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 …
Ludhiana the world’s most polluted city according to the World Health Organization (WHO) — will now attempt to break an environmental record, for the most tree saplings planted in an hour, as part of ‘Earth Hour’ celebrations on July 20. While the current record, as per the Guinness Book of …
Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 500 million acres of land in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean was acquired or negotiated under deals brokered on behalf of foreign governments or transnational corporations. Many such deals are geared toward growing crops or biofuels for export to richer, developed …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that the government had no plans to impose ban on mining in the State. It is also not planning to set up a fast-track court to handle cases related to illegal mining. In a written reply to C T Ravi (BJP), Siddaramaiah said that …
Forests (and landscapes with trees) are such an important part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals that we recommend working towards a transformative ‘forest module’. The module improves on the more limited current focus on sustainable forest management, deforestation and reforestation targets. It makes explicit the diversity of …
BANGALORE: In the heart of Bangalore — which some still refer to as Garden City — 10 municipal wards have less than 200 trees. Chikpet, with a population of 52,688, has just 25 trees. Padarayanapura (near Chamrajpet), with a population of 67,623, is no better, with 26 trees. Kempapura Agrahara …
NASHIK: The civic body has invited tenders from private organisations for planting trees in lieu of the 2,000 to be hacked for widening of roads throughout the city limits. Environment activists are, however, sceptical about the maintenance of these plants and insist on following the rules related to any tree …
Fourteen lakh saplings of different species will be planted under Koriya forest division this year. Each Government department has been given a target for plantation of saplings during the monsoon season. Different varieties of saplings are being prepared at ‘Plant Conservation Centres’ in the district. Baikunthpur Forest Ranger Akhilesh Mishra …
We often hear that planting trees can help cool the environment. This may work not only at a household level, but also on the planetary scale-large scale afforestation has been advanced by the United Nations as a means of mitigating global climate change. At the garden level, trees provide shade …
Meghalaya frames guidelines 18 years after Supreme Court ban on timber felling SHILLONG: 18 years after the ban on tree felling by the Supreme Court, the Meghalaya Forest department has framed a working scheme for judicious harvesting of timber and subsequent tree plantations. The working scheme for the non-Government forests …
The land-use sector can contribute to climate change mitigation not only by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also by increasing carbon uptake from the atmosphere and thereby creating negative CO2 emissions. In this paper, we investigate two land-based climate change mitigation strategies for carbon removal: afforestation and bioenergy in …
GURGAON: The city's shrinking green cover has posed a serious threat, and environmentalists and city authorities are geared to make it greener this monsoon season by planting more trees. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has planned to plant nearly 50,000 saplings in the areas falling under its jurisdiction. A …
NASHIK: Even as the district administration claimed to have achieved 81% of its tree plantation target for the fiscal 2013-14, it doesn't have any information about how many saplings managed to survive. The administration had the target of planting 80 lakh saplings in the previous financial year under the 100-crore …
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Valley Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development today planted approximately 700 trees and shrubs on the eight-lane road strips stretching 2.66-km between Maitighar and Tinkune as part of initiation towards landscaping and promoting greenery in the capital. Minister for Urban Development Narayan Singh Khadka inaugurated …
The government plans to increase the forest cover in the country to 35 percent by 2020. Currently, the forest cover is 29.7 percent. At least 9,00,000 acres need to be planted to achieve the target, said Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha. The minister was addressing a meeting at …
The Chhattisgarh Government has set a target of planting 7.58 crore saplings of different species under “Harier Chhattisgarh Abhiyan” (Green Chhattisgarh Campaign) in the State this year. Chief Minister Raman Singh while chairing a meeting here did not hide his displeasure with the industrial organisations for not completing their target …
Bilaspur division Commissioner KDP Rao on Tuesday directed the officials of the Forest department to ensure that the forest conservation measures must be visible on the ground. Holding a meeting of the department officials, he said that it was essential for them to take conservation measures so that the trees …
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said that tree plantation campaign initiated by the city administration in coordination with the NFEH Forest Department of Sindh, will help make the city green and clean. He was speaking at a launch of tree plantation campaign of Bohra Community as chief guest held …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 1.150 billion for 47 projects of environment sector in budget 2014-15. Initiating an ambitious programme of billion tree tsunami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to set-up nurseries on 80 acres of land, tree plantation on 15,700 acres of land, seed sowing on 2400 …
Newly appointed surface transport and rural development minister Nitin Gadkari has drafted an ambitious green plan to plant 200 crore saplings on national highways across the country. Gadkari has been credited with the construction of the MumbaiPune Expressway and 55 flyovers in Mumbai. Prima facie, the plan may not take …
The government plans to plant 200 crore trees along the entire 1 lakh km National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth. “The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometre. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to plant 200 crore …
