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 …
Report says amount of methane produced per head of cattle has increased since 1990 Ireland’s livestock agriculture is less climate-change efficient than the European average and the State’s land-use policy is neither climate-smart or sustainable, a new report claims. Irish agriculture is less efficient than the authorities claim and compares …
GURGAON: In a big blow to plantation drive to increase green cover in the region as many as 3,000 saplings, planted during ongoing plantation drive of forest department, was uprooted in Mohabatabad area of Aravalli in Faridabad district. The plantation was uprooted two days back to clear around 8 acre …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Goals of NAP and GIM, 18/07/2016. The two major Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs), of this Ministry namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme and the Green India Mission (GIM) are being implemented in participatory mode under Joint Forest Management (JFM) approach. The objective of the …
Telangana government would launch an ambitious program to plant 25 lakh saplings in a single day in Hyderabad on Monday, as part of a state-wide 'Haritha Haram' tree plantation programme. While the municipal corporation and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority are playing a lead role in its implementation, over 100 state …
Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology Choudhary Lal Singh has directed the Divisional Forest Officers of Jammu Division to start a massive plantation drive and set a target of planting about one lakh ornamental and fruit saplings in the forest areas and alongside the roads during the current monsoon season. …
After prohibiting construction and repair within one metre radius of trees, the National Green Tribunal has directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to submit progress reports on deconcretisation and protection of trees in the capital twice a year. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed the DDA …
The Social Forestry wing has commenced efforts to transform a portion of the Sainik School campus at Kazhakuttam into a green lung in the city. As many as 35,000 saplings of various species have been planted on 50 acres of land spread across three plots on the school campus. The …
The population of the state is about 5 crore and each individual is advised to plant three saplings. Hyderabad: Forest lands are decreasing in Andhra Pradesh. As per the national forest policy, the forest area in every state should be about 33 per cent of the total land. In AP …
Forest department has planted 13 lakh saplings and other departments 7 lakh With shortage of manpower, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) garden department, entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the tree plantation drive undertaken by the state government, urged the other civic departments to pitch in to achieve its target …
Pune: The lush green hills dotting the city are not green enough.A closer look at the flora on these hills reveals that the slopes have been converted into grassland (monoculture) - not right from the bio-diversity perspective. Most of their natural vegetation has been lost. The hills need a variety …
Bank of Kigali (BK) has supported a local non-profit environmental conservation organization with Rwf 25m to plant 150,000 trees within three years from now in Nyagatare district. The move is part of its activities to mark 50 years this December since it was incorporated in 1966. "We understand that climate …
Kolhapur: The Kolhapur circle along with coordinators, is all set for the state-wide plantation drive with more than 11,000 sites ready for plantation today. The state's aim is to plant two crore saplings to increase green cover across the state. Catching up with the lastest craze of slefies, the forest …
A local resident of Rusororo carries a tree. Bank of Kigali to plant one million trees in climate change mitigation effort. Bank of Kigali says it will invest part of its annual operations budget in supporting efforts by a local non-profit environmental conservation organisation to plant one million trees in …
Kolhapur: The forest department has finalised 11,252 sites and prepared pits for sapling plantation in the district. This is a part of the state wide mission of planting two crore saplings on July 1. The mission is to increase the green cover of the state from 18% to 33%. The …
The Uttarakhand government today said it will institute an environment conservation award named after Chipko movement activist Gaura Devi and urge the Centre to issue a commemorative postage stamp in her honour. Giving the assurance to a delegation of environment activists led by MLA Rajendra Bhandari, Chief Minister Harish Rawat …
LUDHIANA: Success of the TOI Let's Save Sidhwan campaign resonated at the roundate conference organized on Sunday as part of the Live Green campaign, aimed at developing a green belt in the city. Mridula Jain, an industrialist and president of the Let's Clean Ludhiana Foundation (LCLF) which spearheaded the campaign, …
Ahmedabad: It would require Ahmedabad to grow 1.81 crore trees to trap the tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) gases we vent into Ahmedabad's air, according to the state forest department if the latest Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) study is taken seriously. Every year, Amdavadis pump …
The state government may soon make money grow on trees... The state government may soon make money grow on trees. For, it is planning to establish a system on lines of carbon credits, where "tree credits" can be given as an incentive to those planting trees. The credits will be …
Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender called upon the local bodies’ representatives, especially sarpanches, to play a responsible role for the success of Haritha Haram programme’s mass tree plantation programmes in rural areas. Participating in an programme to raise awareness about the Haritha Haram among representatives in Peddapalli …
Agra: The Uttar Pradesh government aims to create a world record by planting five crore saplings in a single day across the state in second week of July. Of these, around 6.7 lakh saplings will be planted in Agra alone. The forest department has been gearing up for the mega …
