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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of hills in Udaipur, Rajasthan, 15/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manya Sharma Vs State of Rajasthan dated 15/03/2023.

Grievance in the application is against cutting of a hill in Udaipur for construction of a water tank for supply of drinking water.

The NGT directed the Chief Secretary, Rajasthan to ensure that measures are adopted to protect the hills in the area. It should be ensured that even important projects of water supply have to be undertaken consistent with the environmental norms without cutting the hills.

Judgement Date: 
15/03/2023
Tags:
Mountains, Udaipur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rajasthan
Environment

State of finance for nature in cities: summary for local policymakers

Nature-based solutions can help cities become more resilient, healthy and equitable. But for urban nature to reach its full potential, investments need to be substantially scaled up.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2023
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, Urbanisation, Finance, Global
Environment

State of finance for nature in cities: summary for local policymakers

Nature-based solutions can help cities become more resilient, healthy and equitable. But for urban nature to reach its full potential, investments need to be substantially scaled up.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2023
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, Urbanisation, Finance, Global
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ecological destruction of Kufri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 13/03/2023

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), March 13, 2023 directed a joint committee to look into the matter of the ecological destruction of Kufri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

The committee comprising Divisional Forest Officer, Shimla, Regional Officer, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board and District Magistrate, Shimla would visit the site, collect relevant information and submit a factual as well as action taken, if any, report within two months.

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2023
Tags:
Tourism, Shimla (D), Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Environment

Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board regarding illegal mining in Palguni and Nethravathi rivers, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, 09/03/2023

Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023.

Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The matter related to sand mining in CRZ areas affecting the various species of fish. The petitioner had requested for protecting the various fish species in the Palguni and Nethravathi rivers from illegal sand miners.

Judgement Date: 
09/03/2023
Tags:
Fisherfolk, Estuarine Fisheries, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sand, Mining, Rivers, Riverine Ecology
Environment

Goa State Pollution Control Board report on the status of waste management, sanitation, afforestation, mining and others, 02/03/2023

Monthly progress report by Goa State Pollution Control Board in Original Application  606 of 2018 (Compliance of MSW Management Rules, 2016).

In Goa, where sewer network is not available, septic-tank-soak-pit arrangement is adopted. Many hotels and residential buildings (50 rooms and above) have their own treatment plant (as mandated under the TCP Act 2010). Sulabh toilets are provided for group of houses and bio toilets have been provided under open defecation free (ODF) policy in the state.

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2023
Tags:
Goa, Waste Management, Sanitation, Mining, Afforestation, Coastal Regulations, Water Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Harvesting
Environment

Comoros country environmental analysis: investing in natural capital for sustainable development

The Comoros Country Environmental Analysis 2023 aims to identify the main opportunities for the Comoros to better manage its natural capital, achieve its potential sustainably, capitalize on climate co-benefits stemming from the process, and advance the development agenda.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2023
The World Bank
Tags:
Environment, Sustainable Development, Governance, Comoros, Africa
Environment

Socio-economic and ecological assessment of the blue economy in Tanzania 2022

The Blue Economy is one of the emerging strong pillars of socioeconomic and ecological development and growth across the world. It is one of the few resource-base whose exploitation can be conducted sustainably, and also whose ecological protection can generate economic value.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2023
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Economy, GDP, Tanzania, Africa
Transport

Guidelines for environmentally sound facilities for handling and scrapping of end-of- life vehicles (ELV)

These guidelines are issued in suppression of earlier CPCB guidelines published in the year 2019 and aligned with Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021 notified by MoRTH, the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy of Ministry of Steel issued in 2019 and the Automobile Industry Standards for Collection and Di

Publication Date: 
01/03/2023
CPCB
Tags:
Vehicles, Vehicular Pollution, Auto Industry, Environment, India
Mining

Performance audit on illegal mining in Rajasthan: Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended 31 March 2020

This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) contains significant findings of Performance Audit on “Illegal Mining in Rajasthan” of Mines and Geology Department of State Government. Rajasthan has the highest number of mining leases in the country.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2023
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Mining, Minerals, Rajasthan, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Environment

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