Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Legal action against forest officials who fail to check encroachment of forest land, illegal felling of trees GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has decided to raise a new battalion to exclusively protect the forests and wetlands in the State. “The Chief Minister has given approval to raise the battalion for the …
The state forest department has created a new post of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Mangroves, for the protection and conservation of nearly 5,800 hectares of mangroves under it. N Vasudevan has been appointed the CCF. The new post was created in October 2011 when the forest department did away …
The Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary in Adilabad district — where a new tiger reserve is being established but is opposed by tribals — has lost 27 sq km of dense forest area between 2000 and 2010 due to cutting of trees and encroachments. In the Jannaram Forest Division, in which Kawal …
A private power generation company has threatened officials of the forest department in Sakleshpur taluk for taking action against the company for violations in the Kagneri and Kenchankumari reserved forests. Maruthi Power Gen (India) Private Limited was permitted to implement two mini-hydel projects of 19 MW and 18.9 MW by …
KOHIMA: The Naga United Village, which has been in the eye of a controversy for allegedly being established illegally inside the Intangki National Park, has informed its decision to vacate occupation of the forest land. A press note issued by village Chairman and Secretary Sazo Zumvu and C Pili Pochury …
The state government has taken up an ambitious project with the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) to launch a mega plantation drive along Trikuta Hills, which houses the world famous Mata Vaishno Devi temple. The project has been initiated following serious concerns expressed by a number of agencies …
A draft national recovery plan for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the endangered Lesser Florican has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) by a task force constituted for the purpose. The draft is expected to be finalised in a month’s time and will …
Jaipur: The fact that the twoand-half-year-old panther rescued by forest officials after entering the woods near a slum area at Jalana due to shrinking habitat, has upset wildlife activists. They cautioned civic authorities and the forest departments to be prepared for similar incidents. Rohir Gangwal of an NGO – Raksha …
New Delhi: A major portion of Delhi Ridge was notified as a reserved forest in 1994 after which no construction should have been allowed on the land. However, while the government struggles with the legal and logistical implications of uprooting those who have now made the Ridge their home, several …
The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project will be established at Nanmangalam Reserve Forest at a cost of Rs.8 crore, Forest Minister K. T. Pachamal said on Wednesday. The Minister made an inspection of Pallikaranai marshland, nurseries at Nanmangalam and Velachery and Arignar Anna Zoological Park …
SRINAGAR: Around 50 timber smugglers on whom the State Government has slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) are absconding despite man hunt launched by the Jammu and Kashmir Police while around 40 timber smugglers were arrested during past two years. The Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad while …
The National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Kerala have become vulnerable to encroachment and poaching as the cash-strapped parks are being forced to cut the protection and conservation activities. The drastic reduction in the Central allocation and the failure of the State government to compensate for the loss have resulted …
The Delhi High Court has given its approval to clear encroachment from the ‘reserved forest’ in the Ridge area, allowing the Delhi government to raze several structures in Neb Sarai. The High Court verdict is in line with the 1995 Supreme Court verdict in M C Mehta case, where the …
The forest reserve and rare deodar trees on the McLeodganj-Dharamkot road are under a threat due to encroachments made for constructing illegal shops and rest houses. A recent survey of the road revealed that fresh encroachments were being made and deodar trees being felled by miscreants on the road. In …
Allegations of encroachment in forest lands by Jaintia Hills-based cement cos SHILLONG: State Mining and Geology department has finally initiated an inquiry into the alleged use of forest land by cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills district. Speaking to The Shillong Times, Deputy Chief Minister and in charge Mining and …
A two-year ban on new licenses to clear peatlands and primary forests in Indonesia risks being undermined by the small area protected by the scheme and a host of exemptions, shows a review that calls for the program to be revised. The ban is the centerpiece of an important climate …
In the last three decades, 12 lakh ha of forests have been diverted for other purposes, including for regularising encroachments, irrigation, power and mining projects. Most diversion proposals get approved because the forest bureaucracy is complicit in promoting them and uses every underhand means to do so. A system designed …
There are various stakeholders who are poising major threat to the sustainability of the forest resources. The categories of these stakeholders are the state and its agents, capitalist and private contractors and local communities. The present study focuses on the third types of stakeholders and their contest over the forest …
NEW DELHI, Sept 28 – In what could have increased the discomfiture level of the embattled Tarun Gogoi Government, Bangladesh wanted to usurp a reserve forest in Modanpur-Pallahol area in Karimganj district. At the fourth meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) held here on November 2010, Bangladesh admitted …
Bangalore The mining ban in Karnataka has prompted Chinese buyers to identify new overseas markets for iron ore, trade sources said. The ban in Karnataka is likely to drag down the country’s overall iron ore exports to abysmal levels this year, while it would be an opportunity for other iron …
