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 …
This report is an outcome of another report. In 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) issued guidelines for the participation of the private sector in afforestation of degraded forests. The guidelines argued that poor productivity of forests has led to a shortage of raw materials to …
As accusations fly, paper giant appears to stand by its replanting of burned peat in Sumatra After the 2015 fire and haze crisis, the Indonesian government barred plantation firms from replanting the peatlands that had burned in their concessions. Instead, the companies were ordered to restore the dried-out peat soil …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for afforestation, 12/12/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has two Centrally Sponsored afforestation Schemes (CSS) for environment protection, namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme and the Green India Mission (GIM) for afforestation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining landscapes …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Decrease in forest cover, 28/11/2016. Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, a subordinate organization under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has been carrying out the assessment of forest cover of the country biennially. The findings of the assessment are published in India State …
City legislator Madan Kaushik inaugurated a plantation drive organised by the Rudra Yagna Samiti and the Pragat Bharat Sanstha here yesterday. Mass plantation would be done in the city periphery under the campaign. Kaushik planted a sapling at the Sadbhawna Ganga ghat. He said human life and ecology could only …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation, 22/11/2016. Under the guidelines issued under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the stipulation of planting of trees in multiples of the number of felled trees, is prescribed as an ameliorative measure, in-lieu of felling of trees as a consequence of construction of national …
No ruining reserve forest.No ruining reserve forest. Bengaluru: The forest department has shot down the government's proposal to construct a 100-acre legislators' township in the Kadugodi plantation in Whitefield, saying it can't come up in a reserve forest. On November 18, Deepika Bajpayee, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Bengaluru Urban, …
To check the intensity of global warming and deforestation across the state, Delta authorities have commenced planting of no fewer than 50, 000 trees’ in various towns across the 25 Local councils in the state. The state government also disclosed that three illegal saw millers were recently arrested within Oghara …
MUMBAI: Intending to fight against global warming, climate change issues and to save the environment, the state government has decided to plant trees on a large scale. The government has set a target of 50 crore saplings to be planted over the next three years--from 2017 up to 2019. A …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of mining in forest areas, 21/11/2016. Mining activities in forest areas per se affect biodiversity. While according prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for mining projects in forest areas, the Central Government assesses the impact …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of mining in forest areas, 21/11/2016. Mining activities in forest areas per se affect biodiversity. While according prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for mining projects in forest areas, the Central Government assesses the impact …
Adopting technologies and practices that can help make surface mining more environmentally sustainable was the focus of a two-day national seminar hosted by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India. The seminar, which was organised at the Neyveli Learning and Development Centre, as part of NLC’s ongoing diamond jubilee celebrations, also …
Three special sessions, focusing on initiatives taken on afforestation and sustainable transportation in the country, was organised at the Indian pavilion on the third day of the crucial global summit on climate change at Marrakech in Morocco. During the first session on 'Afforestation and REDD+', experts said that the government …
Environment minister Imran Hussain on Thursday reviewed the performance of all greening agencies in the capital to check the status of their target of planting 10 lakh saplings this year in Delhi. In the meeting — which was attended by officials from several government agencies including the forest department, horticulture …
70.37 lakh trees planted in state this year, says government The J&K; Government’s Forest and Environment Department has undertaken a “mission afforestation” to recover the lost forest cover, which is thought to have triggered the 2014 deluge. To reverse the climate change effects, Forest and Environment Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh …
KOCHI: Expressing concerns about environmental problems in the state, popular actor Salim Kumar had once said that if at least a half of the trees planted as part of afforestation drives in the past 10 years survived, Kerala would have been a dense forest. The statistics available with the Social …
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma received the award for the Most Improved State (small states category) in Education and the Best State Award in environment (small states) at ITC Maurya in New Delhi at the India Today States of the States Conclave. An official statement said the annual India …
KOHIMA: Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang has informed the state government’s decision to declare 2017 as the “Year of Plantation” in order to revive the ecosystem and maintained that his government was fully committed to protecting and conserving forests and wildlife. Addressing the ‘Awareness Campaign on Mitigation of Human-Animal Conflict,’ …
All banking institutions in India may soon chip in to increase India's forest cover in a coordinated manner. If the environment ministry has its way, all banks will be asked to join the central and the state governments in their ongoing efforts of afforestation. The move will be part of …
AURANGABAD: The civic body on Thursday started axing some trees on the around 17-acre land near Mahatma Gandhi Mission (MGM) to level the ground for constructing a memorial of Bal Thackeray. The land, which is a part of green-zone, was looked after by the MGM for the past three decades …
