Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Areas, 08/12/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Areas, 08/12/2015. The Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun assesses the forest cover of the country at the interval of two years. As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013, there is a net increase of 5871 sq km. in the forest cover as compared to the previous assessment of 2011, which can be attributed to afforestation, conservation measures, management interventions etc. The State-wise details of forest cover are given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Forest Management, Afforestation, India, Statistics, Parliament, Carbon Sequestration
Forests

HC seeks experts’ help to develop forest

Wants suggestions to develop forest land near S. Delhi fort

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Trees, High Court, Afforestation, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Peacock, Water Pollution, Forests
Forests

Pan-African pledge to restore forests by planting 100 million hectares of trees wins $1.5bn backing

Pan-African pledge to restore forests by planting 100 million hectares of trees wins $1.5bn backing

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Africa, Forest Management, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Land, Global Warming
Forests

African forestry scheme aims to build prosperity by restoring landscape

More than a dozen African countries have joined an “unprecedented” $1.6bn (£1bn) initiative to boost development and fight climate change by restoring 100m hectares (247m acres) of forest across th

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Africa, Forest Management, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, World Bank, Afforestation
Climate Change

The economics of climate change mitigation options in the forest sector. summary report

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has issued a publication containing key messages from the February 2015 International Online Conference on the 'Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector.' The report addresses afforestation and reforestation, reduced deforestation and degradation, changing forest ma

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
FAO
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Afforestation, Deforestation, Energy, Green Buildings, Forest Management, Carbon Sequestration, India, Global
Mining

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mining in Forest Areas, 01/12/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mining in Forest Areas, 01/12/2015. The Government of India grants prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to use forest land for the purpose for various development projects.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Forest Act 1980, Forest Conservation, India, Parliament, Afforestation
Environment

House Panel constitutes committee to dig out truth within 15 days

Continuous soil erosion despite plantation of 16 lakh trees

*Environ degradation least priority for many MLAs

Publication Date: 
30/11/2015
Mohinder Verma
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Jammu (D), Environmental Health, Soil Erosion, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Afforestation, Environmental Security, Environment, Jammu & Kashmir
Forests

1.2 lakh saplings to be planted in West Godavari

Eluru: Minister for women and child welfare Peethala Sujatha said that as many as 1.20 lakh saplings will be planted in West Godavari as part of Karthika Vana Mahotsvam to promote greenery in the s

Publication Date: 
26/11/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, West Godavari, Afforestation, Trees, Forests
Environment

Need for a balance between development and environment: Kumar

Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Ashwani Kumar today said balance has to be kept between the need for development and environment

Publication Date: 
26/11/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Environmental Security, Development, Afforestation, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Eco-Sensitive Zone
Forests

Islamic organisation plants 10,000 seedlings to combat desert encroachment

Jigawa State’s Jama’atu Nasrul Islam (JNI) in northern Nigeria has said that it had planted 10,000 assorted seedlings to combat desertification in the state.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2015
Star Africa
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Nigeria, Desert Spread, Africa

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