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 …
Rwanda targets to decrease the use of charcoal and fire wood by 2018, in an effort to help protect the country's forest cover and avert disastrous effects of climate change, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has said. Coletha Ruhamya, director general, REMA told reporters on Wednesday that local technology initiatives …
Cameroon's government plans to restore 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of deforested land to redress the challenges of dwindling forests and help mitigate the effects of climate change. Local councils, nongovernmental organizations and businesses are backing the plan, which will be accompanied by efforts to conserve indigenous forest. Launching …
International demand for commodity crops like cocoa is putting increasing pressure on tropical forests in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research. The study – the first comprehensive empirical assessment of land-use change impacts of commodity crop expansion in sub-Saharan Africa, and their effects on tropical deforestation – published today in …
Rapid integration of global agricultural markets and subsequent cropland displacement in recent decades increased large-scale tropical deforestation in South America and Southeast Asia. Growing land scarcity and more stringent land use regulations in these regions could incentivize the offshoring of export-oriented commodity crops to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We assess the …
Morogoro — Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Jumanne Maghembe has estimated charcoal consumption to increase to 4.6 tonnes by 2030 from 2.3 tonnes in 2012 unless concerted efforts are taken to abate the trend. Professor Maghembe, in a speech read on his behalf by Morogoro District Commissioner Regina Chonjo, said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amandeep Aggarwal Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 31/03/2017 regarding indiscriminate cutting of trees in the State of Punjab. NGT directs Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Punjab, representative of the Regional Office of the MoEF, Chandigarh and …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South, Dr Clement Apaak, has expressed alarm at the increased rate of illegal felling of rosewood, an endangered tropical hardwood specie, in the Builsa South District and surrounding areas. He told the Daily Graphic last Thursday that in spite of the ban on …
YAOUNDE, March 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cameroon's government plans to restore 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of deforested land to redress the challenges of dwindling forests and help mitigate the effects of climate change. Local councils, nongovernmental organisations and businesses are backing the plan, which will be accompanied …
Norway's greenhouse gas emissions will fall to around 1990 levels by 2020, the government said on Wednesday, far from original goals of deep cuts for an economy struggling with high emissions from oil and gas. Prime Minister Erna Solberg said revised projections showed progress in curbing emissions since her right-wing …
Indigenous peoples are using their land rights to help save the climate around the world. In Colombia, Sikuani indigenous peoples live deep in the heart of the Amazon and have started to participate carbon offset exchange programs. Indigenous peoples in Colombia play crucial role in the fight against climate change …
NANJIRINJI A, Tanzania – Patches of scorched earth line the road on the 100-mile drive from the town of Kilwa Masoko to Nanjirinji A village in southeastern Tanzania. A few big tree trunks, some still smoldering, stick out from the ground here and there in what’s known as Lindi region …
As Wanjiku, a Kenyan land rights activist, stepped out of the minibus and into the night, two other passengers pushed her into a nearby car. She had made a mistake: not taking seriously death threats over her campaign to stop logging around Mount Kenya, a UNESCO World Heritage site that …
HURUNGWE, Zimbabwe, March 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's largest forest conservation projects has managed to curb deforestation in northern Zimbabwe, but the slow sale of carbon credits – on which the project depends – threatens its expansion, its organisers said. Some 785,000 hectares of prime forest …
Accurately evaluating forest carbon stocks is difficult to do in remote rainforests where researchers are afforded limited access. It is widely believed that only experts can properly measure forest biomass, but a new study found that well-trained indigenous technicians are just as effective at collecting the necessary data to monitor …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Poonam Gehlot Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 28/03/2017 regarding cutting of trees which are endangering the life of inhabitants, Himachal Pradesh. The state government has stated that 40 trees require immediate cutting to prevent loss of life. …
Recent years have witnessed a groundswell of private sector commitments to reducing deforestation linked to the agricultural commodities that underpin vast corporate supply chains. A growing number of companies have been sharing their progress toward those pledges, according to the latest annual report from Forest Trends’ Supply Change initiative. The …
Large quantities of trees are harvested daily from Prakaw Forest Reserve to brew bitters, Salifu Baba Adams, a member of Forest Watch Ghana (FWG,) has revealed. According to him, community members including women and children, living in Obogu, Komeso, and Odubi townships have made it a business venture to fell …
Parliament has summoned National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to explain circumstances surrounding the recent clash between Chinese sand miners and Wakiso district chairman, Matia Lwanga Bwanika. Also summoned are Police and the Chinese. A case of illegal sand mining and assault has been opened up against the employees of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Cauvery Sene (Regd.), Medikeri Vs. State of Karnataka regarding felling of trees in Karnataka. NGT in the Order directs that all persons felling, cutting trees in the forest area or even on the private land are prohibited from cutting the …
