Forests

Afforestation drive creates city’s largest green lung

Nearly 31,500 seedlings being planted near Kazhakuttam

Publication Date: 
28/04/2017
Sarath Babu George
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Afforestation, Bamboo, Mango, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Climate Change, Forests
Forests

Forest dept to get more hands to shield Ridge

The capital's forest and wildlife department may soon recruit 290 more frontline staff, including over 200 forest guards and 66 foresters, sanctioned by the finance and planning department.With are

Publication Date: 
28/04/2017
Jasjeev Gandhiok
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Delhi, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Forest Encroachments, NGO, Afforestation
Climate Change

Implementation of the framework for capacity-building in countries with economies in transition

This report aims to inform discussions on the fourth review of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in countries with economies in transition established under decision 3/CP.7 at the forty-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2017
UNFCCC
Tags:
Climate Change, Conference Of Parties, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Afforestation, European Union (EU), Renewable Energy, Forest Management, Russia, Ukraine, Climate Agreements
Forests

Draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund Rules, 2017

The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has come up with draft rules to implement the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act 2016. The draft has stirred up a controversy with civil societies alleging that stakeholders have not been consulted while in the process.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), India, Afforestation
Forests

Green Belt Project Targets Planting 20 Million Trees: Nimir

Khartoum- Minister of Environment in Khartoum State Maj. Gen. Omer Nimir has said the Green Belt Project in Khartoum State will contribute to reduction of temperature of

Publication Date: 
24/04/2017
Sudan Vision (Sudan)
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Sudan, Desert Spread, Trees, Poverty, Africa
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017. Compensatory afforestation is one of the most important conditions stipulated by the Central Government while approving proposals for de-reservation or diversion of forest land for non-forest uses.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, Forest Conservation, India, Parliament
Forests

Green cover in Indore region increasing, claims forest department

Indore: With the concern of common people to save forests and trees increasing day by day, the green cover in the forest area in Indore and nearby districts have gone up.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2017
Times Of India (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Indore (D), Trees, Afforestation, LPG, Bamboo, Forests
Forests

सरहद की हिफाजत के बाद पर्यावरण संरक्षण की कमान संभाले हैं ये रणबांकुरे

पिछले साढ़े तीन दशक से 127-गढ़वाल (टीए) ईको टास्क फोर्स कई वनस्पतिविहीन पहाड़ियों को फिर हरा-भरा कर दिया है।यह फोर्स डेढ़ करोड़ पौधे लगाने का कीर्तिमान स्थापित कर चुकी है।

Publication Date: 
14/03/2017
Dainik Jagran (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Afforestation, Trees, Environmental Security, Tehri Garhwal, Forests
Energy

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding loss of ecology as a result of windmills erected in Kallpavalli, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, 03/03/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kallpavalli Vriksha Pempakamdarula Vs. Union of India & Others dated 03/03/2017 regarding ecological and environmental loss as a result of the establishment of 55 windmills erected in the Kallpavalli, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh. ENERCON India Limited was asked to pay an environmental compensation of Rs. 50 lakh.

Judgement Date: 
03/03/2017
Tags:
Wind Energy, Anantapur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Renewable Energy, Afforestation, Compensation, Power Industry, Andhra Pradesh
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating in Purba Medinipore, West Bengal, 02/03/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bengal Trading Company Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 02/03/2016 regarding brick kilns operating in Purba Medinipore, West Bengal.

NGT in the Order said that since in the case of new brick kilns a mandatory condition for establishing multi-layered green belt is imposed, it would also be applicable to the brick kilns existed prior to or after the year 2000.

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2017
Tags:
Bricks, Medinipur (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation

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