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 …
10 lakh new trees and 5 lakh saplings to be planted across the city Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government has asked the land-owning and green agencies in the national Capital to carry out a tree census in their jurisdiction while announcing that 10 lakh new trees and …
This publication is a joint effort by the GEF partnership to showcase some of the insights gained from the now substantial portfolio of GEF-funded adaptation projects. The GEF has invested over $13 billion to help communities in the developing world adapt to climate change, notably through the Least Developed Countries …
Forest Department Manipur has taken up plantation over 154358 hectare of forest areas to increase the forest cover, to rehabilitate Jhum lands and meet the requirement of timber, fuelwood and fodder. The plantation includes 48523 hectare of fringe areas planted under the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) through decentralize mechanism of …
Amidst growing concerns over pollution enveloping the entire city, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is initiating a plantation drive across its 104 wards. The newly-elected standing committee chairman Shailendra Singh announced that saplings that help in reducing pollution levels will be planted across its areas of jurisdiction. Singh also added …
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the vital accomplishments of his ministry included increase in forest cover, better monitoring of industrial pollution and representation of the country's interest in COP Paris meet. 'We have increased our forest cover by 3,500 square kilometres in the …
Mysuru: To commemorate World Environment Day, the stakeholders will launch 'Hasire Usiru', a sapling-plantation drive, at Hebbal Industrial Area from June 5. City-based Dealers' Association of Information Technology president Kumar M S told reporters on Thursday: "Of late, the city recorded high temperature. The association is planning to plant 1,000 …
The whole life depends on soil, which is an important habitat for thousand millions of organisms. Soil biodiversity is extremely diverse in shapes, colours, sizes and functions. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) publishes the first-ever Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas which maps the soil biodiversity of the …
The Naga Foundation aims to implement durable re-greening interventions to increase local soil sustainability and regional water availability. When this is done on a large enough scale such landscape changes may also lead to positive regional climate impacts. Naga is developing a plan to re-green 15 large areas in Eastern …
City residents and NGOs have urged the district administration to start a massive campaign to plant native saplings and trees to restore Amritsar’s green cover and identify the sources of pollution in the city after a WHO report placed Amritsar at 21st rank in the list of most polluted cities …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set an ambitious target to improve 4.8 lakh hectares (ha) of degraded forest and develop 50,000 ha of farm forestry in the second phase of Odisha Forestry Sector Development Project (OFSDP). With remarkable success in Phase-I of the externally aided project in which around 2.10 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 20/05/2016 regarding the environmental destruction of Braj Parikrama route spanning across three states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Tribunal directs the State of Rajasthan to carry out the …
"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 involving Rs 10 lakh crore investment, which were stuck for years and some of them in …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out that the desired green belt area was not developed by industrial units in Chhattisgarh. The CAG in its report for the year ending March 31, 2015 observed: “As per rule 4.1 of the National Forest Policy, 1983, which was …
The Centre’s plans to spend nearly Rs. 42,000 crore under the afforestation programme now hang in the balance The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill listed for business in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing parliamentary session has been postponed to the monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh told …
Dist administration plans massive plantation drive on 5k acres The Bengaluru Urban district administration is planning to launch a massive tree plantation drive from June to keep the green cover in the reclaimed government land. The district administration has, so far, reclaimed 5,211 acres of government land spread in four …
Forest land near South Delhi’s Neb Sarai, which has become a dumping ground over the years, will be reclaimed and its greenery restored by the Environment and Forest Department. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussain inaugurated the programme to restore the forest …
The National Green Tribunal has asked the Delhi government to plant 2,000 trees for chopping 216 trees in a residential colony in North-East Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar told the chief engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD) that fine would be imposed …
Giving a major fillip to its Ganga rejuvenation efforts, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a central body to implement the government's Namami Gange scheme - has approved projects worth Rs 2446 crore for development of 'ghats' and crematoriums at various places along the river in four states …
With an aim of afforestation on the vast tracts of rail land, the Railways today joined hands with the forest departments of Punjab and Haryana for plantation of 5 lakh trees in the two states as part of the 'Green India Mission'. After Punjab and Haryana, railways will sign similar …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from …
