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 …
The global extent and distribution of forest trees is central to our understanding of the terrestrial biosphere. We provide the first spatially continuous map of forest tree density at a global scale. This map reveals that the global number of trees is approximately 3.04 trillion, an order of magnitude higher …
The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said. Losses also accelerated in some previously overlooked regions as land was cleared to grow …
Most accurate count to date is over seven times higher than last estimate – but almost half have been cut down since the start of civilisation, say scientists Scientists have already calculated how many fish there are in the sea (230,000 species), and how many species there are on the …
An invasive pathogen has affected thousands of hectares of olive plantations in Puglia, southern Italy Researchers have developed a way to help determine the level of surveillance required to detect the arrival of costly invasive diseases. The mathematical model offered "an initial idea" of what a particular level of surveillance …
BONN - New satellite data reveals a rapid loss of tropical forests in Cambodia, parts of west Africa and Madagascar, and the Gran Chaco region of South America, analysts said Wednesday. Sparse tree cover on the once heavily forested slopes at Manantenina in the extreme south-east of Madagascar on December …
NASHIK: Waking up to their responsibility towards the environment, the industrial bodies of Nashik have come together to launch a green project in the district under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. As suggested by deputy labour commissioner R S Jadhav, the Nashik Industries & Manufacturers' Association (NIMA) and the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to furnish imageries of the avenue forest, developed by the NHAI along the highways in the period between 5 and 10 years in order to take stock of the survival of the avenue forest. The bench …
South Delhi residents today moved the National Green Tribunal against the increasing commercial activities and encroachment in the "green belt" located along the Mehrauli Badarpur Highway in Saket. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Delhi government and South Delhi Municipal Corporation while seeking …
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife (MoECCWW) has taken a firm stance to suspend the issuing of permits for felling trees across the country, with immediate effect, "unless in exceptional cases". It has also issued a stern warning to all those involved in the chain of actors, …
Even as the legal battle over felling of trees on NH-7 between Mansar and Khawasa is yet to be settled, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again started felling trees on forest land. Conservationists visiting the spot found that trees were being felled in Mogra beat under Paoni …
PORVORIM: Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte opined that villagers should not allow the government to demarcate their land as ‘private forest’ until the Private Forest Management Policy was framed, all stakeholders were taken into confidence, and the suggested criteria were accepted by them. He was speaking at a meeting organized by …
Take Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan Kingdom that many years ago adopted a Gross National Happiness index, as an alternative approach to measuring the country's prosperity. The index is built on the idea that wellbeing, and the physical, spiritual and environmental health of the nation is a better measure of wealth …
Around 7 to 8 hectares of forests have been lost in the Nanda Devi National Park in the last one decade either due to climate change or the Kedarnath flash floods of 2013. This brich (bhojpatra) forest area, near the Deodi top in the Nanda Devi National Park, no more …
Deforestation is assuming high proportions in the Northern Regions, especially the Upper East region as some unscrupulous persons have resorted to cutting down young trees to sell as fuel wood and charcoal. The tree choppers use dangerous chemicals to uproot the trees without necessarily using chainsaws to cut them and …
A new technology for plantation was recently used as part of the 'Vaho Vishwamitri Abhiyan'. During a programme, drone was used for spraying seed balls by a young team to carry out tree plantation on the banks of river Vishwamitri. 'Vaho Vishwamitri Abhiyan' - the call to revive Vishwamitri river …
André Mugemangango's eucalyptus shamba of about one hectare has been infested with strange insects for the past few years. The resident of Ruli Sector in Gakenke District worries that his source of income (firewood and construction poles) could be at risk. Xavier Minani, another resident of Coko Sector in Gakenke, …
By cities, the area of urban living forest per capita stood at only 4.35 square meters for Seoul, 5.29 square meters for Gyeonggi Province and 5.95 square meters for Incheon. This is far lower than London’s 27 square meters, New York’s 23 square meters and Paris’ 13 square meters. “With …
NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday launched an e-payment module to accept compensatory amount for diversion of forest land in the country. It will cut delays and bring transparency in the system which is meant for collecting fund from user agencies which diver forest land for 'non-forest' purpose. Any user agency …
The presence of vegetation in urban areas - along the roads, in the parks and in your neighbourhood - can limit city heat effect to a great extent, says a Nasa study. Using multiple satellites' observations, researchers found that areas in the US covered in part by concrete surfaces had …
SHIMLA: In the home district of forest minister Thakur Singh Bharmauri, over 1,800 green trees were felled illegally in the Ahlami forest area. This startling revelation has been made in the report prepared by an investigating team of state government that was initiated following ruckus created by opposition BJP in …
