Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the Draft Development Plan, 2041, Himachal Pradesh, 12/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yogendra Mohan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/05/2022.

Challenge in the application is to the Draft Development Plan, 2041 prepared by the Town and Country Planning Department, Himachal Pradesh on the ground that such a plan is contrary to the sustainable development principle and destructive of environment and public safety.

Judgement Date: 
12/05/2022
Tags:
Urban Planning, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Urban Development, Ecology
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of Taradi-Dhabra Shashikhal Motar Marg, village Malla Dhadhariya, Almora, Uttarakhand, 11/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ganesh Chand Sharma Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 11/05/2022.

Judgement Date: 
11/05/2022
Tags:
Traditional Water Harvesting, Almora (D), Roads, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ecology, Himalaya, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Ecological compensation in China: trends and opportunities for incentive-based policies towards a greener China

This report traces the rise of eco-compensation, explores its current use, quantifies trends, and provides recommendations to strengthen impacts. Eco-compensation is poorly understood outside of China; even within China, the disparate nature of data and the diversity of programs means that key trends and lessons are easily overlooked.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2021
The World Bank
Tags:
Ecology, Environment, China, River Basin, Water Pollution, Ecosystem Services
Mining

Reply to the Joint Committee report on illegal aquaculture and beach sand mining in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, 09/06/2021

Reply to the Joint Committee Report on behalf of the Applicant in OA 91 OF 2020 (SZ) (Venkatapathi Raja Yenumula  Vs Union of India & Others). The matter is related to illegal aquaculture and beach sand mining in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

The NGT, July 1, 2021 had directed for the constitution of a 6 member joint committee to conduct inspections on the allegations raised by the applicant (Venkatapathi Raja Yenumula).

The applicant has raised objections to the report of the Joint Inspection Committee, some of which are the following:

Judgement Date: 
09/06/2021
Tags:
East Godavari, Aquaculture, Beaches, Sand, Mining, Andhra Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ecology
Environment

The importance of resource security for poverty eradication

As humanity’s demand on natural resources is increasingly exceeding Earth’s biological rate of regeneration, environmental deterioration such as greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere, ocean acidification and groundwater depletion is accelerating. As a result, the capacity of ecosystems to renew biomass, herein referred to as ‘biocapacity’, is becoming the material bottleneck for the human economy.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
26/04/2021
Mathis Wackernagel, Laurel Hanscom, Priyangi Jayasinghe & et al
Nature Sustainability
3237
1-8
Tags:
Environment, Common Property Resources, Poverty, Biomass, Biodiversity, Deforestation, Land Use, Developing Countries, Ecology, Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services
Environment

Response to the report of the Joint Committee on the destruction of mangroves in Kakinada bay, Andhra Pradesh, 13/04/2021

Response to the report of the Joint Committee on behalf of the applicants in the matter of E.A.S. Sarma & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/04/2021. The matter related to illegal dredging and discharge of dredge spoil into the mangroves in violation of CRZ Notification of 2011 and 2018 in Kakinada Bay, Andhra Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
13/04/2021
Tags:
Mangroves, Kakinada, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Andhra Pradesh, Ecology, Coringa SA, Hydrology
Environment

Written arguments by Bharat Kumar Jain to the NGT for the preservation of Mount Abu, Rajasthan, 08/03/2021

Written arguments on behalf of Bharat Kumar Jain for the protection and preservation of the ecological area of Mount Abu, situated in the Aravalli range in Rajasthan.

In terms of the notification of Eco-sensitive zone of Mount Abu, various construction activities were absolutely prohibited and accordingly when it was observed that under the garb of renovation various construction activities were going on by the politically and financially influential people, the application was filed, raising a substantial question relating to the environment.

Judgement Date: 
08/03/2021
Tags:
Abu Hills, Ecology, Land Use, Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation, Aravalli Range
Industry

Response by Bonani Kakkar to the report filed by the Committee on blowout at well No. 5 in OIL India's Baghjan field, Assam, 20/01/2021

Response on behalf of Bonani Kakkar to the progress report dated October 31, 2020 submitted by the Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal. The matter related to blowout at well No. 5 in OIL India's Baghjan field, Assam in June 2020.  

Judgement Date: 
20/01/2021
Tags:
Oil India, Oil Pollution, Tinsukia (D), Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Biodiversity, Ecology, Compensation
Environment

Report by Isha Foundation on Maha Shivratri festival held in the area of Velliangiri hills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 03/11/2020

Rejoinder by Isha Foundation to the TNSPCB report in the matter of M. Vetriselvan Vs Union of India & Others in Original Application No. 42 of 2017.

Judgement Date: 
03/11/2020
Tags:
Religious Places, Festival, Coimbatore (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Tamil Nadu, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Noise Pollution, Ecology, Forests
Habitat And Urbanisation

Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy regarding an all-weather deep-draft port at village Chhara Sarakhadi, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, 15/10/2020

Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy Pvt Ltd. in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, February 12, 2020 in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others.

Judgement Date: 
15/10/2020
Tags:
Ports, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Turtles, Lion, Ecology, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations, Gujarat, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)

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