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 …
Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Ameen Chaudhry said that three sapling had been planted in the division during the ongoing plantation campaign. Addressing a meeting here, he said that they had set target to plant four million saplings across the division. He informed that the officials were striving to vacate land of …
The power ministry plans to give a shot in the arm for ultra mega power projects and has approached the Cabinet to exempt the plants from a key provision of the Forests Act, 1980, that requires companies to identify land for mandatory compensatory afforestation. To facilitate this, the ministry has …
Environmental impact of private sector CDM forestry projects in India - A presentation by Himangana Gupta at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The government will set up an official committee to monitor adherence to environmental laws by factories and industries in the State. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment B. Ramanath Rai said the proposed committee, comprising officials of the department, would visit industrial areas and conduct …
Forest department to involve tribal people living in reserve forest area At last count, Erode district had a forest cover of 2,27,678 hectares — 1,45,531 in Sathyamangalam division and 82,147 in Erode division — accounting for 27.7 per cent of the district’s geographical area of 5,722 square kilometres. The area …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said that his government is committed to increase the State’s forest cover by another 90 per cent by controlling shifting cultivation, arresting forest fires and over–grazing, and curbing illegal removal of forest produce, while at the same time undertaking plantation through TFC, CAMPA, SFDA, …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s gardens department on Monday presented its budget estimate of Rs114 crore for the fiscal year 2014-15. The financial plan for conserving and increasing the city’s green cover was presented during the tree authority’s meeting at the civic headquarters. Gardens superintendent Prakash Konde presented the budget to …
The Karnataka government will implement the second phase of the Karnataka Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Project, aimed at expanding forests, over the next eight years. The project will involve a cost of Rs 1899.72 crore. It will be implemented with an aid of Rs 1701.98 crore from the …
The fifth phase of Sri Lanka's domestic agriculture program "Divi Neguma" will commence on October 11, the Ministry of Economic Development announced. President Mahinda Rajapaksa will preside over the tree-planting campaign which will cover 14,008 Grama Seva areas in 324 Secretarial Divisions, targeting the Maha Season, the Ministry said. Under …
The green initiative undertaken by Hindustan Zinc, part of the Vedanta Group, has resulted in an annual saving of Rs 280 crore. The company generates wind energy of 273.5 MW across five States, including Gujarat (88.8 MW) and Karnataka (49.40 MW), Rajasthan (88.8 MW), Maharashtra (25.5 MW) and Tamil Nadu …
Planting saplings grafted from twins detached from a Malgoa mango tree planted by Gandhiji at Payyannur nearly eight decades ago is a novel way of celebrating Gandhi Jayanthi. The Kannur-based Kerala Initiative to Save Agriculture and Nature (KISAN) has 100 grafts in its possession now to be distributed among various …
Blame put on delay in forming standing committees The delay by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in forming 12 standing committees has affected the green drive so much that not a single seedling has been planted in the City out of Palike funds this year, officials say. For the …
A recent survey by BBC Media Action, BBC’s charity for international development, has shown that farmers in Nepal were searching for information to tackle environmental changes. Launching the findings of its study in Asia about how people were coping with climate change at a press meet here today, Media Action …
ALLAHABAD: Expressing concern over the deteriorating state of the environment and increasing pollution in the city, the Allahabad high court on Monday directed the formation of an 'Urban Environmental Protection Agency' headed by the divisional commissioner. The new committee, the court said, would supervise the environmental plan and issue necessary …
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) signed an agreement with Lawrence College, Murree to create environmental awareness amongst students and employees and to facilitate their professional development through Green School Programme (GSP), ECO Internship Programme and Employee Engagement Programme. WWF-Pakistan Director General Ali Hassan Habib and Lawrence College Principal Brig …
Text of the order by National Green Tribunal in the matter of Braj Foundation Vs Govt of Uttar Pradesh regarding non-forestry activities being done in the forest area which is Braj area to the extent of 5000 Acres of land in the forest area towards Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and …
The agriculture department and the forest department have decided to give cash incentives to farmers who allow trees to be planted along their fields. The government intends to plant trees on agricultural land to increase the state's tree cover. In the recent tree count undertaken by the government, the state's …
Net Present Value was not realised from user agencies in seven cases Tamil Nadu has its share of adverse comment in the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) relating to diversion of vast tracts of forest lands for development and industrial projects, mismanagement in realisation of Net Present …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has directed all steel units in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate, besides Nicomet to install equipment to reduce smoke and emissions. After a meeting with the representatives of the units, GSPCB Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that directions were issued to make the entire estate …
Government auditor highlights "deficiencies" in permitting diversion of forest land in Madhya Pradesh. The CAG has pulled up the Environment Ministry for extending “undue favours” to Reliance Power-owned Sasan Power Limited in Madhya Pradesh and highlighted “deficiencies” in permitting diversion of forest land in the State. SPL, a special purpose …
