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 …
Order of the High Court of Manipur in the matter of The Manipur Valley Village Reserve Forest Rights Protection Association Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 03/06/2020. The petitioner had filed a PIL on the issue of forests and reserved forests of Manipur, which were being denuded and illegally …
Action taken report on order of National Green Tribunal in OA No. 348 of 2016 in the matter of Paryavaran Care Society Vs Devender Bhadana & Others uploaded on 26/02/2020 regarding restoration of damaged area due to unauthorized constructions in Khasra No. 920, 1381 and 1383 in village Anangpur, district …
Action taken report on behalf of Divisional Forest Officer, Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated 07/02/2020. The matter relates to pollution of Ami river due to sewage generated in Gorakhpur. The NGT in its order of September 28, 2019 had …
Plantation drives and conservation initiatives have led to 25% increase in the total forest cover of Himachal Pradesh (HP) in 24 years from 1991 to 2015, says an analytical study conducted by the state centre on climate, Shimla. All districts of the state, barring Kinnaur, recorded a substantial increase in …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has only tweaked its action plan to tackle air pollution in Bengaluru. While the action points are the same as the older plan, the difference is that the revised plan has set a different deadline for implementation and the progress made. For instance, …
The head of French energy giant Total announced on Saturday that the company would invest a hundred million dollars annually on a new forest preservation and reforestation project. "We want to set up a business unit to invest in projects that will preserve forests," chief executive Patrick Pouyanne told a …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Afforestation in lieu of diverted forest land, 08/07/2019. The Government of India has diverted a total of 47469.49 hectares of forest land and a total of 62769.58 hectares area has been stipulated for compensatory afforestation (CA)in lieu of the said diversion, during the last …
Companies that use wood grown in Cameroon - from makers of guitars to electricity poles - are helping revitalise endangered tree species to better sustain their businesses and bolster the fight against climate change. The firms have teamed up with the government and villagers in public-private partnerships to restore forests …
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has increased the green cover inside the Red Fort complex in the national capital from the previous 15 acres to 52 acres in the last one year. As a part of its drive to renovate and restore the Mughal-era monument, the ASI has also …
With the national capital reeling under the wrath of polluted air, Delhi government on Wednesday set out a plantation target for the year 2019-20. To tackle the issue, Delhi environment and forest minister Imran Hussain convened a meeting with various greening agencies. While expressing concerns over low plantation done by …
Jaipur: The rural development and panchayati raj department will plant a minimum of 100 fruit trees at each of the villages during the monsoon season. Lower level revenue officials like patwari and panchayat secretary will be entrusted with the upkeep of these trees. Secretary and commissioner of panchyatati raj department …
Valpoi: An eight-hour-long protest staged by over 200 villagers of Sattari taluka on Tuesday to legitimise their encroachment in the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary took an ugly turn by evening after they set the sanctuary’s checkpost at Kumthal-Caranzol on fire. They also uprooted the poles erected to demarcate the protected area, …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told the National Green Tribunal Tuesday that it has planted around 1 crore trees throughout the country in the past three years to maintain ecology and environmental balance. NHAI told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that in compliance …
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme The Odisha government has chalked out a Rs. 200-crore, five-year plan to restore the green cover lost due …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Pentapati Pulla Rao Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/05/2019 regarding violation of environmental norms in the course of construction of the Indira Sagar Polavaram Multipurpose Project in Andhra Pradesh. A four member Committee comprising representatives of the …
Agra: The administration of Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has planned to plant 10,000 trees in 100 wards of the city. The plantation of trees will be carried out in the month of July. Responsibility of the same has been assigned to a private firm. According to the AMC, fruit bearing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Veeral P. Chauhan Vs State of Gujarat dated 06/05/2019 regarding remedial action against pollution caused by Ashapura Group of Companies, village Ler, Taluka Bhuj, District Kutch, Gujarat. The joint report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the State …
Leaders in Masindi have embarked on replanting 42 forests cut down by charcoal and timber dealers in the last nine years. The district assistant forestry officer, Mr Anthony Akok, said of the 62 forests that existed by 2010, only 20 forests still stand. "We can only find 20 forests although …
As Madagascar’s recently elected president completed his first 100 days in office, experts identify five priority areas for conservation. In a new comment piece in Nature Sustainability, the experts highlight the need for setting conservation goals that are aligned with the sustainable development of the country. Strengthening the rights of …
The National Highways plans to plant 13,000 saplings on either side of the road from Sulur to Vellakovil at a cost of nearly Rs. 2 crore. According to a press release from V. Easwaran, State youth wing secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), based on a case filed by …
