Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Nagpur: The Paper Traders Association on Monday dispelled the notion that manufacturing of paper was posing threat to trees and ecosystem as a whole, and claimed it was boosting the rural economy. Addressing a press conference at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan, association president Aseem Bordia said it was sad that messages …
The Zamfara State Government has planted 24,000 trees in some of its local government areas, as part of its campaign against desertification across the state. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Directorate of Afforestation, Mansur Khalifa-Kaura, disclosed this on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of …
Cambodia’s general election campaign has been accompanied by illegal logging, local leaders say, which can be a way for political parties to fund their activities. Facing scant and fractured opposition, the Cambodian People’s Party and its leader, Hun Sen, who has served as prime minister for 33 years, were expected …
Swollen shoot disease is worsening in the heart of Ivory Coast’s cocoa belt with some plantations seeing a significant drop in production, farmers and exporters said on Tuesday. The viral disease, which typically kills trees within a few years, first appeared a few years ago in southern and western Ivory …
CROOKS CORNER: Africa's ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the ``tree of life,'' is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the largest and oldest dying abruptly in recent years. Nine of the 13 oldest baobabs, aged between 1,000 and 2,500 years, have died …
GURUGRAM: The forest department has sought a break from tree-felling in view of the monsoon and would like instead to focus on proposed plantation drives for the next two months. “Our office gets a lot of requests for tree-felling. The staff members generally remain busy in inspecting sites and giving …
Africa's ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the "tree of life," is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the largest and oldest dying abruptly in recent years. Nine of the 13 oldest baobabs, aged between 1,000 and 2,500 years, have died over the …
Judgement of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Unmesh Diwakar Raote Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 13/07/2018 regarding unauthorized cutting of trees at Purandare Wadi, Gokhale Road, Mumbai. The petitioner (Unmesh Diwakar Raote) has challenged the Order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Shindewadi, Dadar, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of We the People Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/07/2018 regarding illegal felling of trees at Chak Ganjaria Farm at Lucknow in the process of setting up of Hightech City. Counsel appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh states …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday pulled up authorities over their failure to reduce pollution in the city by shifting industrial units from residential areas to industrial complexes in Bawana despite allotment being done 17 years ago. “What is the government doing? You are busy cutting trees all …
GURUGRAM: A citizens’ group is planning a Gurugram version of ‘Chipko’ movement, on the lines of the one launched in south Delhi recently, to save around 100 trees that are likely to be removed for a proposed revival of Bal Bhawan in Sector 4. On Sunday, some members of the …
NEW DELHI: Even as a citizen-led movement successfully halted the cutting of more than 16,000 trees in Delhi for redeveloping residential facilities, many felt compensatory afforestation by way of planting 10 saplings for every tree lost would not be able to match the services provided by fully grown native neighbourhood …
Time is running out for the world's forests, whose total area is shrinking by the day, warns a new FAO report urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them. Halting deforestation, managing forests sustainably, restoring degraded forests and adding to worldwide …
NEW DELHI: Citing violations of the National Green Tribunal order about compensatory plantation, Delhi government on Tuesday recommended to the LG to revoke permission given for felling of trees for the redevelopment of three housing projects at Nauroji Nagar, Netaji Nagar and Kidwai Nagar in south Delhi. It also recommended …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Verhaen Khanna & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/07/2018 regarding relocation/ transplantation of 36 trees for redevelopment of Pragati Maidan complex. NGT directs the Project Proponent and other respondents to submit report with regard to relocation/ transplantation …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Dr Kaushal Kant Mishra Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/07/2018 regarding felling of trees in Delhi for 'redevelopment'. Court directs the Government of NCT of Delhi to place all material before the court as to how equivalence …
NEW DELHI: Not a single tree would be cut and status quo be maintained on tree felling till further orders in seven South Delhi colonies by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the National Buildings Construction Corporation, the National Green Tribunal directed on Monday. A bench headed by …
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will launch a mega plantation drive on massive scale during monsoon season to create "urban forests" in Delhi to make the environment clean and green. The DSGMC has successfully planted around one lakh trees in the city in past five years to save …
Water security is key to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, increasingly the world is facing water shortages, and an estimated four billion people do not have sufficient access to safe and reliable water. The link between forests and climate is regularly considered in decision-making, whereas that …
No trees would be cut in the process of redevelopment of seven colonies in South Delhi, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today, as he also assured that the national capital's green cover would not be damaged and steps would be taken to enhance it. The housing and urban affairs …
