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 …
Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar district is all set to get greener. An additional 3.25 lakh trees will be planted in the district in keeping with the directions of UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. According to officials, even though the state government had directed the administration to plant 6.5 lakh trees, …
80% success rate in plantation; funds may be cut for some projects The Forest Department spends around Rs 300 crore on plantation and about Rs 80 crore on wildlife projects. The Forest Department has started evaluating its works, projects and schemes by roping in retired Principal Chief Conservators of Forest …
PANJIM: Goa Coconut Farmers Association welcomed the notification through which the coconut tree has been excluded from the list of forest trees as it will facilitate farmers to cut diseased and unproductive coconut trees without any bureaucrat delay. A delegation led by Chairman Subhash Prabhudessai called on Chief Minister Laxmikant …
Environmental authorities are investigating Whitehaven coal for possible illegal clearing of the Leard State Forest to make way for its Maules Creek coalmine, Guardian Australia can reveal. There were earlier allegations that the miner had breached its biodiversity management plan again, by clearing trees when it was too hot for …
MUSSOORIE: As darkness falls on the forests of Khatta Pani, a group of young able-bodied men make their way deeper into the woods. They have found a way to make a fast buck in the winter: felling a tree and selling it off as firewood. Felling of trees is illegal …
Bengaluru: The state government seems to have landed in the dock over its order that forest land encroachments below three acres should not be touched for eviction. Though the March 13, 2015 order came as a respite to several small-time farmers and land encroachers, the government will have no answer …
The felling of 30,000 full-grown eucalyptus, ‘sheesham’ and ‘keekar’ trees — standing on a land strip classified as protected forest — under a project to rejuvenate the Bist Doab canal has been stalled. Worth crores of rupees, the trees, located along the canal meandering through Nawanshahr and Jalandhar districts, were …
The Delhi University is facing charges of illegal tree felling on the South Campus for expansion of its Electronic Science and Life Sciences Departments. An FIR has been lodged at the South Campus police station under the Delhi Trees Preservation Act, 1994, on the basis of a complaint lodged by …
More than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the state’s land-clearing controls were weakened, a conservation group says. WWF Australia has warned the vulnerable species will continue to decline unless the controls are strengthened as soon as possible. The group’s scientist, Dr Martin Taylor, said his …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has denied any illegality in the January 16 decision by the tree authority to allow 250 proposals for cutting of trees across the city. In an elaborate affidavit filed with the western region bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here on Monday, PMC insisted …
CHENNAI: In yet another iconic initiative aimed at enhancing Tamil Nadu's green cover, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday inaugurated a Statewide Massive Tree Planting Programme of planting 68 lakh seedlings. The programme, to mark the Chief Minister's 68th birthday, is launched at a cost of Rs. 61.68 Crore, an …
MARGAO: Not only Madgaunkars but even the pedestrians passing by extended their hand in planting 5029 Golden Duranta plants along the 800 mars stretch of the road divider from Colva junction to Ravindra Bhavan junction on Sunday in just 22 minutes. The call to come out generously to plant the …
Agra: The UP forest department plans to construct boundary walls around forests on the sides of highways at a cost of Rs 35 crore. It also plans to get a survey of the forest cover in Agra done. Supreme Court had earlier ordered the department to go ahead with its …
The statement was made by Tarun Johri, Conservator of Forests, defending the approvals granted by the forest department to cut full grown “old trees” in the city. In a bizarre explanation for the “need to cut old trees” in the capital, a senior official of the Forest Department informed the …
Taking a serious view of felling of over 50 trees in the Mangar forest area in Faridabad, the National Green Tribunal has directed Haryana government to investigate the issue and submit a detailed damage report. The green panel directed the state government to look into the complaint by an environmentalist …
Moshi — Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner (RC) Mr Amos Makalla has ordered Moshi Rural District to ensure it plants 1.5 million trees this year. Mr Makalla reminded Moshi District authorities and the district council that this was the national target and wondered why there were no serious efforts to beat the …
Himachal Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested 12 State forest department employees in connection with large-scale illegal felling of trees in Chamba district in 2014. “The forest officials, whose involvement was found in the illegal felling of trees, have been arrested,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Bir Bahadur Singh told IANS over …
NAVI MUMBAI: The GPS-based tree census recorded approximately 8.5 lakh trees in the city till the end of January, a significant increase when compared to the 4.79 lakh trees counted in 2006 census. But the officials involved in the counting process consider it unlikely that the number of trees will …
Setting an example for housing societies in Mumbai and its satellite suburbs, Eden Woods, one of the leafiest housing colonies in Thane’s Vasant Vihar, has initiated a green audit which will include a census of its flora and fauna and geo-tagging of trees to map, preserve, and enhance its rich …
Trees are allegedly being felled in the forests in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district and processed at sawmills located nearby. Over 50 sawmills are located in the forest areas of the upazila, including 12 adjacent to the National Park at Kadirgrah, locals said. Having an alleged nexus with a section …
