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 …
This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and …
Forest Department Manipur has taken up plantation over 154358 hectare of forest areas to increase the forest cover, to rehabilitate Jhum lands and meet the requirement of timber, fuelwood and fodder. The plantation includes 48523 hectare of fringe areas planted under the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) through decentralize mechanism of …
The management of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has been cited by the House of Representatives on accounts of complaints filed by Representative Gabriel Smith of Grand Bassa County, alleging that Liberia's forest is being depleted with no benefits to the nation and people as a result of poor management. …
This was said yesterday by the Deputy Minister, Mr Ramo Makani, when responding to Mr Cosato Chumi (Mafinga Urban-CCM) who asked the government to consider licensing villagers living around forest reserves to take part in harvesting activities. The MP charged that in the last harvesting season, there was no even …
Because of developmental or industrial requirements, forests are routinely cut, or, as it is said in official language, “diverted for non-forest purposes”. On the last day of the recently concluded Rajya Sabha session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told retiring members that they would probably have felt more satisfied had two …
A programme to regenerate thousands of acres of forest and link habitats in wildlife-rich parts of the world has been launched. The “bio-bridges” scheme, which creates corridors of natural habitat to prevent threatened wildlife populations being cut off from each other, is being run by the Body Shop in partnership …
Kasane — The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Chobe forest reserves management plans will initiate the assessment process and consider the inception report. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Forestry Conservation Botswana (FCB) chief executive officer, Mr Joshua Moloi, stated that this was in line with the organisation's mandate of …
More than 30 environmental groups have signed a statement demanding that agreements allowing the logging of Australian native forests not be renewed. Australia’s 10 regional forestry agreements (RFAs) were signed between 1997 and 2001, each running for 20 years, with the first two expiring in 2017. The agreements between state …
Small and medium-sized Asian businesses specializing in forest and ecosystem services can play a key role in reducing deforestation in the region, according to a new study. The Impact in the Forests: The potential for business solutions to combat deforestation in large forest landscapes in Asia report, explores ways to …
A Nepali government survey has said that forests today take 44.74 percent of the total 141,718 sq km area of the Himalayan country, compared to the total forest cover of 39.6 percent between 1997 and 1998. The Department of Forest Research and Survey conducted its five-year survey between 2010 and …
WITH rising temperature and acute drought scenario, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department is keen to take a leaf out of its Kerala counterpart in managing forest for ecosystem services. In an effort to study the Kerala model- a first in India which the state Forest Department attempted to undertake a …
Uttarakhand govt. tell NGT, Himachal govt. too will file reply in a week The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday told the National Green Tribunal that they would file within two days a “consolidated reply” on the issuse of forest fires which razed in various parts of the State. “Counsel appearing for …
The vision of the National Forestry Policy is: “Restore and maintain the country’s environmental integrity, increase and stabilize forest cover to at least 20% of the country’s geographical area, address the emerging challenges of climate change and sustainable flow of ecosystem services, and ensure food security and poverty alleviation by …
While environmentalists and activists are largely blaming the timber and land mafia for raging “manmade” forest fires in Uttarakhand and now Himachal Pradesh, they also fault the poor management of such expected “cyclic” events. The lack of compliance of general management practices required to pre-empt such eventualities, which are now …
Forests are rich in biodiversity and valuable for recreation, water regulation and soil protection. As well as for providing timber and other non-wood forest products, forests are important for mitigating climate change and for the renewable energy sector. Forest ecosystems are exposed to a range of environmental, economic and social …
PHNOM PENH, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government would soon list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country's protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. Environment Minister Say Samal said the new five protected areas would be Prey Long forest in Kompong Thom, …
(WINSTON-SALEM, NC, April 25, 2016) - Wake Forest University has received nearly $10 million in support to establish The Amazon Center for Environmental Research and Sustainability (ACERS). The new center, established through the University's Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), aims to develop transformative solutions to promote sustainable use …
Experts have shown concern over the rapid curtailment in forest area in the country from 1,50,000 square miles to 60,000 square miles. They also said that plantation would not only be beneficial for country’s environmental system but it would also reduce negative effects of global warming. They were speaking at …
Campaign For Survival Dignity convenor Gopinath Majhi had filed a petition with the Centre The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has cautioned the Odisha government not to erode the authority of the gram sabha while implementing the massive forest regeneration programme – ‘Ama Jungle Yojna’ (AJY). The Naveen Patnaik government …
The Amazon has it bad, but the Cerrado may have it even worse. After all, at least you’ve actually heard of the Amazon. The Cerrado isn’t as big, but it is still one of the largest and most important ecosystems in one of the largest and most environmentally rich countries …
