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: In a statement that will surely raise a few eyebrows, Noida Authority chairman and CEO Rama Raman on Sunday said, with over 50% green cover, Noida has become India's greenest city. He added that meticulous planning has converted 10,000 out of Noida's total 20,000 hectare area green. Despite massive …
NAGPUR: Two days before the principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi will hear the NH7 tree felling case on Friday, the state government has issued guidelines on July 1, for linear projects such as widening of roads, installation of transmission lines and laying of railway lines within …
GURGAON: Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to remove concrete around trunks of trees in the city, district authorities have done little work on the ground, claims city-based NGO Haryali Welfare Society. The NGO will file an affidavit on Friday in the NGT, claiming a mere 5% of the …
Environmentalists have raised serious concern over the indiscriminate felling of trees in different parts of the district in the wake of the freak accident at Kothamangalam in Ernakulam in which five school students were killed after a huge tree fell on the school bus they were travelling in last Friday. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Srushti Paryavaran Mandal Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 03/07/2015 regarding felling of trees for the National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) road widening work.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. Dy. Commissioner & Others dated 03/07/2015 regarding de-concretization of trees at Jyotisar part of Kurukshetra and upon such consultation have actually de-concretized the ancient holy Banyan trees removed all …
Environmental recognition of the Great Western Woodlands, the largest remaining temperate woodlands in the world, will not be supported if it impinges on mining, the Western Australia mining minister, Bill Marmion, has said. The woodlands cover 16m hectares (39m acres) from Kalgoorlie, 600km east of Perth, to Esperance and the …
CHENNAI:The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the State government to immediately start desilting Srivaikundam dam in Thoothukudi district and file periodical reports once in 15 days. The matter pertains to a petition moved by S Joel, Thoothukudi district secretary of MDMK, to desilt the …
NASHIK: As part of the district administration's Green Kumbh initiative, citizens, educational institutions, environment groups and social organizations, along with employees of various government offices, came together on Wednesday to plant over 8,50,447 lakh trees in the district. A cleanliness drives were also carried out. Guardian and water resources minister …
Over 200 stakeholders from diverse fields came together here on the occasion of Van Mahotsav to support the cause of restoring the Aravalis. The initiative was undertaken by Navjyoti India foundation that has been working to enable self-reliance amongst the marginalized sections of society. All stakeholders agreed to form a …
The study of heavy metal (HMs) contamination of environment is of great interest due to their serious health hazard. In this work, the contamination of tree leaves with the HMs in the most polluted industrial city, Korba, India is described. The leaves of common trees i.e. Azadirachta indica, Butea monosperma, …
New revelations that a long strip of protected mangrove trees were illegally razed amid preparations for the 2016 Miami International Boat Show has outraged Florida environmentalists. The lost trees, critical to the marine ecosystem, were hacked away in mid-May by a Miami city contractor in advance of the five-day show …
Reiterating his commitment to frame a new Forest Policy that will primarily focus on environmental conservation, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today described stemming the loss of biodiversity as one of the biggest challenges for the Government. He said time has come to rethink our relationship with environment by looking …
NAVI MUMBAI: After a week of incessant rain, Navi Mumbai's pavements and roads are littered with uprooted trees and fallen branches. This has been a recurrent phenomena over the years despite environmentalists repeatedly suggesting the authorities plant sturdy trees and refrain from haphazard pre-monsoon trimming. "Pre-monsoon trimming is a must …
Amid the jungle cacophony of rustling leaves, buzzing bugs, howling monkeys and shrieking parrots, another, more menacing sound can be heard: a revving engine and the crush of truck tires that could potentially silence the forest symphony forever. In a remote patch of the Amazon rainforest, members of an indigenous …
Locals foiled an illegal tree felling bid at bordering Sarkertari village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. In the last two days, at least 200 trees beside BGB Camp-Jogitari, Jogitari-Sarkertari, Sarkertari-Materpar and Materpar-Tempo Stand roads in the area were felled illegally in presence of Saiful Islam, secretary of Mogholhat …
With the onset of monsoon, the forest department has come up with a two-pronged plan to counter deforestation on Kharghar hills and prevent unplanned tree hacking by local tribals. A massive plantation drive will be undertaken on the hills to cover the barren patches caused due to quarrying activities and …
Upholding the ban till further orders over cutting of trees in the name of widening and construction of roads by the State authorities, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday formed a five member committee to look into the matter and submit a report before it till July 6. The Court …
Water use by plant communities across years of varying water availability indicates how terrestrial water balances will respond to climate change and variability as well as to land cover change. Perennial biofuel crops, likely grown mainly on marginal lands of limited water availability, provide an example of a potentially extensive …
