Forests

State of Forest Report 2021

India has recorded an increase of 1,540 square kilometres in its forest cover, according to the biennial India’s State of Forest Report 2021, published by the Forest Survey of India. This is the increase recorded during 2019 and 2021

Publication Date: 
13/01/2022
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Forests, India, Deforestation, Forest Act 1980, Forest Conservation, Forest Management
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees and filling up of water bodies in the course of construction of Meerut-Prayagraj Highway, 05/01/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prabhat Srivastava Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2022.

The application seeks enforcement of NGT order, March 25, 2021 requiring the SEIAA, Uttar Pradesh and District Magistrates, Prayagraj and Pratapgarh to look into the grievance of illegal felling of trees and filling up of water bodies in the course of construction of Meerut-Prayagraj Highway and take remedial action.

Judgement Date: 
05/01/2022
Tags:
Deforestation, Highways, Water Resources, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Clearance
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding diversion of forest land for construction of certain projects, Himachal Pradesh, 09/12/2021

Order of the Supreme Court of India In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/12/2021.

Judgement Date: 
09/12/2021
Tags:
Forests, Himachal Pradesh, Supreme Court, Roads, Deforestation, Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Environment

Order of the Supreme Court regarding felling of 1803 trees for the widening of the Mathura-Deeng road, which falls in the TTZ area, Uttar Pradesh, 08/12/2021

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/12/2021.

The matter related to Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). The matter related to permission for felling 1803 trees for the purpose of widening of the Mathura-Deeng (Gobardhan) road (four lanes road], which falls in the TTZ Area.

Judgement Date: 
08/12/2021
Tags:
Roads, Trees, Deforestation, Monuments, Supreme Court, Uttar Pradesh, Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding concretization of natural nallah and construction of pathway in the greenbelt area, Municipal Council, Panna, Madhya Pradesh, 08/11/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Mahesh Pal Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 08/11/2021.

Issues raised in this application is cutting of trees without any necessary permission from the competent authorities and concretization of natural nallah and constructing path way in the green belt area by the Municipal Council, Panna.

Judgement Date: 
08/11/2021
Tags:
Drainage, Urban Encroachments, Panna (T), Madhya Pradesh, Municipal Corporations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Climate Change

Transformational change to reduce deforestation and climate change impacts

In this study, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) teamed up to investigate how transformational change (transformational change) is understood in the scientific literature.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2021
FAO
Tags:
Deforestation, Land Use, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, REDD, India, Global
Forests

Forests, food systems, and livelihoods: trends, forecasts, and solutions to reframe approaches to protecting forests

This report, produced by the Tropical Forest Alliance, tracks the relationship between the rising demand for food and agricultural products and deforestation and paints a picture of increasing demands on tropical forest landscapes.

Publication Date: 
16/09/2021
World Economic Forum
Tags:
Tropical Forests, Deforestation, Food Security, India, Africa, Global
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding non compliance of Forest Act, 1980 in the process of construction of a road, Jaminipar, district Almora, Uttarakhand, 03/09/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Bisht Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 03/09/2021. The issue for consideration was compliance of provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 in the process of construction of a road by the State PWD at Jaminipar, district Almora, Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
03/09/2021
Tags:
Roads, Deforestation, Almora (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Climate Change

Tightening the net: net zero climate targets – implications for land and food equity 

Using land alone to remove the world’s carbon emissions to achieve ‘net zero’ by 2050 would require at least 1.6 billion hectares of new forests, equivalent to five times the size of India or more than all the farmland on the planet, reveals a new Oxfam report.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2021
Oxfam
Tags:
Carbon Sequestration, REDD, Green House Gases, Deforestation, Food Security, India, Global
Forests

Action taken report on violation of environmental norms in the construction of Kotila-Gawad-Suraikhet motor road in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 30/07/2021

Factual and action taken report on behalf of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), Uttarakhand in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, September 11, 2020.

The matter related to alleged violation of environmental norms in the construction of Kotila-Gawad-Suraikhet motor road in Almora district, Uttarakhand. It was said that a large number of trees have been damaged and illegally felled and other violations committed during the construction of the said road.

Judgement Date: 
30/07/2021
Tags:
Trees, Roads, Deforestation, Almora (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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