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 …
To stop the destruction of forests and increase its green cover to 33% as laid down in the national policy, the state forests department has launched a campaign to rope in villagers to voluntarily enable regeneration of forests. It has distributed subsidised LPG cylinders and grants for biogas plants and …
Peshawar—The spring tree plantation campaign on Wednesday started across Khyber Pakthunkhwa wherein 10 million saplings of different species would be planted with assistance of different stakeholders to offset effects of global warming and climatic change. Officials in KP Forest Department told APP that spring tree plantation campaign was started throughout …
कई पेड़ों को एक जगह से दूसरी जगह ट्रांसप्लांट किया गया है मेट्रो के फर्स्ट फेज से लेकर अब नए मेट्रो स्टेशन और नई मेट्रो लाइनें बनाने के लिए डीएमआरसी को फॉरेस्ट डिपार्टमेंट से जितने पेड़ काटने की परमिशन मिली, डीएमआरसी ने उससे करीब साढ़े 6 हजार पेड़ कम काटे। …
The Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), which has been entrusted with roadside plantations on 40km stretch of NH6 from Wadi to Kondhali, has ordered a probe into the failure of plantation. FDCM entered into a Rs2.24 crore agreement with National Highway Authority India (NHAI) on August 1, 2012, to …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday directed the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) Project Implementation Units (PIUs) in Madurai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Karur and Karaikudi to plant 10 saplings for every tree felled by them to widen the highways within their jurisdiction. A Division Bench of Justice Satish …
The Union cabinet will soon sanction 13,000 crore for the initial phase of the 10-year Green India Mission to increase forest cover and quality of forests in the country, said Union forest and environment secretary V Rajagopalan. He said the project with a budget of 46,000 crore will get its …
Bangladesh ranked 169th among 178 countries in the Global Environmental Performance Index 2014. Bangladesh scored 25.61 out of 100 taking into consideration indicators like health impacts, air quality, water and sanitation, water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview …
In a bid to increase state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' was launched in entire state on January 26 by the forest department. "The prime focus of the campaign is not only to increase green cover but reduce biotic pressure on …
Faced with criticism that it had rushed through green clearances to many projects by ignoring environmental concerns, the government may next week clear Rs 13,000 crore for its much awaited 'Green India Mission' which aims to enhance carbon sinks through large-scale forestry across the country. "Final draft of the Green …
Proposal to buy, use land for afforestation programme After as many as nine cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills were found to have violated provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, the said companies have now agreed to buy double of the land misused by them and subsequently use them …
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday allocated Rs 52.11 crore to ensure sustainability of the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project II, by utilizing the balance loan amount available under the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) funding for the programme and state's own funds. The state has been implementing a massive afforestation …
Projects will not be given green clearance if these are opposed by local panchayats (village councils), petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily, who holds additional charge of the environment and forests ministry, said on Tuesday. "I have rejected Niyamgiri (project of Vedanta group) because all the panchayats have rejected the proposal... …
Aranayake turned lush green when local schoolchildren, principals, district office-bearers and monks alike knelt together to plant 1500 trees in the area, in a bid to combat soil erosion. The trees selected were carefully hand-picked by Janashakthi Insurance, who donated trees which were endemic to the area, and would provide …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shobha Phadanvis Vs State of Maharashtra Ors. dated 13/01/2014. M/s. Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd. intends to establish its power generation plant 3 x 660 MW capacity at Tiroda, Tq. Tiroda, District : Gondia. For the purpose of evacuation of Power …
Strict action will be taken against power plants and sponge units if they fail to adhere to pollution norms and take adequate precautionary measures, said Forest and Environment Principal Secretary Raj Kumar Sharma. He was speaking at a review meeting attended by officials of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board …
The award would be handed over at a function in Berlin on March 31 Bangladesh has been selected for the “Global Green Award 2014,” Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud announced at a press briefing at the Secretariat yesterday. He said Paris-based Otherways Management Association had decided to provide the …
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said forest coverage in the country has increased to 13.2 percent from 9.5 because of massive forestation programme implemented during tenure of the present government. "Between 2010 and 1013, we have produced nearly 12 crore saplings of trees every year and planted the …
The forest department plans to sow over 1,00,000 medicinal plants in Kolhapur district in 2014. It has received a fund of Rs 36 lakh from the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) to promote medicinal plants. This year, the department will plant trees over 100 hectares of territorial forest land. The …
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) success at storing atmospheric carbon in forests in Latin America depends on the long-term maintenance of forests. Forest maintenance in Latin America in turn largely depends on community forestry – the direct control and management of forests by men and women …
BHOPAL: The state government has raised strong objections over latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) indicting forest department for overlooking compensatory afforestation. The government has shot off a letter to the Union Ministry of the Environment and Forest (MoEF) presented its side. In its latest report on 'compensatory …
