Compensatory Afforestation

Environment panel seeks detailed plan on Chandrababu Naidu’s Amaravati

PM Modi laid the foundation for ally Chandrababu Naidu's dream, project — the new state capital at Amaravati — in last October.

Publication Date:

13/05/2016

Author(s): Anubhuti Vishnoi

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Land Use, Environmental Security, Compensatory Afforestation, Environment

Forests

Lok Sabha passes Bill to unlock over Rs 40,000 crore for increasing forest cover in India

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditious utilization of accumulated unspent amounts to the tune

Publication Date:

04/05/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA)

Forests

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016

A Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered f

Publication Date:

03/05/2016

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, India, Parliament

Forests

Unlocking Forests: Does CAF Bill 2015 Offer Enough?

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has been entrusted with preserving and improving the forest wealth of the country in the interest of its citizens and national ecological security.

Publication Date:

01/05/2016

Source: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Compensatory Afforestation, Afforestation, India, CSE, Forest Conservation

Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation, 25/04/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation, 25/04/2016.

Publication Date:

25/04/2016

Source: Rajya Sabha

Tags:

Compensatory Afforestation, Afforestation, India, Parliament

Forests

Tree census excludes mangrove, activists say urgent need for mapping

A senior official said there were various difficulties that led to mangroves not being included in the census.

Publication Date:

05/04/2016

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mangroves, Ecosystems, Compensatory Afforestation, Trees, Forests

Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Tidong-I Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, 04/04/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Kumar Negi & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/04/2016 regarding Tidong-I Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh.

The Tribunal permits the Project Proponent (M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd) to carry out the construction work of the project on certains conditions which includes:

i) Shall not fell trees in any manner whatsoever.

ii) Shall not allow disruption of natural drainage of river Tidong.

Judgement Date:

04/04/2016

Tags:

Dams, Rivers, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, Hydrology, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, High Court, Forest Clearance, Deforestation, Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Gram Panchayat, Compensatory Afforestation

Climate Change

India to ratify Paris pact on April 22

India will join 100 nations in ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change on April 22, Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar said at the University of Mumbai

Publication Date:

04/04/2016

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), India, Global Warming, Compensatory Afforestation, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Climate Impacts

Forests

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015: Two Hundred and Seventy-seventh Report

Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred and Seventy-seventh Report on "The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015".

Publication Date:

26/02/2016

Source: Rajya Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), India, Parliament, Forests, Forest Act 1980

Forests