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 …
Mumbai: Even as the world leaders were slugging it out at the Copenhagen climate change summit, a group of Mumbaikars gathered at Shivaji Park grounds on Saturday to seed a green movement to mitigate the horrors of climate change. The effectiveness of the movement lies is its simplicity. To participate …
Itanagar: Advocating for plantation of more trees to protect forest resources of the state from imminent extinction, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu on Sunday stressed on the need for strict monitoring of National Afforestation Programmes implemented by forest development agencies. Addressing the two-day conference of senior forest officers which …
Posco has committed itself to planting 20 lakh trees against just 2.5 lakh trees existing in its proposed steel project site near Paradip in a planned manner to give a much greener colour to the existing sandy landscape. In addition to this, the company has deposited Rs 100 crore with …
New Delhi: To give a major fillip to its green drive, Delhi Government is eyeing Rs 18 crore it will get under a centrally sponsored afforestation scheme and has put in place an institutional mechanism to avail the money. To avail the fund under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning …
The Union Forest and Environment ministry has given a go ahead for construction of Yamuna Expressway after state government promised to plant and maintain 10,600 trees in next one year along the proposed Expressway. A highly placed source told The Pioneer here on Thursday that the Union Forest ministry has …
Mumbai Plant trees and get rich. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a bid to promote greenery in the city, will offer cash rewards to Mumbaikars who plant more trees. This despite the BMC projecting financial crisis for itself in coming years. With its Rs 10-lakh rewards per ward scheme, …
P. Oppili Saplings to be planted in tribal areas It is expected to be funded by external agency Agency happy over implementation of earlier project CHENNAI: The Forest Department has formulated a new project for better management of natural resources in the State. The
The latest survey of India's forest cover by the Forest Survey of India indicates that it has grown marginally . That does not translate into good news, however, once the data is unpacked. What seems to be happening is that some quantum of dense forests and moderately dense forests has …
Viveat Susan Pinto / Mumbai December 10, 2009, 0:49 IST As governments debate ways to reduce carbon emission levels at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, some fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are doing their bit to rein in carbon footprints. FMCG players can reduce carbon emission at two …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday launched a pilot project for coastal eco-restoration and sustainable development that proposes developing a 'green belt' along the sea erosion-prone coastline in the State. The project will be first implemented in 24 coastal Gram Panchayats in Karwar, Honnavar, Kundapura and Mangalore forest divisions. …
Opportunities to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), especially in developing countries, have risen to the top of the international climate policy agenda, attracting increasing attention and investment from environmental organizations, development assistance agencies and the business community. Deforestation is one of the largest …
Forests offer a one-time opportunity to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Approximately 20% of the emissions reductions needed by 2020 to prevent global temperatures rising above 2oC can be achieved by reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, conserving forest carbon stocks and enhancing forest carbon stocks through afforestation and …
The clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is designed not only to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but also to contribute locally to sustainable development. As a market-based mechanism, CDM has the potential to channel private investments into development activities with economic, social, and environmental benefits. Unfortunately, investments …
Even the most enthusiastic climate advocate would have been disappointed with the outcome of the climate change conference held in Copenhagen. To have expected something like a new, detailed, legal treaty would have been naive; the Conference was always about long-term signals and overall market sentiment and not about short-term …
The paper discusses potential biodiversity implications of different REDD design options that have been put forward in the international climate change negotiations and examines how the creation of additional biodiversity-specific incentives could be used to complement a REDD mechanism, so as to target biodiversity benefits directly.
The purpose of this guidebook is to serve as guidance for those interested in developing a land-use change and forestry projects and bioenergy projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. It also provides material on the voluntary markets.
