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 …
The objections, raised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in granting clearance to 515 bighas proposed to be developed as an industrial area in Dhabota in the Nalagarh industrial belt have hit the investment plans. Though the case for seeking environment clearance had been submitted more than a year …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has been entrusted with preserving and improving the forest wealth of the country in the interest of its citizens and national ecological security. The rising demand for forestland for non-forestry purposes, such as mining, hydropower and infrastructure development, has caused MoEF&CC; …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation, 25/04/2016. The area where compensatory afforestation has been undertaken in the country upto 31.3.2015 in lieu of diversion of forest land under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 including projects for construction of roads in different parts of the country, …
'Till now, through multiple schemes across various departments, almost Rs 18,000 crore have been spent,' said Fadnavis. IN A bid to tackle drought effectively, the Maharashtra government has planned to link its water conservation projects with environmental preservation. Elaborating on the plan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “The long-term measures …
Passed in Parliament, it could unlock Rs 36,000 crore immediately to states Crucial amendments to the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 were allowed by the union cabinet on Wednesday, which fast tracks the process of releasing funds for increasing forest cover in the country worth Rs 40,000 crore, to the …
Teak has the highest capacity for carbon sequestration among trees in India. This is the finding of a study conducted by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) to prepare a hierarchy of local trees in India that can reduce the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide traps …
NAGPUR: PTI The Centre has planned to introduce tree farming in India to increase the forest cover in the country, Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javdekar said here on Sunday. Chairing a high level meeting of concerned officials of the forests ministry and department of Maharashtra here, Javdekar said …
KAGERA Regional Commissioner Salim Mustapha Kijuu has directed councils in Muleba, Bukoba, Biharamulo, Ngara, Karagwe, Kyerwa and Misenyi to ensure that each plants at least 1.5 million trees each year in bid to preserve the environment. According to him, the region plans to plant 12 million trees annually. 0 Comments …
Several plantation units exist in records but missing on the ground I 6 FIRs filed Lakhs of trees, both conifers and broad-leaved, claimed to have been planted by the Forest Department in the past few years in reality exist nowhere on the ground. “So many plantation units exist in the …
AAP is 30,000 trees short of its FY 2015-16 target to plant 13 lakh trees The Delhi government is planning to set itself the ambitious goal of planting 15 lakh new trees in financial year 2016-17, even though it is yet to achieve last year’s target of planting 13 lakh …
The Ogun State government has concluded arrangement to begin the distribution of 1.5 million tree seedlings to the state’s nine forest reserves in a strategic move to contain climate change. The Commissioner for Forestry, Chief Kolawole Lawal, dropped the hint in Abeokuta after planting some tree seedlings as part of …
Three months after India committed to an ambitious set of targets under the global climate change Paris agreement the government is working in fits and starts to put the architecture, policy and regulations in place to achieve what it promised to the global community. India promised a 30-35 per cent …
Gurgaon: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday allowed residents of DLF Phase I to water new trees planted by them in the green belt, where BPCL had axed around 50 trees to make way for a petrol bunker. Residents alleged the felling of trees was carried out by the …
The Central government has pulled the plug on two major grassroots-level environmental initiatives in Kerala that have made remarkable progress in recent years, leaving them to an uncertain future. The State science and technology establishment is preparing to wind down the National Green Corps and National Environment Awareness Campaign, the …
Nearly 19,000 sq kms of forest area in the country is under encroachment, the Lok Sabha was told on Tuesday. "As per information provided by states and Union Territories, the forest area under encroachment is 18,994 sq kms which is approximately 2.47 per cent of the total forest area of …
Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar district is all set to get greener. An additional 3.25 lakh trees will be planted in the district in keeping with the directions of UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. According to officials, even though the state government had directed the administration to plant 6.5 lakh trees, …
80% success rate in plantation; funds may be cut for some projects The Forest Department spends around Rs 300 crore on plantation and about Rs 80 crore on wildlife projects. The Forest Department has started evaluating its works, projects and schemes by roping in retired Principal Chief Conservators of Forest …
A total of Rs 2,250 crore has been allocated to the Environment Ministry in this year's budget, an increase of around Rs 600 crore even as the government decided to increase the clean energy tax to Rs 400 per tonne. The Environment Ministry has got Rs 2,250.34 crore in the …
A government panel, set up to suggest ways to improve the ease of doing business, has recommended that ministries — including coal, mines, steel, power, petro-chemicals and environment — work out a 20-year “perspective geographical plan”, indicating preferred locations for future projects, so that environmental clearances are granted at the …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred and Seventy-seventh Report on "The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015". The Bill seeks to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting …
