Compensatory Afforestation

Eyewash? Why planting 10 saplings for every tree lost is not the answer

NEW DELHI: Even as a citizen-led movement successfully halted the cutting of more than 16,000 trees in Delhi for redeveloping residential facilities, many felt compensatory afforestation by way of

Publication Date:

10/07/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Afforestation, Trees, Compensatory Afforestation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forests

Forests

Revoke tree cutting nod for 3 projects: Government to LG

NEW DELHI: Citing violations of the National Green Tribunal order about compensatory plantation, Delhi government on Tuesday recommended to the LG to revoke permission given for felling of trees fo

Publication Date:

04/07/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Trees, Deforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Air Pollution, Forests

Forests

Delhi: Tree cut in Netaji Nagar despite High Court order, claims activist, no FIR yet

According to NBCC officials, strict instructions have been given to contractors not to cut any trees till July 4.

Publication Date:

27/06/2018

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Trees, Deforestation, High Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensatory Afforestation, Forests

Forests

Green cover to go up three times after redeveloping S Delhi colonies: Centre

NEW DELHI: Green area will increase three times after the redevelopment of seven government colonies in Delhi, housing and urban affairs ministry claimed on Thursday citing official data.

Publication Date:

22/06/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Trees, Housing, Compensatory Afforestation, Forests

Forests

Bad air? 16,500 trees to be felled to build houses for govt officials

NEW DELHI: While the need perhaps is for more trees to be planted in a city plagued by pollution, seven major housing projects are set to take a toll of Delhi’s tree population — the environment im

Publication Date:

21/06/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Deforestation, Trees, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Compensatory Afforestation, Air Pollution, Forests

Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding utilization of land for the widening of National Highway from Dhaula Kuan, Delhi, 03/05/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2018 regarding utilization of land for the widening of National Highway from Dhaula Kuan, Delhi, 03/05/2018. It is stated by the counsel appearing for the NHAI that 21.52 hectares of land in Yamuna Flood Plain has been handed over to the NHAI. It is further stated that 5% of the Project cost has been deposited with the Ridge Management Board.

Judgement Date:

03/05/2018

Tags:

Highways, Forests, Land Use, Delhi, Supreme Court, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Compensatory Afforestation

Environment

Norms dilution may expose eco-sensitive areas in city

The draft mentions that construction of sewage treatment plants in CRZ-I area shall be taken only by the municipal authorities.

Publication Date:

20/04/2018

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environmentalists, Coastal Regulations, Compensatory Afforestation, Mangroves, Environment

Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding maintenance of green cover along highways, 13/04/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sushil Raaja Vs Secretary, MORTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) & Others dated 13/04/2018 regarding maintenance of green cover along highways. The States were asked to furnish the following information:

a. Stretch of roads in different areas in the State where trees have been felled and the areas identified for compensatory afforestation.

b. The number of trees proposed to be felled.

MOEF has submitted that the requisite information has not been given by :

Judgement Date:

13/04/2018

Tags:

Highways, Compensatory Afforestation, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, India, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Forests

70% afforestation projects taken up in forests, gram sabha consent ignored: Study

NEW DELHI: A new study on more than 2000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country found that in 70% of the projects plantations have been taken up on notified forest land but terme

Publication Date:

19/03/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation, Gram Sabhas, Trees, Chhattisgarh, Tribals, Forest Act 1980, Forests

Forests

Gram sabha definition in draft CAF rules could deprive some forest dwellers of consultation: MoTA

The ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) has raised a number of concerns with the draft rules for implementation of the compensatory afforestation fund (CAF) Act, notified by the union environment min

Publication Date:

27/02/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation, Gram Sabhas, Tribals, Forest Conservation, Wildlife, Forests