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 …
एजुकेशन डेस्क। यूनिवर्सिटी ग्रांट्स कमीशन ने देश्भर की यूनिवर्सिटीज़ में एनवायरनमेंट स्टडीज का कोर्स अनिवार्य कर दिया है। जिन संस्थानों में अभी ये कोर्स नहीं चल रहे हैं, उन्हें इसकी शुरुआत करनी होगी। इसके लिए एक कोर मॉड्यूल भी तैयार किया गया है, जो यूजी कोर्स के सेकंड ईयर में …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Mahendra Kumar Saxena Vs. Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 10/04/2015 regarding air and noise pollution caused by a hot mix plant in a residential area at Gwalior city.
In order to revitalise and better manage environment and forests of Haryana, the state government put forth a slew of demands and suggestions to the Centre, including early approval of “perspective plan of Shivalik landscape”, exemptions from rules and enhanced funds for sustaining the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre located at Yamunanagar, …
Amid lurking danger of further landslides by heavy rain across the Valley, earth science experts and geologists blame deforestation and illegal encroachment of forest land and streams for soil erosion and slides. The threat of landslides has forced the authorities to shift hundreds of families from vulnerable areas of the …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to regularly monitor the mandatory implementation of six-month core module syllabus on environmental studies for undergraduate courses in all branches of higher studies. UGC secretary Jaspal S Sandhu has written to vice-chancellors of all 706 universities in …
Vegetation cover has increased globally by the equivalent of four billion tonnes of carbon since 2003 thanks to some luck and aggressive afforestation, says a new analysis of satellite data. Global warming would be happening faster if these emissions were not captured by the increased vegetation growth. The Australian-led study …
The Bihar government has set a target of increasing forest cover at 15 per cent by 2017 in the state, Forest and Environment minister P K Shahi said today. "We have set the forest cover target at 15 per cent by 2017 by launching an extensive afforestation drive to meet …
In a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000-crore Compensatory Afforestation Management Fund directly to all the states, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said. The fund was created from the penalties collected from corporates for not meeting the mandatory …
DHAKA : Forest and Environment Minister Anwar Hossain Manju yesterday said the government has launched massive campaign to enhance forest coverage for protecting biodiversity aiming to fight climate change impact, reports BSS. “We are implementing a number of projects to protect and expand forest resources across the country to maintain …
NEW DELHI: The environment minister, Asim Ahmed Khan, has asked the forest department to increase the city's green cover substantially, starting this year, as a strategy to improve air quality. Some forest officials have reported they have been asked to raise Delhi's forest cover by 5% over the next few …
NEW DELHI: The government has merged National Mission for a Green India, which aims afforestation at 10 million hectares of land over the next decade, with MGNREGA to increase and improve the country's forest cover. Modern technology like remote sensing will be used to monitor the progress of this initiative …
ILLEGAL harvesting and transporting of forest products is continuing with more than two hundred fines issued during the 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years, despite several intensified patrols and awareness campaigns conducted in the country. The annual report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry for the period 2013/14 that …
China has planted 500,000 mu (about 33,000 hectares) of forest since 2009 to protect water along the border between its capital city, Beijing, and adjacent Hebei Province, said the State Forestry Administration on Thursday, the 37th national Tree-planting Day. The trees have mainly been planted around the reservoirs of Miyun …
Convergence of the UPA scheme with Green Mission will provide livelihood to 3 m households through afforestation. The Centre has decided to extend its flagship rural jobs scheme to include afforestation as part of a move to create more durable assets through the programme that Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 09/03/2015 regarding cutting of 200 trees near the Tara Devi Temple, Shimla. The Court in its order directed the State of Himachal Pradesh and …
The state forest department might be achieving its annual tree plantation target of 60,000 to 80,000, but the rate of survival stands at mere 66% over four years. According to a monitoring and evaluation survey carried out in October 2014, of saplings planted in the last four years, nearly 48,000 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babu Lal Jajoo Vs Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan & Others dated 04/03/2015 regarding utilisation of CAMPA funds in in the State of Rajasthan for its rightful purpose of afforestation, development and conservation of forests and …
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth warns this new study by Indian Institute of Science published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Biogeophysical effects such as albedo and evapotranspiration changes due to deforestation were shown by …
A project to feed and educate 150 needy students every month through planting trees has been launched in Kilifi county. The project will also cater for children in juvenile and remand homes. Project 150 was launched on Saturday at the Malindi Light Academy. It seeks to plant 150,000 edible fruit …
About 1,000 ghaf trees will be planted by children across the country in a scheme run by Dubai Municipality, Middle East hotel operator Accor and environmental portal Goumbook. The reforestation plan will be launched this month as part of the Plant for the Planet Campaign, which will support Goumbook’s Give …
