Forests
Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding status of Zudpi lands in Maharashtra, 22/05/2025
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …NDC enhancement: opportunities in the forest and land-use sector
Conservation, restoration, and improved management of forests are cost-effective solutions for large-scale reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removal of carbon from the atmosphere and thus help to hold the global temperature increase to well below 2.0°C or 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. In addition to their climate change mitigation …Sustainable Development Goals: their impacts on forests and people
Forests provide vital ecosystem services crucial to human well-being and sustainable development, and have an important role to play in achieving the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Little attention, however, has yet focused on how efforts to achieve the SDGs will impact forests and …Climate change vulnerability assessment of forests and forest-dependent people: a framework methodology
Negative impacts of climate change on forests threaten the delivery of crucial wood and non-wood goods and environmental services on which an estimated 1.6 billion people fully or partly depend. Assessment of the vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change is a necessary first step for identifying the …Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Forest Rights Act, 28/11/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Forest Rights Act, 28/11/2019. As per Forest Rights Act,2006 and the rules made thereunder, the State Governments are responsible for implementation of the Act. As per information received from the State Governments, the overall and State-wise status of implementation of Forest Rights …Tangled roots and changing tides: mangrove governance for conservation and sustainable use
Mangroves cut across ecosystems, sectors, jurisdictions and governance regimes. While few countries have a specific mangrove law, many national and international regimes apply to or affect mangroves in some way. Despite the plethora of applicable laws, mangroves continue to deteriorate rapidly, driven by urbanization, population growth and unsustainable development. This …Question raised in Lok Sabha on Relocation of Villages from Forest Areas, 22/11/2019
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Relocation of Villages from Forest Areas, 22/11/2019. The Government of India through the National Tiger Conservation Authority (Normative Standards for Tourism activities and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012 issued under section 38 O (1) (c) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, has an incentivized voluntary …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding destruction of a forest area in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 18/11/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Kumar Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/11/2019 regarding destruction of Khasra No. 494 which is a forest land in Mandi. Report submitted by the District Forest Officer, Mandi informed the Tribunal that restoration work has been …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding expansion of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court by using the forest land, 13/11/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aavin Kumar Chadgal & Others Vs Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Others dated 13/11/2019 regarding expansion of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court premises by using the forest land without following the due process of law. The Tribunal …Public-sector measures to conserve and restore forests: overcoming economic and political economy barriers
This working paper is a contribution to the FOLU 2019 report, Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use. The paper answers four questions: Why are forests critical to economic development and human well-being? What public sector measures could conserve and restore forests? Why haven’t these public …Forest-based climate mitigation: lessons from REDD+ implementation
This report summarizes the REDD+ experience over the past decade. It draws on research conducted under the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ by the Center for International Forestry Research to take stock of lessons learned from REDD+ implementation to inform future forest-based climate change mitigation activities. It describes how the …Gender mainstreaming in climate change projects: the case of FORM GHANA LTD. in Ghana
The Ghana Public Private Partnership for the Restoration of Degraded Forest Reserve project is implemented by FORM GHANA LTD. It has received funds from the African Development Bank and the CIF’s Forest Investment Program (FIP). The objective of the project is the restoration of degraded forest reserves by establishing a …Order of the Supreme Court regarding felling of trees in Aarey for constructing a car shed for Mumbai metro, 21/10/2019
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re Felling of Trees in Aarey Forest (Maharashtra) dated 21/10/2019 regarding felling of trees in Aarey for constructing a car shed for Mumbai metro. Tushar Mehta, the Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the Municipal Corporation, Mumbai, has …Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Guru Ravidas temple in forest area of Delhi, 21/10/2019
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Guru Ravidas Jainti Samaroh Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/10/2019 regarding Guru Ravidas temple in forest area of Delhi. The SC on October 21 gave directions for the reconstruction of the Guru Ravidas temple in Delhi …Advancing the forest and water nexus: a capacity development facilitation guide
A new guide by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) titled, ‘Advancing the Forest and Water Nexus: A capacity development facilitation guide,’ highlights the role of forests in achieving clean water for all as well as other SDGs. The guide features six modules: introducing forest-water relationships; understanding …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unscientific dumping of solid waste on forest land, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, 17/10/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chandra Kapri Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 17/10/2019 regarding unscientific dumping of solid waste on forest land, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. A factual and action taken report submitted by the District Magistrate and the District Forest Officer, Pithoragarh has stated that …Judgement of the High Court of Bombay regarding declaring the Aarey Colony as reserved/protected forest, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 04/10/2019
Judgement of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/10/2019. Applications were filed for declaring the entire area of Aarey Colony ad measuring 1280 hectare as a ‘Reserved Forest’ or a ‘Protected Forest’ as the case …Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding encroachment of Thatkola, Sargodu and Maskali reserve forest, Karnataka, 04/10/2019
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/10/2019 regarding removal of encroachments from Thatkola reserve forest, Sargodu reserve forest and Maskali reserve forest in the state of Karnataka. The SC directs the state …Mapping international funding flows to support forest and environmental sectors in Central Africa
Central Africa is home to the second largest rainforest in the world, the Congo Basin. However, while this massive forest block stores huge amounts of carbon, it receives significantly less international funding than the Amazon and Southeast Asia's forests. Financing being a central to combat climate change, this study aims …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding green belt encroachment by petrol pump in Badarpur, 13/09/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Letter received with the subject - Save Forest land of Green Belt on Molarbad-Faridabad Bye-pass Road dated 13/09/2019 regarding remedial action against illegal setting up of a petrol pump in the green belt at Molarband, Badarpur, behind Sector 37 Police …Protecting and restoring forests: a story of large commitments yet limited progress
In September 2014, a broad coalition of governments, companies, civil society, and indigenous peoples’ organizations endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF). Driven by the shared understanding that halting deforestation is essential to keep temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the endorsers — who now number …