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Environment Ministry notifies draft rules of Compensatory Afforestation Act

The remaining 20 per cent of NPV will be utilised for strengthening the forest and wildlife-related infrastructure, capacity building of personnel of state forest departments and other associated a

Publication Date: 
19/02/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Wildlife, Crop Pests, Forest Conservation, Forests
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation on forest land, 18/12/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation on forest land, 18/12/2017. Compensatory afforestation has been done on 8.13 lakh hectare (Non forest land- 3.27 lakh ha. and Degraded forest land- 4.86 lakh ha.) from the Compensatory Afforestation Fund. Fund released to different States/Union Territories upto 30.11.2017 from Compensatory Afforestation Fund managed by Ad-hoc CAMPA is placed at Annexure-A.

Publication Date: 
Monday, December 18, 2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Finance, India, Statistics, Parliament
Forests

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding rate of Net Present Value to be paid by Mangalam Cement, Kota, Rajasthan, 07/11/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Mangalam Cement Limited Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 07/11/2017 regarding rate of Net Present Value (NPV) by Mangalam Cement Limited, Kota, Rajasthan. Mangalam Cement contention is that the forest land in question is degraded having density of less than of 0.01, the NPV should have been charged at the minimum rate of Rs. 5.80 lakhs per hectare and not at the rate of Rs. 9.0 hectares.

Judgement Date: 
07/11/2017
Tags:
Net Present Value (NPV), Cement Industry, Mining, Kota (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Court, Rajasthan, Compensatory Afforestation
Forests

Compensatory Afforestation

Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually be accelerating the invasion of India’s forests by big corporations, in collusion with a permissive state, by legitimising the destruction of forests, greenwashing the land grabs, and encroaching on common property resources and community-held lands.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2017
Soumitra Ghosh
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Deforestation, Land Use, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Mining, Dams, Compensatory Afforestation, Polavaram, Lower Subansiri, Durgapur, Sikkim, Arunachal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC)
Forests

1.45 lakh trees axed in 8 months, Punjab forest deptt tells NGT

Bathinda: The Punjab forest and wildlife department claims to have planted 7.87 lakh saplings under the compensatory afforestation scheme during the ongoing fiscal year so far.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2017
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Compensatory Afforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Trees, Forests
Forests

Guidelines for conducting Cost Benefit Analysis for projects involving diversion of forest land under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980

The economic viability of any development project that involves diversion of forest land may now reduce with the environment ministry coming up with new cost benefit analysis guidelines.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Cost Benefit Analysis, Ecosystem Services, Compensatory Afforestation
Forests

Draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund Rules, 2017

The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has come up with draft rules to implement the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act 2016. The draft has stirred up a controversy with civil societies alleging that stakeholders have not been consulted while in the process.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), India, Afforestation
Forests

Environment Ministry to review pending forest clearance

In what is seen as having long-term implications for conservation of forests, the Union Environment Ministry has decided to review the status of pending forest clearance and expedite the process.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2017
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Environmentalists, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Compensatory Afforestation, Forests
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Degraded Forest, 28/03/2017. Compensatory afforestation is one of the most important conditions stipulated by the Central Government while approving proposals for de-reservation or diversion of forest land for non-forest uses.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, Forest Conservation, India, Parliament
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for afforestation, 12/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for afforestation, 12/12/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has two Centrally Sponsored afforestation Schemes (CSS) for environment protection, namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) Scheme and the Green India Mission (GIM) for afforestation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining landscapes with participatory approach. The State-wise details of funds released during the financial years 2013-14 to 2016-17-till date under NAP and GIM are given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Monday, December 12, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, National Mission for Green India (GIM), Compensatory Afforestation, Finance, India, Statistics, Parliament

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