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.

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

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.

Revegetation of degraded ecosystems provides opportunities for carbon sequestration and bioenergy production. However, vegetation expansion in water-limited areas creates potentially conflicting demands for water between the ecosystem and humans. Current understanding of these competing demands is still limited. Here, we study the semi-arid Loess Plateau in China, where the ‘Grain to Green’ large-scale revegetation programme has been in operation since 1999.

With an aim to reduce pollution.With an aim to reduce pollution.

Himachal Pradesh government has set a target of planting over one crore saplings this year to increase the depleting green cover in the state.

Although deforestation continues unabated in tropical forests, a new study has revealed some unexpected good news: tree cover on agricultural land is increasing across the globe, capturing nearly 0

The Forest Department has planted about 70,000 saplings of various medicinal and other species over an area of 123 hectares in lieu of axed trees for the four-laning of the Parwanoo-Solan stretch o

Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Chaudhary Lal Singh today said that Government is undertaking various ‘Missions’ for the broader understanding and responses on climate change across

An Act to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered f

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