Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental rules in the process of constructing a hotel in villages Raya and Ghati ka Math, Rajasthan, 13/02/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal)  in the matter of Bhagwat Singh Dewda Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 13/02/2023.

Judgement Date: 
13/02/2023
Tags:
Hotels, Udaipur (D), Rajsamand (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Resources, Environment Clearance (EC), Waste Disposal, Mining, Deforestation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by Uppal Chadha Hi Tech Developers in the course of construction of Wave City, Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, 07/02/2023

Judgment of the National Green Tribual dated 07/02/2023 in the matter of Mahakar Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others.

Judgement Date: 
07/02/2023
Tags:
Construction Industry, Gautam Budha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the revoking of EC granted to Bahirubaba mines, tehsil Kotputali, district Jaipur, Rajasthan, 01/02/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of M/s Bahirubaba Mines Vs Rajasthan, SEIAA & Others.

Judgement Date: 
01/02/2023
Tags:
Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Jaipur (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forests, Deforestation
Forests

Forest footprint for cities: methods for estimating deforestation and associated CO2 emissions embodied in products consumed in cities

This paper provides a method for understanding how city actions impact trees and forests outside their boundaries. The Forest Footprint for Cities methodology connects global estimates of tropical and subtropical deforestation linked to agricultural production to commodity-specific international trade and city consumption.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2023
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Forests, Urbanisation, Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a road over a pond in village Kiranj, Gurugram, Haryana, 11/01/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Mohan Gaur Vs National Highway Authority of India & Others dated 11/01/2022.

Judgement Date: 
11/01/2023
Tags:
Water Resources, Roads, Highways, Deforestation, Gurgaon (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Haryana
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Rajaji National Park facing danger from illegal mining, 04/01/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohan Chandra Sati Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 04/01/2023.

The matter related to non-construction of a protection wall from Simbalkhal to SIIDCUL for protecting flora and fauna of reserved forest of Rajaji National Park and huge illegal mining and stone crushing going on in the said forest causing damage to environment.

Judgement Date: 
04/01/2023
Tags:
Rajaji NP, Mining, Stone Industry, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms in the process of construction of Bironkhal-Kedargali-Naulapur-Khetu motor road, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, 04/01/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of D K Joshi Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 04/01/2023.

D K Joshi an advocate by profession filed an application before the NGT against the dumping of muck, debris and illegal cutting of trees in the process of construction of Bironkhal-Kedargali-Naulapur-Khetu motor road. The construction is taking place near Nakuri, National Highway 309. "Due to this NH 309 and State Highway No. 51 (Bironkhal-Kedargali-Naulapur-Khetu Motor Road) has been blocked," the court was informed.

Judgement Date: 
04/01/2023
Tags:
Roads, Highways, Pauri Garhwal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Forests

Order pf the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting and pruning of trees in Vasant Vihar, Delhi, 20/12/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai & Others Vs Department of Environment, GNCTD & Others dated 20/12/2022.

The matter related to illegal act of cutting, felling and pruning of trees in Vasant Vihar.

The applicants have submitted that some trees were cut/felled in Vasant Vihar on September 30, 2022 without any permission and a complaint dated October 28, 2022 was lodged in this regard by Sanjeev Bagai with various authorities.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2022
Tags:
Trees, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Deforestation, Municipal Corporations
Forests

West Bengal Pollution Control Board report on felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling, 16/12/2022

Affidavit filed by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the matter of Bharat Prakash Rai Vs State of West Bengal dated December 16, 2022.

The matter related to felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling.

Judgement Date: 
16/12/2022
Tags:
Tea, Deforestation, Trees, Darjiling (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Cloud forest assets: financing a valuable nature-based solution

This report finds that of the 979 hydropower dams currently operating in the 25 cloud forest countries, more than half depend on water from cloud forests, representing billions of dollars of electricity production that take nature’s ecosystem services for granted.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2022
Earth Security
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Ecosystem Services, Hydroelectricity, Climate Change, Global, Carbon Sequestration

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