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
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees in a green belt, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, 19/07/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Council of Engineers & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/07/2021 regarding restitution of designated green belt in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, Ludhiana and stopping of its unlawful conversion into residential plots and by planting saplings of indigenous trees equal to twenty time the trees felled by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT). The application said that 54 trees have been illegally felled.

Judgement Date: 
19/07/2021
Tags:
Green Spaces, Deforestation, Ludhiana (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Urban Planning, Punjab
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees in the forest area of the Bichabhanga, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, 15/07/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Society for Protection Ophiofauna and Animal Rights (OPORS) Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/07/2021.

The matter related to felling of trees in the forest area of the Bichabhanga on the periphery of Gorumara National Park for construction of an over-bridge.

Judgement Date: 
15/07/2021
Tags:
Deforestation, Gorumara NP, Jalpaiguri (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Elephant, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
Environment

Banking on Amazon destruction

A new report by Amazon Watch and Stand.Earth finds that most banks have failed to implement policies that would prevent the worst impacts of the oil industry in the Amazon.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2021
Amazon Watch
Tags:
Oil, Natural Gas, Industry, Environment, Amazon, Deforestation, Finance
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees in village Roshanpur, district Patiala, Punjab, 30/06/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. C. Arora Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 30/06/2021 regarding illegal cutting of 176 fully grown trees in village Roshanpur, block Bhunar Heri, district Patiala, Punjab. The applicant had made a series of representations to the concerned departments, without any result.

Judgement Date: 
30/06/2021
Tags:
Trees, Deforestation, Patiala (D), Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees for construction of water tanks, village Nimar Badesara, district Bhiwani, Haryana, 28/05/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhkaran Vs State of Haryana dated 28/05/2021.

Grievance in this application is against cutting of trees by the health department for establishing water tanks at khevat No. 63/2, khasra No. 207, village Nimar Badesara, district Bhiwani, Haryana. It is stated that the trees in question are of rare species – Khair and Kheri.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2021
Tags:
Deforestation, Bhiwani (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Khair
Forests

Illicit harvest, complicit goods: the state of illegal deforestation for agriculture

Tropical forests around the world are being destroyed at an alarming rate, even in 2020 when the global economy slowed dramatically during the pandemic. A new report offers insight into a primary driver of this deforestation – and our unwitting complicity as consumers.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2021
Forest Trends
Tags:
Tropical Forests, Deforestation, Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, India, Global, Africa

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