Forests

Machinga to plant 3 million trees

Machinga District Forestry Officer Harry Chalira on Thursday disclosed that the district is targeting to plant 3 million trees during this year’s tree planting season.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2018
Malawi News Agency (MANA)
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Trees, Malawi, Africa
Forests

Phalombe District Council geared to plant 1.2million tree seedlings

Phalombe District Council in collaboration with a local Non- Governmental Organization (NGO) DUnited Purpose (UP) on Wednesday launched the 2017/18 district tree planting season with hope of planti

Publication Date: 
16/02/2018
Malawi News Agency (MANA)
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Malawi, Trees, Africa
Forests

Telengana CM bats for forest protection around Hyderabad

Rao said that there was 1.5 lakh acres of forest land around city which should be developed into forest blocks for fresh air.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Forests, Air Pollution Control, Hyderabad (T), Afforestation, Trees
Climate Change

Negative emission technologies: what role in meeting Paris Agreement targets?

A new report confirms that negative emission technologies (NETs) offer only “limited realistic potential” to remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and not at the scale envisaged in some climate scenarios.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2018
European Academies' Science Advisory Council
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union (EU), Afforestation
Mining

Punjab to go for open bidding for mining

‘3,000 acres of panchayat land identified’

The Punjab government has decided to adopt an open bidding mechanism for mining at suitable panchayat land across the State.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Mining, Panchayats, Land, Afforestation
Forests

Impressive headway notched as Kili plants 24 m trees after 2016

This was revealed here recently by Mr Simon Msoka, an official of the Kilimanjaro Regional Secretariat, during a land use and climate smart agriculture workshop.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2018
Daily News (Tanzania)
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Tanzania, Trees, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of hotels which are running unauthorisedly in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, 18/12/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Barog Heights Hotel dated 18/12/2017 regarding construction of hotels which are running unauthorisedly in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
18/12/2017
Tags:
Hotels, Solan (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Himachal Pradesh, Afforestation, Compensation
Forests

$8m afforestation funds lie idle

THE $8 million collected by Treasury for the Afforestation Fund in 2015 by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and deposited into the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) account has not yet

Publication Date: 
13/12/2017
Zimbabwe Daily
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Zimbabwe, Africa
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees across the state of Punjab, 24/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Peacock Environment & Wild Life Protection Society Vs. State of Punjab dated 24/11/2017 regarding felling of trees across the state of Punjab for different projects.

Judgement Date: 
24/11/2017
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Punjab, Infrastructure Development, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Catumbela reforestation project launched

The Project that covers exploration of eucalypts, pine and cedar trees is meant to develop new forest fields in perimeters that belonged to the Angola Cellulose and Paper Company (CCPA) in Benguela

Publication Date: 
24/11/2017
Angola Press
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Angola, Eucalyptus, Africa

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