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 …
Although deforestation continues unabated in tropical forests, a new study has revealed some unexpected good news: tree cover on agricultural land is increasing across the globe, capturing nearly 0.75 Gigatonnes (billion tonnes) carbon dioxide every year. "Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land globally had …
Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Chaudhary Lal Singh today said that Government is undertaking various ‘Missions’ for the broader understanding and responses on climate change across the State. Speaking at a review meeting with the officials of the Department of Forests, Ecology and Environment, the Minister said that under …
The Forest Department has planted about 70,000 saplings of various medicinal and other species over an area of 123 hectares in lieu of axed trees for the four-laning of the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of the National Highway-22. The forest staff has undertaken this plantation over an area of 42, 41 and …
An Act to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environment Protection, 02/08/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) is sponsoring three major Schemes for protection of environment and afforestation i.e. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme, National Mission for a Green India (GIM) and Intensification of Forest Management Scheme (IFMS) for …
Random species of trees have been planted across Kigali and other towns around the country with less regard to international standards for urban forestry, officials say. It is against this background that the government has embarked on formulating a policy, which will complement Kigali City Master plan and the national …
The International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem was observed in Puducherry. UNESCO had declared July 26 to be observed as ‘The International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem’ towards protecting fast depleting mangrove forests. Mangrove reforestation has been enthusiastically taken up by a rural-based Aalamaram, a non-governmental …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Encroachment on Forest Land, 26/07/2016. The State-wise details of forest area encroached as reported by State Governments is given in Annexure-I. Funds are released to State Governments under the schemes namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM) for the purpose of …
In an effort to restore green cover in Meghalaya's Garo Hills, a slew of new development works have been initiated to halt the degeneration of the environment. A group of NGOs and environment organisations has come together to launch a campaign titled - Greening Garo Hills, which is supported by …
ALBANIA, Colombia – Coal miner Cerrejon has financed the reforestation of a large swath of land in northern Colombia that was left desolate by decades of mining activity. Cerrejon, owned in equal parts by BHP Billiton plc, Anglo American plc, and Glencore plc, holds a 50-year concession to exploit La …
BJP accuses Congress of denying benefits to tribals and others which it claimed would get from the passage of the Bill Tribal ministry relents over Forest Rights Act The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, with the Congress blocking proceedings …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Plantation of Trees to Combat Climate Change, 26/07/2016. Government implements afforestation schemes namely National Mission for a Green India and National Afforestation Programme under which financial support is provided for enhancing tree cover on forests and non-forest lands including agricultural lands. These initiatives contribute …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Plantation of Trees to Combat Climate Change, 26/07/2016. Government implements afforestation schemes namely National Mission for a Green India and National Afforestation Programme under which financial support is provided for enhancing tree cover on forests and non-forest lands including agricultural lands. These initiatives contribute …
ROURKELA: IN a bid to mitigate the impact of industrial pollution, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), under its pilot initiative, has started working on carbon sequestration (removal or segregation) project through afforestation. The RSP, a blue chip steel manufacturer of SAIL, is moving ahead with implementation of the project to assess …
The Bill is critical to the disbursement of Rs. 42,000 crore to the States for afforestation The Congress and the BJP reached a compromise on Wednesday, clearing the decks for the passage of the long-pending Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, which is critical to the disbursement of nearly Rs. 42,000 …
Lagos — The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, has disclosed that the state government has so far planted six million trees to combat climate change. Adejare made the disclosure at the Coastal Cities At Risk Project Media Workshop held in Lagos on Thursday. He said the Lagos …
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry for a low-carbon future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies, offers …
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry for a low-carbon future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies, offers …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Hilly Areas, 19/07/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) is implementing a centrally sponsored “National Afforestation Programme (NAP)” scheme for regeneration and restocking of degraded forests in the country. The scheme is implemented in participatory mode under …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Protection of Environment, 19/07/2016. The Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun assesses the forest cover of the country at the interval of two years. As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 & 2015, there is a net increase of 5871 sq. km. …
