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Order of the Supreme Court regarding felling of 202 trees in the Perumalai forest for laying of road, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, 22/04/2019

Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2019. The application has been filed seeking permission for removal of 202 nos. of trees in the Perumalai Reserve Forest at Lingavadai Village in Natham Taluk, Dindigul District from L. Malaiyur Forest Road upto Rajakadu Km 0/0 – 2/800 for laying road.

Judgement Date: 
22/04/2019
Tags:
Forests, Roads, Dindigul (D), Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court, Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Net Present Value (NPV), Compensatory Afforestation
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding felling of trees for construction by R&R Army Hospital, Delhi, 08/04/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2019 regarding felling of trees for the construction to be undertaken by the Referral Research Army Hospital, Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
08/04/2019
Tags:
Forests, Delhi, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensatory Afforestation, Trees
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Plan for environmental protection and afforestation, 11/02/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Plan for environmental protection and afforestation, 11/02/2019. The State/UTs-wise details of funds released and utilised under Compensatory Afforestation Funds ,Green India Mission and National Afforestation Programme for the last three years and current year are given in Annexure-I, II and III respectively.

Publication Date: 
Monday, February 11, 2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, National Mission for Green India (GIM), Finance, Statistics, India, Parliament
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for increasing forest cover, 11/02/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for increasing forest cover, 11/02/2019. The State/UTs wise details of forest cover along with percentage as per ISFR-2017 is given in Annexure-I. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for afforestation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas through people’s participation.

Publication Date: 
Monday, February 11, 2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Forests, Compensatory Afforestation, National Mission for Green India (GIM), India, Statistics, Parliament
Environment

Green nod is holding up 30 hydel power projects

Another significant reason behind delay in construction of these 30 projects is non-availability of land for compensatory afforestation.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2019
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Compensatory Afforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), Arunachal, Energy, Environment
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding transfer of fund to National Compensatory Afforestation Fund, 28/01/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/01/2019.

Judgement Date: 
28/01/2019
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), Finance
Forests

Punjab: Environment crusader feels disillusioned at the end of battle to save green cover

CHANDIGARH: Sangrur based environment activist Amandeep Aggarwal feels disillusioned that his grit and perseverance in exposing the alleged rampant tree felling and misplaced compensatory afforesta

Publication Date: 
28/12/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Trees, Deforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensatory Afforestation, Forests
Forests

NGT seeks report on afforestation

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought action taken report from the Chandigarh-based Regional Officer (North) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, regarding compliance o

Publication Date: 
28/12/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Afforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensatory Afforestation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal felling of trees at at Chak Ganjaria Farm at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 01/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of We the People Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding illegal felling of trees at at Chak Ganjaria Farm at Lucknow where a Hightech City has been developed by the State of Uttar Pradesh. The report of the Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RSAC), Department of Science and Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh dated 13.10.2018 shows that under ‘Vegetative Cover’ sub-category ‘Tree Cover Density 40% to 70%’, the area was 0.684 hectares in the year 2012, which became zero in the year 2017.

Judgement Date: 
01/11/2018
Tags:
Trees, Deforestation, Lucknow, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensatory Afforestation, Uttar Pradesh
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding permission for construction of a building in the Morphological Ridge Area, Delhi, 26/09/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/09/2018. This application has been filed by the Weapons and Electronic Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE), Ministry of Defence, Government of India seeking permission for construction of the Office Building at Survey No. 183, Brar Square, New Delhi falling in Morphological Ridge Area.

Judgement Date: 
26/09/2018
Tags:
Forests, Delhi, Supreme Court, Compensatory Afforestation, Delhi Development Authority (DDA)

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