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 …
Ficuscutulata, locally known as chhotabargad located at RariGhat road of Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh is the last surviving endemic tree of ficus species in the state. Chhotabargad is only endemic tree species to the state having been found from Pachmarhi and Orchha (from where it has become extinct). Neglect and …
As part of conservation efforts, Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed to create four wildlife sanctuaries in addition to the existing 10. In a statement in the assembly, chief minister Jayalalithaa said the new sanctuaries were being set up in different districts by encompassing areas where wildlife was present in …
Says govt will urge Centre to release Rs 227 cr Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the state government would urge the Centre to release Rs 277 crore to the state. The amount had erroneously been deposited in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority of India (CAMPA) by …
The objective project Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project is to improve the resilience of selected communities in the coastal and hilly areas of Bangladesh. This would be achieved by: increasing the size of afforested and reforested areas; strengthening alternative livelihoods of forest-dependent communities; and improving the institutional capacity …
After rejecting a proposal last year, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) has recommended clearance of land for the controversial Kalu dam in Thane district, drawing sharp criticism from activists and tribals affected by the project. A letter on Thursday to Union Environment …
JIPMER goes on tree-plantation drive in campus Introducing solar power on the campus and planting trees are all part of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research’s plans to green their campus. The campaign was started on Monday, which was observed as Earth Day. On Monday, saplings were …
Carbon credit system paying rich dividends to farmers too In a silent afforestation campaign, a private company has successfully raised more than a million trees on private lands in five districts in the State and recorded a survival rate of 90 per cent. Giving details to The Hindu about the …
A report by an environment ministry-appointed committee says that it has found "incontrovertible evidence" against Adani Group of violating environmental norms in its Mundra port and SEZ project. The panel has recommended a fine of Rs 200 crore or 1 per cent of the total project investment, whichever is higher, …
SHILLONG: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will take a call on the quantum of penalty to be imposed on cement plants which have violated the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 as per the findings of the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) constituted by the State Government, Forest …
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has set up an oxygen factory on Sun Pharma Road in the city. The factory, however, is no industrial plant, but a plantation of trees – including the banyan tree after which the city is named – that generate high amounts of oxygen. In the first …
Suggestion came when neither the NHAI nor the Pune civic body was willing to undertake the task of replanting trees The Bombay High Court on Tuesday suggested the Pune Municipal Corporation to take the help of school and college students for replanting of those trees which shall be cut for …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 30 industries in Jharsuguda-Sambalpur belt have been directed to launch a massive plantation drive before the onset of monsoon this year. The direction came after a review meeting on Friday in Sambalpur, attended by forest and environment secretary, representatives of industries, forest officials and officials of Orissa …
To increase forest cover in the state, the Punjab Government has decided to plant 4.75 crore saplings in the 2013-14 financial year. Informing this here today, an official spokesman said the government was concerned over the fast reduction of green cover due to deforestation activities like agriculture or wood harvesting. …
Tree saplings and seedlings are being raised in the nurseries owned by the Forest Department across the district. Saplings of teak, rosewood, pungan and other varieties were being raised in the division. An official told The Hindu on Tuesday that the department had raised over one lakh saplings in Hosur …
ITANAGAR: Following the slogan ‘each one, plant one for a green earth,’ the Green Pioneers in collaboration with the State Forest Department organized a tree plantation drive during which hundreds of saplings were planted in and around Donyi–Polo Mission School for Hearing and Visually Impaired at Chimpu here. The ‘green’ …
Bangladesh had successfully stopped the trend of deforestation rather country’s forest coverage increased by around five percent during the regime of the government, said Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday. He was addressing a workshop of United Nations climate financing mechanism in forestry sector REDD at Cirdap auditorium …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has accorded stage-I forest clearance to a redesigned Luhri project with the installed capacity scaled down from 775 MW to 588 MW to address environment concerns.The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the ministry has also recommended the project for an environment clearance with …
New Delhi: The government is set to revise the levy charged from project developers for using forestland. It has asked the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) to submit a report within three months on revising the net present value of forestland, which is charged from project developers as part …
The controversial multi-million dollar Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP) is set to be launched from this month after delaying for almost a year. The programme, has selected six non-government organisations to implement the project in selected 23 districts in the country for the next four years. According to Akhilesh Lal …
Government-backed campaign aims to double Caribbean country's forest cover by 2016 Haiti aims to plant 50m trees a year in a pioneering reforestation campaign to address one of the primary causes of the country's poverty and ecological vulnerability. President Michel Martelly will launch the drive to double forest cover by …
