Forests

Memo filed in the NGT on the illegal and unauthorized use of forest land in Gajularamram village, Quthbullapur mandal, district Hyderabad, Telangana, 21/02/2022

Memo filed by Permandlla Kiran Kumar in Original Application No. 17/2022/EZ. The matter dealt with the alleged illegal and unauthorized use of forest land in Gajularamram village, Quthbullapur mandal, district Hyderabad by Veenus Infra, Venus Eadifin, Veenus Enclave, Vyshnavi Infra, Vokshith Hill View and Vokshith Enclave, Space Vision Edifice Private Limited among others.

Judgement Date: 
21/02/2022
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Hyderabad (D), Telangana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Forests

25.87 million hectares of India's forest missing

25.87 million hectares is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. An analysis by Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2022
Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Forests, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Policy, Deforestation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Thatipur re-densification project endangering 5000 trees in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 24/01/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Niharika Bhadauria Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 24/01/2022.

Judgement Date: 
24/01/2022
Tags:
Housing Construction, Deforestation, Trees, Gwalior (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Environment

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding Chalfilh Tourist Destination, Mizoram, 19/01/2022

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection (CEP) Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/01/2022. The matter is related to Chalfilh Tourist Destination.

Judgement Date: 
19/01/2022
Tags:
Tourism, Mizoram, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, North East, Deforestation, Forest Clearance
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

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