Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
A local resident of Rusororo carries a tree. Bank of Kigali to plant one million trees in climate change mitigation effort. Bank of Kigali says it will invest part of its annual operations budget in supporting efforts by a local non-profit environmental conservation organisation to plant one million trees in …
Kolhapur: The forest department has finalised 11,252 sites and prepared pits for sapling plantation in the district. This is a part of the state wide mission of planting two crore saplings on July 1. The mission is to increase the green cover of the state from 18% to 33%. The …
The Uttarakhand government today said it will institute an environment conservation award named after Chipko movement activist Gaura Devi and urge the Centre to issue a commemorative postage stamp in her honour. Giving the assurance to a delegation of environment activists led by MLA Rajendra Bhandari, Chief Minister Harish Rawat …
LUDHIANA: Success of the TOI Let's Save Sidhwan campaign resonated at the roundate conference organized on Sunday as part of the Live Green campaign, aimed at developing a green belt in the city. Mridula Jain, an industrialist and president of the Let's Clean Ludhiana Foundation (LCLF) which spearheaded the campaign, …
Ahmedabad: It would require Ahmedabad to grow 1.81 crore trees to trap the tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) gases we vent into Ahmedabad's air, according to the state forest department if the latest Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) study is taken seriously. Every year, Amdavadis pump …
The state government may soon make money grow on trees... The state government may soon make money grow on trees. For, it is planning to establish a system on lines of carbon credits, where "tree credits" can be given as an incentive to those planting trees. The credits will be …
Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender called upon the local bodies’ representatives, especially sarpanches, to play a responsible role for the success of Haritha Haram programme’s mass tree plantation programmes in rural areas. Participating in an programme to raise awareness about the Haritha Haram among representatives in Peddapalli …
Agra: The Uttar Pradesh government aims to create a world record by planting five crore saplings in a single day across the state in second week of July. Of these, around 6.7 lakh saplings will be planted in Agra alone. The forest department has been gearing up for the mega …
Pollution Control Board of Telangana, in coordination with Famous Premier League and Vajra Events, will host a Go Green Cricket Cup T-20 match between FPL XI and PCB XI on June 26 at Lal Bahadur Stadium here in aid of environment and tree protection in the State. Raghu, member of …
Kolkata: The government has received clearance from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to launch a tree plantation drive on the banks of the river in Bengal. A coordination meeting was held on Saturday for all the government departments concerned to work out the overall plan; the drive will …
Integrates climate change concerns and promotes private investment and role in forestry The government has made public its draft National Forest Policy, to replace the one crafted in 1988. Incorporating consequences of climate change but entirely ignoring one of the three forest related laws, the Forest Rights Act, the policy …
The state government has decided to rejuvenate the river bed of Gangeshwari river in Bankura under MNREGA and has appointed Kalyan Rudra to inspect the river bed for the purpose. The 20-22 kilometre Gangeshwari river has been lying dry for the last few years.This river flows through four blocks of …
Lawmakers have voted for Norway, a major energy-producing nation, to become carbon-neutral by 2030, two decades ahead of schedule, as a result of the un's December 2015 climate accord. A resolution was approved by MPs late Tuesday in a 54-47 vote despite opposition from the conservative minority government. To achieve …
The Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) today approved a sum of Rs 196 crore to Maharashtra for various afforestation activities. The decision came after Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a meeting with Maharashtra Environment Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on ad hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). …
The Centre today sanctioned more than Rs 300 crore for Rajasthan and Telangana to undertake activities related to afforestation and biodiversity. "The Centre today sanctioned Rs 164 crore for Rajasthan and Rs 156 crore for Telangana, following a meeting on Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) with the …
Chilika Lake — the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and one of India’s 26 sites included in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance — is facing threats to its existence because of increasing human interferences, including large-scale cutting down of forests that guard the lake against high …
The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the BMC to spell out its policy to increase the green cover in Mumbai city. Expressing concern over the issue of depleting tree cover raised in a public interest litigation, a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Amjad Sayed sought to …
The Indian contingent from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commemorated World Environment Day, marked on June 5, by launching an afforestation drive, according to UNIFIL. (Source: Website) The Indian contingent from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commemorated World Environment Day, marked on June 5, …
A massive afforestation drive launched by the Forest department has taken the steel city, once known for high pollution levels, out of the “most polluted cities of Punjab” bracket. In 2013, Pollution Control Board data had claimed that Batala, along with Mandi Gobindgarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar, were among the four …
Keonjhar: A lion's share of funds from District Mineral Foundation (DMF) trust will be utilized for development of mining-affected areas in Keonjhar district. The second governing body meeting of the DMF trust was recently held at Keonjhar collectorate. Presiding over the meeting, collector (Keonjhar) N Thirumala Nayak revealed that Rs …
