"We have increased forest cover by 3,500 sq km. We have increased mangrove by 1,000 sq km. It is not a small achievement. It shows our direction and commitment," said Javadekar. Over 2,000 projects
The dense vegetation in the Western Ghats determines the amount of rainfall that Tamil Nadu gets during the summer monsoon. Researchers have found one more reason why urgent steps have to be taken to
Illegal logging and corruption practices around forest conservation have put forests on the verge of extinction. In an interview with the Star, Planning PS Julius Muia says raising the forest cover to
Bengal has recorded a phenomenal growth in its forest cover in last two years. Quoting the India State of Forest Report, 2013, released in New Delhi by Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on
NEW DELHI: Efforts are on to increase India's forest cover to one-third of the land area, environment and forests minister Prakash Javadekar informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. "Green cover is increasing
Latest FSI Report Says Kerala Is Amongst The Few States That Managed To Increase Forest Cover, But Environmentalists Say It Could Be Plantations First the good news. Kerala is one of the few states in
A meeting of the Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly was held here today under the chairmanship of Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami to discuss the measures initiated to protect the environment and
The Environment and Renewable Energy Ministry has taken steps to set up Environment Protection Committees in each district with the intention of obtaining public support to increase forest cover in Sri
The total area under forest cover now stands at 697,888 sq km of geographical area, an increase of almost 1% over 2011 India’s forest cover continues to hold steady at 21% of the country’s geographical
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the UPA government has decided to push a Rs 46000 crore ambitious mission to increase forest cover in the country. Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily said the Union
The government has planned to increase the country's forest cover from 29.7 percent in 2014 to 35 percent by 2020, Environment Minister Susil Premajayantha said yesterday. The minister said over 350,000
Faced with shortage of funds, the government on Tuesday called upon private firms to go the extra mile to increase forest cover so that an additional carbon sink of 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide
It is heartening to note that as per the ISFR, 2019, the forest and tree cover of the country continues to show a rising trend despite immense pressure on our forests. The credit should go to various State/UT
In a bid to increase state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' was launched in entire state on January 26 by the forest department. "The
Sustainable land governance requires that all members of a community, both women and men, have equal rights and say in decisions that affect their collectively-held lands. Unfortunately, women around the
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Cover, 22/12/2015. The State-wise details of fund released under National Afforestation Programme during last three years and current year are given in Annexure I.
<p>Ongoing deforestation is a pressing, global environmental issue with direct impacts on climate change, carbon emissions, and biodiversity. There is an intuitive link between economic development and
JAMAICA has recorded an afforestation rate of 0.41 per cent, a turnaround in the pattern of forestation since it was first checked in 1998. At that time it was revealed that the country was being impacted
Over 65 per cent of Uttarakhand’s total area of 34,651 sq.km is under forest cover. But surprisingly, the State has made no inventory of its trees and this has encouraged a flourishing and organised trade
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/05/2023 regarding forest fires in the state of Uttarakhand.</p> <p>The
