Mining

Order of the Supreme Court regarding grant of EC to a mining company in village Musnota, tehsil Narnaul, district Mahendragarh, Haryana, 28/08/2023

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sunder Singh & Others Vs M/S Satish Kumar Garg and Company & Others dated 28/08/2023.

The Supreme Court, August 28, 2023 directed that till further orders are passed trees should not be cut by the mining company, M/S Satish Kumar Garg and Company on the strength of the environmental clearance by the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEIAA) granted on August 8, 2023.

Judgement Date: 
28/08/2023
Tags:
Aravalli Range, Mineral-Based Industry, Mining, Mahendragarh (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Trees, Deforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposal to fell 938 trees to build a bridge over river Shali, Bankura district, West Bengal, 17/08/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nirmal Kumar Singha Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 17/08/2023.

Judgement Date: 
17/08/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Land Acquisition, Bridges, River, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Bankura (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Report by the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board regarding illegal cutting/uprooting of khair trees, Dada Seeba forest range, district Kangra, 11/08/2023

Report by the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board regarding illegal cutting/uprooting of khair trees in Rail Beat area falling in Dada Seeba forest range, district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Trees, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees by Solar Pulse Energy in village Kunidhar, Almora, Uttarakhand, 09/08/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vedprakash Bhatt & Others Vs Northern Solar Energy Private Limited & Others dated 09/08/2023.

The grievance of the applicant is cutting and unnecessary felling of trees (Chid and Baanj) without permission of the Forest Department and the State PCB by Solar Pulse Energy Pvt. Ltd. in village Kunidhar, Almora.

Judgement Date: 
09/08/2023
Tags:
Solar Energy, Trees, Deforestation, Almora (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Forests

Forests: an essential piece in the decarbonisation puzzle

Over the past two decades, India has seen growth in forest and tree cover despite developmental activities. India in its 2015 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) committed to creating an additional sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) through the expansion of forest and tree cover by 2030.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2023
CSTEP
Tags:
Forests, Carbon Sequestration, Forest Policy, Deforestation, India
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees in a 'deemed forest' by Bhopal Municipal Corporation, 04/08/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nitin Saxena Vs Department of Forest & Others dated 04/08/2023.

The application was filed by Nitin Saxena, a resident of Bhopal complaining that Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has illegally cut several trees in Borvan forest area/Borvan Park where more than 1,25,977 trees are standing and it comes in the catchment area of 'Bhoj wetland', a Ramsar site.

Judgement Date: 
04/08/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Municipal Corporations, Bhopal (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Act 1980, Madhya Pradesh
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of 174 trees by a school, village Ritoli, district Jind, Haryana, 02/08/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raj Kumar Vs State of Haryana dated 02/08/2023.

Judgement Date: 
02/08/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Trees, Jind (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding policy for cutting of trees and protection of trees, Punjab, 28/07/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Khaira & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 28/07/2023. The matter related to  violation of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 and Article 51A of the Constitution of India by cutting the trees and not taking action by the state authorities.

Judgement Date: 
28/07/2023
Tags:
Trees, Deforestation, Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Policy
Forests

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya regarding felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project, 11/07/2023

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of Kaustav Paul Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 11/07/2023.

The matter related to felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project. The Shillong-Dawki Road Project under Japanese funding is divided in five packages.

The PIL filed by Kaustav Paul pertains to felling of trees in Shillong as part of package I of the entire project.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2023
Tags:
Roads, Deforestation, Trees, Shillong, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Land Acquisition, Meghalaya
Forests

Global forests report 2023: the forest transition - from risk to resilience

CDP’s new analysis of corporate disclosure on forest-related risks has been published, revealing that more than 1,000 companies are now disclosing relevant data.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2023
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Tags:
Deforestation, Forests, Forest Management, Carbon Dioxide, India, Global, Industry

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