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 …
Jaipur: A green bench of the high court has asked the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RPCB) to see that environment degradation does not take place. The court has also asked RPCB to implement a uniform pattern for better environment on the basis of measures proposed to be adopted in …
The forest department of Bodoland Territorial Council and the Ecological Task Force carried out a plantation drive today at Bedlangmari under Parbatjhora division in Kokrajhar district. The drive was carried out on 23 hectares in Saloni, a forest land, which was illegally occupied by tea plantations, in presence of a …
The forest department's move to clear bushes for the purpose of afforestation has disappointed Kankonjangalbachaosamiti (KJBS), as it feared destruction of biodiversity in forest areas and fuel for locals. The KJBS has protested the so-called afforestation of the forest department, stating that the cover of bushes harbours diversity and medicinal …
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has started a unique method for issuing No Objection Certificate (NOC) to small industrial units in the state. The board has made it mandatory for crushers and stone mining industries seeking NOC to provide an undertaking on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs 100 where …
The city is all set to wear a greener look with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation indentifying at least six medians on major roads for a massive plantation drive. The city forest department, which is the nodal agency for plantation, will aid BMC in the drive, which will be carried out …
Ficuscutulata, locally known as chhotabargad located at RariGhat road of Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh is the last surviving endemic tree of ficus species in the state. Chhotabargad is only endemic tree species to the state having been found from Pachmarhi and Orchha (from where it has become extinct). Neglect and …
As part of conservation efforts, Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed to create four wildlife sanctuaries in addition to the existing 10. In a statement in the assembly, chief minister Jayalalithaa said the new sanctuaries were being set up in different districts by encompassing areas where wildlife was present in …
Says govt will urge Centre to release Rs 227 cr Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the state government would urge the Centre to release Rs 277 crore to the state. The amount had erroneously been deposited in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority of India (CAMPA) by …
The objective project Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project is to improve the resilience of selected communities in the coastal and hilly areas of Bangladesh. This would be achieved by: increasing the size of afforested and reforested areas; strengthening alternative livelihoods of forest-dependent communities; and improving the institutional capacity …
After rejecting a proposal last year, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) has recommended clearance of land for the controversial Kalu dam in Thane district, drawing sharp criticism from activists and tribals affected by the project. A letter on Thursday to Union Environment …
JIPMER goes on tree-plantation drive in campus Introducing solar power on the campus and planting trees are all part of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research’s plans to green their campus. The campaign was started on Monday, which was observed as Earth Day. On Monday, saplings were …
Carbon credit system paying rich dividends to farmers too In a silent afforestation campaign, a private company has successfully raised more than a million trees on private lands in five districts in the State and recorded a survival rate of 90 per cent. Giving details to The Hindu about the …
A report by an environment ministry-appointed committee says that it has found "incontrovertible evidence" against Adani Group of violating environmental norms in its Mundra port and SEZ project. The panel has recommended a fine of Rs 200 crore or 1 per cent of the total project investment, whichever is higher, …
SHILLONG: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will take a call on the quantum of penalty to be imposed on cement plants which have violated the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 as per the findings of the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) constituted by the State Government, Forest …
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has set up an oxygen factory on Sun Pharma Road in the city. The factory, however, is no industrial plant, but a plantation of trees – including the banyan tree after which the city is named – that generate high amounts of oxygen. In the first …
Suggestion came when neither the NHAI nor the Pune civic body was willing to undertake the task of replanting trees The Bombay High Court on Tuesday suggested the Pune Municipal Corporation to take the help of school and college students for replanting of those trees which shall be cut for …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 30 industries in Jharsuguda-Sambalpur belt have been directed to launch a massive plantation drive before the onset of monsoon this year. The direction came after a review meeting on Friday in Sambalpur, attended by forest and environment secretary, representatives of industries, forest officials and officials of Orissa …
To increase forest cover in the state, the Punjab Government has decided to plant 4.75 crore saplings in the 2013-14 financial year. Informing this here today, an official spokesman said the government was concerned over the fast reduction of green cover due to deforestation activities like agriculture or wood harvesting. …
Tree saplings and seedlings are being raised in the nurseries owned by the Forest Department across the district. Saplings of teak, rosewood, pungan and other varieties were being raised in the division. An official told The Hindu on Tuesday that the department had raised over one lakh saplings in Hosur …
ITANAGAR: Following the slogan ‘each one, plant one for a green earth,’ the Green Pioneers in collaboration with the State Forest Department organized a tree plantation drive during which hundreds of saplings were planted in and around Donyi–Polo Mission School for Hearing and Visually Impaired at Chimpu here. The ‘green’ …
