The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditious utilization of accumulated unspent amounts to the tune of around
“State giving top priority to ‘Neeru-Chettu’ programme”. Everyone should make it a habit to keep their homes clean. Cleanliness should not be limited to homes it should be extended to the surrounds too,
Seeking a review of the policy to achieve 33 per cent forest cover in Delhi, the PWD, in its letter, pointed out that Delhi’s population is expected to rise from 18.2 million in 2011 to 23 million in 2021.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Increase in Forest Cover, 04/01/2019. For various developmental activities in the country, permission for diversion of the forest is granted by the Central Government under
The rate of decline in the world forest cover has slowed down, though the net annual loss is still alarming about0.18 percent. The total forest cover is estimated now to be nearly 4 billion
Agartala: Forest Survey of India (FSI) Report 2009 has indicated a steady increase of forest cover in northeastern India. The report came in the wake of allegation of deforestation due to developmental
<p>Reconstructions of the vegetation of Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are an enigma. Pollen-based analyses have suggested that Europe was largely covered by steppe and tundra, and forests
The forests in Wayanad, a district with the highest forest cover in the state, are inadvertently paying the price for the Malayali’s love for beef. Thousands of bovines are turned loose into the Wayanad
The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to increase the country's forest cover to 35 percent by the year 2020. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Energy Development has said that steps
With the efforts made by the state government during the past several years, 100 sq km area has been brought under forest cover in Punjab. However, in other states, the area under forests has decreased.
For the first time since satellite data was available for the country, the percentage of Cambodia’s landmass covered by forest is smaller than that of non-forest ground cover, according to a report released
Contrary to tall claims by the State Government, Assam's forest cover has increased only by 112 square km but there is a catch: dense forest cover in the State has gone down by an astonishing 2,788
An increase of seven sq km in Goa's green cover reported by Forest survey of India (FSI) has not enthused environmentalists much, as it comprises mangrove area and the status of dense and other forest
<p>While forest area has declined all across the world in the past three decades, the rate of forest loss has declined due to the growth of sustainable management.The rate of forest loss in 2015-2020 declined to an estimated 10 million hectares (mha), down from 12 million hectares (mha) in 2010-2015, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020).</p>
Forest cover in Madhya Pradesh is diminishing, but the Forest Department is yet to act on the suggestions received from field officials. Conservator of Forest Azad Singh Dabas, who was earlier posted in Betul was transferred around a year ago for raising the issue of diminishing forest cover in the State.
Himalayas are widely recognised as being the key to sustained ecosystem services such as hydrological balance, nutrient balance, mitigating climate change, biodiversity conservation and rural livelihoods.
Rajasthan has less than 5% of the country's forest cover but when it comes to environment-related offences, particularly the number of crimes under the Forest Act and the Wildlife Protection Act, it is
New Delhi : The first phase of the ambitious Green India Mission (GIM) which aims at increasing forest cover by five million hectares by 2020, will be considered by the Cabinet on Thursday. The Cabinet
India's forest cover shrank by 367sq km with the maximum 80 per cent loss recorded in Andhra Pradesh mainly due to Naxals felling trees in Warangal and Khammam districts, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Forest and tree cover of the country as per the biennial assessment report released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is 78.29 million hectares, which is 23.81 per cent of the geographical area. This includes 2.76 per cent tree cover.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Green India Mission, 27/03/2017. Green India Mission (GIM) is being implemented in 13 states at present namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka,
