Forests

Gabon president fires VP, forests minister over hardwood scandal

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has fired his vice president and his forests minister, his office said on Wednesday, after hundreds of containers of illegally logged kevazingo wood that had been seized

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Gabon, Illegal Trade, Africa
Water Resources

There is hardly any water even for abhisheka in Dharmasthala

Publication Date: 
19/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Western Ghats, Water Resources, Deforestation, Drinking Water, Water Supply
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environment norms in and around Giriraj Parvat and Parikrama Marg, Goverdhan, Mathura, 17/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Others Vs Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 17/05/2019 regarding violation of Environment Protection Act 1986 in and around Giriraj Parvat and Parikrama Marg, Goverdhan, District Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The issues raised included disposal of solid and hazardous waste, removal of encroachments from the Reserved Forest area, noise pollution and forest land diversion.

Judgement Date: 
17/05/2019
Tags:
Religious Places, Mathura (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste, Uttar Pradesh
Forests

Nearing the tipping point: drivers of deforestation in the Amazon region

The largest tropical rainforest on the planet, the Amazon plays a critical role as a storehouse of carbon and mediator of the global water cycle and holds a greater share of the world’s known biodiversity than any other ecosystem.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2019
Inter-American Dialogue
Tags:
Deforestation, Amazon, Tropical Forests
Forests

Charcoal traders go to Uganda after Kenya ban

Kenya's ban on logging two years ago has seen charcoal traders flock to Uganda, which has now become the main source of the fuel, further putting a strain on the country’s dwindling forest cover.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Forests, Charcoal, Deforestation, Kenya, Uganda, Biofuels, Africa
Biodiversity

Biodiversity heroes: The teenagers saving Madagascar's wildlife

The island nation of Madagascar has a dubious accolade: it is the world-leader in deforestation.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Wildlife, Madagascar, Forests, Deforestation, Africa
Forests

Uganda: Masindi Loses 42 Forests in 9 Years

Leaders in Masindi have embarked on replanting 42 forests cut down by charcoal and timber dealers in the last nine years.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Uganda, Afforestation, Trees, Charcoal, Timber Industry, Africa
Climate Change

Restoration opportunities atlas of India

Protecting forests from degradation, deforestation and fragmentation, and tree-based landscape restoration are globally recognised as cost-effective solutions for combatting climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Rohini Chaturvedi, Marie Duraisami, Jayahari K M, Kanchana CB, Ruchika Singh, Sidhtharthan Segarin, Prabhakar Rajagopal
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Deforestation, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, India
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding non-forest activities at the reserve forest of Bandh Ki Gadi, Amagarh, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 29/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar Rajoria Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/04/2019 regarding non-forest activities at the reserve forest of Bandh Ki Gadi, Amagarh, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The petitioner has submitted that even after the interim order of 31/05/2018 which had prohibited any interference in the reserved forest without prior approval from MoEF, activities including leveling of the ground after removing vegetation, fencing and construction of wall, where there is a forest area fall on both the sides, use of road rollers are still going on.

Judgement Date: 
29/04/2019
Tags:
Forests, Jaipur (D), Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rajasthan, Forest Clearance, Forest Act 1980, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Forests

A Respite From Record Losses, but Tropical Forests Are Still in Trouble

The years 2016 and 2017 were especially bad for the world’s tropical forests as dry, hot weather led to widespread fires that, along with activities like clear-cutting for agriculture, resulted in

Publication Date: 
25/04/2019
Henry Fountain
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Forests, Tropical Forests, Indonesia, Ghana, Deforestation, Colombia

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