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 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 hectares of land will be brought under the forestation drive in the country. "Under the first step, we will …
On World Environment Day, this could be worrying news for the new environment minister. A study by forest researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) has concluded that India could be grossly "over-reporting" its forest cover. The researchers say that the existing forest cover, in reality, may be what …
The widespread loss of greenery to the ongoing road expansion drive in Kathmandu Valley is set to be reverted beginning with a section on the 2.2km road spanning Maitighar and Tinkune. Trees, shrubs and herbaceous species will provide much-valued greenery to 350 metres of the road in the first phase …
World Environment Day’ is observed with the message to maintain ecological balance and to protect greenery all around as well as to preserve flora and fauna. Sadly enough, the scenario in this age of globalization is more for destruction of nature and its valuable treasures. It is not in any …
Dolloi Chiefs of Jaintia Hills agree to work with SPIKAP to implement GEF/ UNDP pilot project grant for protection of six Sacred Forests, as a pilot project and to also sensitise those incharge of the Community Village Forest, Clan Forest and Large tracts of Private Forest A meeting of the …
The concerns about depleting green cover and increasing air pollution in the national Capital have made the Delhi Forest Department launch a massive plantation drive soon. The drive will witness plantation of 7.5 lakh saplings in the current financial year, besides free distribution of four lakh saplings. The focus of …
Butana is a dry plateau in northern Sudan, east of the river Nile. Covering 65,000 square kilometres, less than 10% can be described as ‘woodland’ in the vaguest sense of the word, and even these trees are disappearing rapidly. The Butana Integrated Rural Development Project began in 2008 with the …
This new report on development and ecological sustainability in Uttarakhand by Ravi Chopra, environmentalist analyzes Uttarakhand, India, current development pattern in terms of equity and sustainability in the context of floods and landslides which affected the region. Says that the devastation in Uttarakhand on June 15-17, 2013 was aggravated many …
The new environment, forests and climate change minister, Prakash Javadekar, has been advised by the bureaucracy at Paryavaran Bhawan against continuing with the ban on mining in forests and moratorium on new factories in heavily polluted industrial areas. Two officials, present at the first meeting of the minister with senior …
The Social Forestry Department will plant more than 4.5 lakh saplings in the district in connection with observance of World Environmental Day on June 5. Minister for Co-operation C.N. Balakrishnan will officially inaugurate the afforestation drive at a function to be held at Model Government Girls High School, Thrissur. Mayor …
The persons and institutions are to get a certificate, a crest and cash for the award The ministry of environment and forest has finalised the nomination of persons and institutions for the Prime Minister's national award on tree plantation, 2013. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the award to …
The city would become a lot greener if ‘Nakshathra Vanam’ and a massive tree planting programme take root in the city. The greening programme will be launched in the city on June 5, World Environment Day. The ‘Nakshathra Vanam’ programme will witness the planting of 27 species of trees associated …
The civic body is going to uproot around 40 coconut trees along the Rankala Lake at Shalini Palace to prevent them from weakening the protection wall, resulting in its collapse. This decision was taken after the collapse of a 35 feet section of the wall on Monday. The roots of …
Meghalaya Minister of Forest and Environment Prestone Tynsong pledge to have a revamp Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MPSCB)with a “zero tolerance policy” to anyone who breach the Forest Control Act; 1980. The MSPCB is set to be brought under the State department of forest and environment. The decision to …
The State Government in a bid to provide additional source of income to farmers in the Naxal-infested areas, has decided to engage them in special plantation drives, for which it will shell out around Rs10.87 crore. The move, according to Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand would help enhance the green cover …
Concerned over rising temperature in the city, the environment wing of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will change in its approach to plantation. Instead of planting decorative and fast-growing trees, the BMC will gor for shady trees from the coming monsoon to create a green canopy on city roads, official sources …
The Forest department is eyeing the money available under corporate social responsibility funds (CSR) of various companies to develop forests. The new CSR Rules which came into effect from April 1, 2014, as part of the Companies Act, 2013, provide that every company, private or public limited, which has a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sukhjeet Singh Ahluwalia Vs. Gurudwara Gurnanak Mandir Trust & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding regarding the cutting of trees without permission in Betul Nagarpalika, Madhya Pradesh. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/113-2014(CZ)(OA)_6May2014.pdf
Taking forward an agreed framework of the 2013 Warsaw climate conference, India has come out with a draft national policy on 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (popularly known as REDD+ initiative) which will enable local communities to get financial incentives for increasing forest cover. The REDD+ initiative is …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jayshree Dansena Vs M/s Athena Chhattisgarh Power Private Ltd. dated 30/04/2014 regarding dynamite blasting at project site at Gram Singhitarai, Janjgir-Champa District in Chhattisgarh. The application was moved for the purpose of protecting lives and health …
