020. Compliance of National Green Tribunal order dated October 22, 2019 in case no. 832/2019. The matter related to holding of mud car rally illegally in the Bhoj wetland (Upper Lake) of Bhopal by a sports group called 'Bhopal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Save Green Association, Konnagar, Hoogly Vs State of West Bengal dated 16/09/2019 regarding illegal filling of wetland adjacent to Hindustan Motor Factory, Hooghly, West Bengal. The NGT directs the District Magistrate, Hoogly and West Bengal Wetland Authority to look into …
Wetlands are one of the most crucial sources of freshwater and one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. The Gangetic wetlands are the largest riverine wetland system in India. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and WWF-India jointly published a report that presents four-year action plan drawing on …
But slew of FIRs for destruction of trees has not led to any action When the sprawling lavish Seven Eleven Club came up in Mira Road, it altered the area's landscape. Some might even call it grand. But to local residents and environmentalists, it is an eyesore built on the …
We use 2010–2015 observations of atmospheric methane columns from the GOSAT satellite instrument in a global inverse analysis to improve estimates of methane emissions and their trends over the period, as well as the global concentration of tropospheric OH (the hydroxyl radical, methane's main sink) and its trend. Our inversion …
