Afforestation

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding status of Zudpi lands in Maharashtra, 22/05/2025

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 …

PCB to plant 3,000 trees

Pune, August 03 As part of its initiative to make cantonment areas greener, the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has organised a mass tree plantation drive on the premises of the Race Course. On August 5, a total of 3,000 saplings will be planted at various spots inside the Race Course …

M'lore needs strict law to maintain greenery

Just about 10 years ago, Mangalore city had a lot of greenery with more number of trees and well maintained parks. However, the widening of roads and construction of residential/commercial complexes proved fatal for the trees. If the situation continues, our

Forests may be brought under carbon credit plan

Tribune News Service Shimla, August 1 Chief Minister urged the people to make

Plantation to check pollution - School welcomes chief guest with song, dance

East Singhbhum superintendent of police Naveen Kumar Singh waters a plant on the school premises. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Aug. 3: Birhors, Sabars, Paharias, Santhalis and Mundaris today matched their steps at a tree plantation programme organised at Bharat Sevashram Sangh run Swami Parnavanand Centenary Girls' Residential School. With pollution level …

Plantation to check pollution - School welcomes chief guest with song, dance

East Singhbhum superintendent of police Naveen Kumar Singh waters a plant on the school premises. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Aug. 3: Birhors, Sabars, Paharias, Santhalis and Mundaris today matched their steps at a tree plantation programme organised at Bharat Sevashram Sangh run Swami Parnavanand Centenary Girls' Residential School. With pollution level …

The root of the matter: carbon sequestration in forests and peatlands

In tackling climate change, policy makers often overlook the role of the natural world in regulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: specifically, the unique role that forests and peatlands have to play in the battle against rising emissions. Changing approach would significantly reduce the cost of tackling climate change and …

Tree plantation programme begins at DU

Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday began a tree plantation programme on the campus. Chairman of the afforestation and beautification committee Prof AFM Yusuf Haider inaugurated the programme while planting a few saplings of fruit-bearing trees in the Mokarram Hossain Khandakar Bhaban area on the campus. Caretaker of the Arboriculture department …

Delayed monsoon hits PMCs green drive

Pune, July 27 After a long gap, the monsoon has made its reappearance in the city, but its delay has hit the ambitious "Green Pune campaign' of the Pune Municipal Corporation. During the campaign, the PMC had planned to plant 1.85 lakh saplings. "The campaign was planned keeping in mind …

Grama panchayats told to prepare watershed development plans

PALAKKAD: The grama panchayats should prepare plans for the development of watersheds in their respective areas and seek approval if they want it to be implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), according to District Collector K S Sreenivas. Each watershed area should be considered as a unit …

BJP corporator flays PMC for not planting enough trees

Pune, July 24 In view of the rising tree-felling, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator in Pune Municipal Corporation, Anil Shirole, alleged that the civic body itself is failing to plant more trees against each tree cut during the road development work. This way, the PMC is yet to plant …

NC organises tree plantation in memory of BP Koirala

Nepali Congress (NC) Central Office Monday organised a tree plantation ceremony to mark the 26th remembrance day of the party's founding leader late BP Koirala. On the occasion, NC central leaders and party cadres planted diverse kinds of plants along the Bagmati river banks at Balkhu. The participants discussed the …

Fifth new city forest for Delhi

It will be spread over six acres and is expected to stock 3,500 tree species NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government's Environment and Forests Department began work on the Capital's fifth new city forest at Rewla-Khanpur-II in Najafgarh Block here on Tuesday. Over 200 schoolchildren from nearby localities planted more than …

Plant 10 saplings for every tree felled

DH News Service, Udupi: Forest department Mangalore Circle, Forest department Udupi zone, Kundapur Division of Forest department and Kalyanpur Gram Panchayath jointly organised an afforestation programme

AJYCP undertakes tree plantation programme

JORHAT, July 21: The Jorhat district committee of the Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has begun the first of a series of tree plantation programmes to clean and green the environment the youth body planted saplings at the side of the Mallow Ali on Saturday and the event was …

Planting 1 lakh saplings in a day

DH News Service, Mangalore: The forest department of Mangalore Circle comprising of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and parts of Chikmagalur took an initiative to plant one lakh saplings on Monday. Speaking to reporters after launching

MCD to develop park at landfill site

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi launched "Van Mahotsav-2008' with the Leader of the MCD House Subhash Arya planting a sapling at a sanitary landfill site at Hastsal in West Delhi on Sunday. The total area of landfill is about 16 acre and while the civic body has developed a park …

25,000 saplings to be planted

P. Oppili CHENNAI: The State Forest Department will plant 25,000 saplings in Chennai and its suburbs this year as part of the

19 lakh trees inadequate for a populated city

Mumbai, July 18 The tree census 2008 figures may show that the green cover in the city has doubled over the decade, but several tree authority members have contended that 19 lakh trees are inadequate for a city with a population of one crore. A city bursting with development, where …

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