Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kalu Ram Yadav Vs State of Rajasthan dated 12/04/2023. Grievance in the application was against illegal operation of saw mills in tehsil Shri Madhopur, district Sikar, Rajasthan. It was stated that the saw mills were fed by illegally cut trees. …
Objections on behalf of the applicant (Uday Education & Welfare Trust) to the Joint Committee report, August 4, 2022. An application was filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the use of high power engines being operated without license from the forest department and consuming timber as their raw …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uday Education & Welfare Trust Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 01/10/2019 regarding grant of provisional licences for establishment of new wood based industries in Uttar Pradesh. It is stated that online recommendations are being considered for new …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Santi Rani Naskar Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 28/01/2019 regarding illegal running of a saw mill, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal. NGT directs an inspection to be carried out by a joint team comprising of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kshitij Agnihotri Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & dated 11/09/2018. Challenge in this application is to the Notification dated 31.10.2017, issued by the State of Uttar Pradesh under Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Trees Protection Act, …
Order of the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in the matter of K. Kuttan Nair Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 15/02/2018 regarding a wood based industrial unit seeking exemption from Kerala Forest (Regulation of Sawmills and Other Wood-based Industrial Units) Rules, 2012. Appeal is dismissed as the …
CDP’s 2017 Global Forests Report draws on the disclosures from 201 companies that responded to the investor request for information on the risks and opportunities linked to four commodities responsible for the majority of deforestation and forest degradation: cattle products, palm oil, timber products and soy. It makes a clear …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds’ forest investment programme (CIF FIP) have released a report on how unlocking capital can foster forest sector development in Africa and highlights the benefits of forestry investments in Ghana and in West Africa. The report has been built on the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Gopal Krishna Ojha Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 03/01/2017 regarding noise and air pollution caused by cutting of woods and wooden logs by a manufacturer of furniture, Hooghly, West Bengal. The record of …
This report is an outcome of another report. In 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) issued guidelines for the participation of the private sector in afforestation of degraded forests. The guidelines argued that poor productivity of forests has led to a shortage of raw materials to …
Sustainable use of wood may contribute to coping with energy and material resource challenges. The goal of this study is to increase knowledge of the environmental effects of wood use by analyzing the complete value chain of all wooden goods produced or consumed in Switzerland. We start from a material …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagdish Prasad Yadav vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 29/08/2016 regarding unlicensed saw mils operating in Rajasthan.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R.Kanagaraj Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding pollution caused by Supreme Coated Board Mills Private Ltd., Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu. NGT directs the Chairman of the State Pollution Control Board to monitor …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has released the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy (NFP), proposing the levy of a green tax. It has also touched upon the contentious issue of human-animal conflict. The government has made public its draft National Forest Policy, to replace the one …
This report summarizes insights from SEI research under the Mistra-SWECIA programme, with a focus on the drivers of and barriers to adaptation in the Swedish forestry sector. For forests and forestry, climate change means both increased risks and new opportunities. From a social science perspective, it is possible to study …
Global production of all major wood products is showing its largest growth since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, according to new data published by FAO. In 2014, growth in wood products, including industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels and pulp and paper, ranged from 1 to 5 percent, surpassing the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Ors dated 17/10/2015 regarding forest matters. Amicus curaie has classified the matters pending before the Green Bench under different heads such as: i) matters relating to wood based industries, ii) …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Ors dated 17/10/2015 regarding forest matters. Amicus curaie has classified the matters pending before the Green Bench under different heads such as: i) matters relating to wood based industries, ii) …
There has been extensive debate about whether the sustainable use of forests (forest management aimed at producing a sustainable yield of timber or other products) results in superior climate outcomes to conservation (maintenance or enhancement of conservation values without commercial harvesting). Most of the relevant research has relied on consequential …
Safe operations of forest practices in mountainous regions require effective development planning to mitigate hazards posed by landslides. British Columbia, Canada, has for the past 2 decades implemented landslide risk management policies aimed at reducing the impacts of the forestry industry on landslides. Consequently, it is required that timber harvesting …
