Forests

वन विभाग लगाएगा 5 हजार पेड़

नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्युनल का निर्देश

नजफगढ़ से काटे गए पेड़ों की होगी भरपाई
दिल्ली मेट्रो रेल कॉर्पोरेशन (डीएमआरसी) के काम की वजह से नजफगढ़ के घुम्मनहेड़ा इलाके से काटे गए पेड़ों की भरपाई डिपार्टमेंट ऑफ फॉरेस्ट एंड वाइल्डलाइफ करेगा। डिपार्टमेंट ने इस इलाके में करीब 5 हजार पेड़ लगाने की योजना बनाई है।

Publication Date: 
20/03/2014
Navbharat Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Trees, Afforestation, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Forests, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Climate Change

Global Warming May Double Japan Heat-Related Deaths, Study Says

Global warming may lead to more heat-related deaths and increase the damage caused by floods in Japan, a group of researchers said in a study released today.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Japan, Climate Change, Floods, Trees, Afforestation, Flood Control
Forests

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (69 of 1980), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003, namely: These rules may be called the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2014.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Forest Conservation, India, Forest Act 1980, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006, Forest Policy, Afforestation
Forests

CDA to plant 6m saplings

Capital Development Authority (CDA) will plant 0.6 million saplings in Islamabad during the current spring plantation drive.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2014
Pakistan Observer
Tags:
Pakistan, Forests, Afforestation, Trees, South Asia, Islamabad
Health

National campaign against dengue

To eradicate dengue, a multi-pronged campaign was launched on Tuesday across six Indian cities with public-private partnership.

As part of the two-month long campaign ‘U & Me Against Dengue’, fumigation drive, neem plantation and cleanliness drive would be kicked off in phases across Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad to combat the spread of the mosquito-borne viral infection.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Dengue, Health Effects, Neem, Afforestation, Sanitation, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore (T), Children, Health Education, Health
Forests

Narmada greens to ease water woes

Plantation and conservation of forest cover on the bank of Narmada— main source of water supply to Indore, will significantly reduce water treatment cost, thereby easing burden from Indore Municipa

Publication Date: 
06/03/2014
Bagish K Jha
Times Of India (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Indore (D), Forest Conservation, Narmada, Water Supply, Afforestation, River Pollution, Hydrology, Forests
Mining

NGT directions not ‘practical’: CM

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday slammed National Green Tribunal (NGT), for issuing orders without thinking and without being aware of the reality in Goa.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2014
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Sand, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests, Afforestation
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal issue of cutting trees for the work of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 05/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vikas Vs. DMRC & Ors. dated 05/03/2014 on the issue of cutting trees for the work of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The Affidavit shows that permission was granted to the Project Proponent (DMRC) to fell 491 trees and transplant 7 trees on condition to plant 4980 trees as against the trees to be cut and the DMRC has already deposited Rs. 1,61,05,320/- with the Department of Forest in compliance of the permission granted. The Tribunal has noted that the Forest Department has already planted 1700 saplings.

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2014
Tags:
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Afforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Deforestation, Trees
Forests

0.5m trees to be planted by April 30

District Coordination Officer Muhammad Asif Qureshi has said that 500,000 saplings would be planted in the district till April 30.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2014
Pakistan Observer
Tags:
Pakistan, Forests, Afforestation, Trees, South Asia
Poverty

Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year

Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person–days so far in the current fiscal in executing the central government’s flagship rural jobs scheme MGNREGS, a

Publication Date: 
04/03/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Tripura, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Ministry Of Rural Development, Drinking Water, Water Resources, Watershed Development, Afforestation, Roads, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Poverty

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