Forests

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of saw mills, village Hapania, Nadia, West Bengal, 31/05/2022

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shyamal Kanti Baidya Vs Ram Prasad Mondal & Others regarding running of a saw mill illegally on agricultural land despite having been served with a closure notice from the Range Officer, Department of Forest, Ranaghat Range, Nadia, West Bengal. It is also alleged that people running the mill are cutting down trees leading to environmental degradation and decline in biodiversity.

Judgement Date: 
31/05/2022
Tags:
Forests, Nadia, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), West Bengal
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environment clearance granted for a group housing project near Vishwavidhyalaya Metro Station, New Delhi, 31/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of University of Delhi Vs Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 31/05/2022.

Judgement Date: 
31/05/2022
Tags:
Housing Construction, Forests, Delhi, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding clearing of land for diamond mining, Bundelkhand, district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, 30/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Seema Chauhan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 30/05/2022.

Grievance in the application is that 382 hectares of land is being removed for diamond mining in Bundelkhand, district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, as against the requirement of 65 hectares land.

Judgement Date: 
30/05/2022
Tags:
Mining, Bundelkhand, Deforestation, Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC)
Forests

The state of the world’s forests 2022: forest pathways for green recovery and building inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies

The State of the World’s Forests 2022 explores the potential of three forest pathways - halting deforestation and maintaining forests; restoring degraded lands and expanding agroforestry; and sustainably using forests and building green value chains - for achieving green recovery and tackling environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss

Publication Date: 
02/05/2022
FAO
Tags:
Forests, Trees, Ecosystem Services, Agroforestry, Deforestation, Climate Change, India, Global
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding grant of forest clearance for the Delhi-Dehradun expressway, 19/04/2022

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Citizens for Green Doon Vs Union of India & Others regarding grant of the forest clearance for the Delhi-Dehradun expressway.

An application was filed before the Supreme Court on the NGT order, December 13, 2021 - the Tribunal had given the go ahead for the Delhi-Dehradun expressway.

Judgement Date: 
19/04/2022
Tags:
Highways, Deforestation, Dehradun (D), Delhi, Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensatory Afforestation, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees in village Sarai Khawaja, Faridabad, Haryana, 13/04/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijay Chawla Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 13/04/2022.

Judgement Date: 
13/04/2022
Tags:
Deforestation, Trees, Faridabad (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms during the construction of Kotila-Gawad-Suraikhet Motor road, tehsil Dwarahat, district Almora, Uttarakhand, 25/02/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagdish Chandra Pandey Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 25/02/2022.

Judgement Date: 
25/02/2022
Tags:
Roads, Deforestation, Almora (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
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

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