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 …
An environmental lobby has joined efforts with Kisumu residents to plant more than 70,000 tree seedlings along the River Nyando. The Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network Kenya coordinator Norbert Nyandire said the initiative is funded by Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project. He said they are working with schools.
Residents of Nyabihu and Musanze districts have expressed optimism after a project designed to mitigate climate change and curb disasters stareted bearing fruit. The four-year scheme, dubbed 'Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change, in north-western Rwanda; implemented through Community Based Adaptation (RV3CBA) was launched two years ago. It is expected to …
The Goalpara district administration, in cooperation with the municipal office, has geared up to make the town green. On World Environment Day on June 5, 10,000 saplings will be planted in and around the municipal area by the administration in cooperation with the general public as well as the businessmen. …
It is as a critical meeting of select nations ahead of the Paris negotiations, which is to stitch together a new global climate deal under the UN climate convention Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Prakash Javadekar (pictured) on Monday said developed countries should present their targets and …
QUITO – Ecuador set a new Guinness reforestation record, with thousands of people pitching in to plant more than 640,000 trees in a single day, President Rafael Correa said. “This news brings great joy, confirming the environmental commitment” of the administration, Correa said during his weekly recap of accomplishments on …
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has set aside more than 14.5 million shillings to boost tree planting within western region during this rainy season, Africa Science News has established. Speaking in Bungoma County during the launch of National Tree Planting Initiative 2015 dubbed “Wakenya Tupande Miti”, the Kenyan …
KAKAMEGA county's damaged forests will be replanted during the current rains, country ecosystem conservator Martin Mamati has said. Mamati said nine million seedlings will be planted in Kakamega, Lugari, Malava and Misango hills forests. "We will likely start with 50 hectares of recently gazetted forest at Misango hills in Butere …
The 2015 tree planting season in Cameroon has been launched by the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Ngole Philip Ngwese. At the event site on Thursday May 7, 2015, in Bamenda, Philip Ngwese announced that FCFA 80 million has been earmarked for the tree planting exercise in the North West …
The Government has rebooted a scheme which pays farmers and other landowners $1300 a hectare for planting trees on their land. Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew said that next week's budget would allocate $3.75 million a year for the afforestation grant scheme (AGS), over a period of six years. …
CIMA Sri Lanka last week officially announced the organisation’s participation in Rotary Lanka's flagship initiative, ‘One Million Tree Stories Project’. One million trees will be planted through this project which aims at helping Sri Lanka grow back its forests to support future generations. Gowri Rajan, District Governor of Rotary District …
Why have you been sleeping for more than 10 years, asks judge. The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to plant six lakh saplings in two years to fulfil its promise to provide green cover around the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). The State government assured a …
QUITO – The government of Ecuador will deploy 35,000 volunteers to plant more than 350,000 trees at 150 sites across the country on May 16 in an attempt to set a Guinness record for tree-planting. Environment Minister Lorena Tapia provided details about the “Siembraton” (Plant-a-thon) at a news conference that …
With a view to sensitising and making students aware of the forest and environmental issues by involving them in plantation and afforestation, the HP State Legal Services Authority (HPSLSA) has taken up the project in this regard as the state project of the year 2014-15. Students of all schools above …
A Bill 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 …
Pakistan's forests are shrinking rapidly because of illegal logging. Coupled with land erosion and the threat of climate change, one northern province has decided to start a massive tree-planting effort. They plan to plant a billion trees over the next four years, and are investing approximately $150m into the scheme. …
NYERI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In an effort to reverse tree losses in the Nyeri Forest, an environmental initiative has turned to an unusual barter system, offering chickens, goats or solar panels in exchange for tree planting. "It is a win-win situation," said Joram Mathenge, director of the Kiangure …
The Kenya Forest Service will reclaim more than 7,000 hectares of forests in the North Rift to increase the country's cover. Director Emilio Mugo said trees will be planted on the reclaimed areas where trees were destroyed through human activity and other activities. Mugo said an additional 5,000 hectares will …
To check the deteriorating air quality in the capital, the Delhi government has set a target of planting about 14 lakh saplings across the city during 2015-16 and has also decided to conduct random inspections of two categories of diesel-run vehicles — those older than 10 years and 5 years …
In a measure aimed at controlling air pollution, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided to plant 14 lakh saplings across the capital during 2015-16. The decision was taken in a meeting held by Environment Minister Asim Ahmed Khan with various government departments, the three municipal corporations, Delhi Jal Board, NDMC, …
