Environment

Sound barriers, 17k trees, rain pits for Metro green nod

NOIDA: The State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has issued terms of reference to the Noida Metro Rail Corporation for an inspection in September, which is necessary for the p

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Noise Pollution, Metro, Rail Transport, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Afforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Ecology, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment
Forests

NTPC Bongaigaon signs MoU with Forest dept

NTPC Bongaigaon on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Forest department to contribute for plantation of one million trees in the State through the Forest department, o

Publication Date: 
23/08/2016
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Trees, Afforestation, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Forests
Forests

A 1st: Reserved forest status for mangroves

Mumbai: Maharashtra has officially notified 15,087.6 hectares of mangrove land across the state as reserved forest, the first state to do so.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2016
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Mangroves, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), NGO, Afforestation, Forests
Forests

Protect sandalwood trees; get rewarded

The Forest Department will suitably reward the local people who supported the move of the department in raising the sandalwood trees in the reserve forests in Vazhappadi range.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2016
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Sandalwood, Trees, Afforestation, Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 18/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Himachal Pradesh to file his personal affidavit in relation to the trees that have already been cut for the project in question, how many trees are proposed to be planted and how many have already been planted. 

Judgement Date: 
18/08/2016
Tags:
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Afforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Shimla (D), Court, Roads, Himachal Pradesh
Forests

Steady rise in survival rate of saplings

In the Lutyens’ Delhi, survival rate of saplings has shown a steady rise during the last three monsoons, according to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research.

Publication Date: 
16/08/2016
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Trees, Afforestation, Monsoons, Forests
Forests

87,000 saplings planted in H.P., NHAI informs NGT

The Himachal Pradesh forest department has planted around 87,000 saplings in the forest range of Parwanoo, Dharampur and nearby areas as compensatory afforestation, the National Highways Authority

Publication Date: 
12/08/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Trees, Afforestation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 11/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Counsel appearing for the NHAI upon instruction from Col. Ram Swarup Puri, RO-cum-Project Director, Shimla submits that more than 52000 trees have been planted by Forest Department as compensatory afforestation in lieu of the trees that have been uprooted /felled from the site in question, that is Parwaanu.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2016
Tags:
Deforestation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Shimla (D), Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation
Forests

Civic bodies to have green cells

Hyderabad: Civic bodies in Telangana will set up a green cell envisaging enhancement of green cover in the state.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2016
Times Of India (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Municipal Corporations, Trees, Afforestation, Monsoons, Forests
Mining

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mines in Forest Area, 09/08/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mines in Forest Area, 09/08/2016. Details of Mining projects for different minerals approved for diversion of forest land from 1980 to July, 2016 in the country is at Annexure –I. The production /extraction of metals from the mines damages dense forest. In lieu of forest diverted, the user agency give equal non-forest area and get it mutated in favour of forest department prior to commencement of mining in forest land. The area is planted under compensatory afforestation scheme at the cost of user agency.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Minerals, Mineral - Based Industry, Afforestation, India, Statistics, Parliament

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