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 Insight provides a brief introduction to the topic of tropical degradation, a summary of key results, and directions for future research and policy. The analysis reinforces the recent relevance of degradation in the Brazilian Amazon, and finds that there is a close relationship between degradation and deforestation. Results indicate …
Written arguments on behalf of Bharat Kumar Jain for the protection and preservation of the ecological area of Mount Abu, situated in the Aravalli range in Rajasthan. In terms of the notification of Eco-sensitive zone of Mount Abu, various construction activities were absolutely prohibited and accordingly when it was observed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Avasthi Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 02/03/2021. Grievance in the application was against felling of trees by Delhi International Airport Authority Limited and its agency, M/s GMR Group, for expansion of a new …
The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes witnessed in the forest sector in China during the last three decades and the key drivers that have contributed to the country’s forest transition. Clearly, such a transition is an outcome of the convergence of several factors, including the emergence of …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the M.C. Mehta Vs Union of India dated 29/01/2021. The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited has applied for permission to construct a 3rd rail line between Mathura Junction to Jhansi. The proposed rail line is of about 274 km, out of which a …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the M.C. Mehta Vs Union of India dated 29/01/2021. Permission was sought for felling of 317 trees, which were coming in the way of the project of widening and strengthening of a six-lane road from Avantibai crossing to Rohta. The SC directed …
Submission of joint report of Chief Wildlife Warden, Maharashtra and Assistant Inspector General, NTCA in the matter of Sachin Rangari Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 21/01/2021. The matter related to felling of trees and digging/excavation of murum sand in Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Gondia and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra. …
A new WWF report has revealed how and why our planet has lost an area the size of California to deforestation in just over a decade. This shocking loss, totalling 43 million hectares in the tropics and sub-tropics alone, demonstrates the need for urgent action to halt deforestation and restore …
Mapping Together helps people use Collect Earth mapathons to monitor tree-based restoration. Collect Earth enables users to create precise data that can show where trees are growing outside the forest across farms, pasture, and urban areas and how the landscape has changed over time. Building on WRI and FAO’s Road …
Sulawesi is an important island for primates. All 17 species that are found there are endemics. The island also includes contact zones between species of macaques (genus Macaca) where hybrids may arise. Sulawesi continues to be deforested, especially in the lowlands most suitable for estate crops and other agricultural products. …
A new report from WRI India found that the Sidhi district could economically and ecologically benefit from landscape restoration. When implemented at scale in Sidhi, restoring land could conserve biodiversity, improve water recharge, sequester carbon, enhance rural livelihoods and spur rural development. In India, more than 700 million people depend …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jorjo Tana Tara Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/11/2020. The matter relates to indiscriminate felling of trees in a reserved forest area which is part of Papum Reserved Forest, and part of Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. …
Between 1992 and 2015, nearly 148 million hectares (Mha) within biodiversity hotspots – biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions – worldwide underwent land‐cover changes, equating to 6% of the total areal extent of hotspots. Forest losses in hotspots amounted to 54 Mha (–7% of the forest area present in 1992), …
This new WRI report estimates that legal and illegal mining in the Amazon now cover more than 20% of Indigenous lands – over 450,000 square kilometers. It also finds that Indigenous lands with mining experienced higher incidences of tree cover loss than on those without – at least three times …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagdish Chandra Pandey Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 11/09/2020. Grievance in this application was against violation of environmental norms during construction of Kotila-Gawad-Suraikhet Motor Road in tehsil Dwarahat, district Almora, Uttarakhand. It is alleged that large number of …
The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical sub regions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Sharma Vs GNCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/09/2020 regarding felling of trees (40-50) by Sajjan Singh Yadav in connivance with the officers of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for making furniture. A report was sought from Principal Chief …
Brief summary of the arguments on behalf of the appellant - Laxmi Chouhan dated August 7, 2020. An application was filed before the NGT challenging the Environmental Clearance (EC) dated February 20, 2018 granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to the South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. …
The world has lost a net area of 178 million ha of forest since 1990, which is an area about the size of Libya. The rate of net forest loss decreased substantially over the period 1990–2020 due to a reduction in deforestation in some countries, plus increases in forest area …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satyanarayan Upadhyaya Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/07/2020. Grievance in this application is against cutting of trees in Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant has also prayed that transplantation machine should be used and instead of cutting the …
