Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on conservation of forest, 13/03/2020

Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, an organization under the Ministry carries out the assessment of forest and tree cover (FTC) of the country biennially and the findings are published in India State of Forest Report (ISFR). The total FTC of the country, as per the ISFR 2019 is 8,07,276 km2 which is 24.56% of the total geographical area of the country. This is an increase of 5,188 km2 (forest cover 3,976 km2 and tree cover 1,212 km2) as compared to that of FTC in ISFR-2017 and 13,209 km2 (forest cover 10,754 km2, tree cover 2,455 km2) as compared to FTC in ISFR, 2015.

Publication Date: 
Friday, March 13, 2020
Lok Sabha
Tags:
India, Lok Sabha, Forests, Forest Conservation
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding destruction of a forest area in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 18/11/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Kumar Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/11/2019 regarding destruction of Khasra No. 494 which is a forest land in Mandi.

Judgement Date: 
18/11/2019
Tags:
Forests, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Conservation
Forests

Public-sector measures to conserve and restore forests: overcoming economic and political economy barriers

This working paper is a contribution to the FOLU 2019 report, Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use. The paper answers four questions: Why are forests critical to economic development and human well-being? What public sector measures could conserve and restore forests?

Publication Date: 
01/11/2019
Rohini Chaturvedi, Craig Hanson, Helen Ding, Frances Seymour
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Forests, Public Sector, Economic Development, India, Global
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding establishment of wood based industries, Uttar Pradesh, 01/10/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uday Education & Welfare Trust Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 01/10/2019 regarding grant of provisional licences for establishment of new wood based industries in Uttar Pradesh. It is stated that online recommendations are being considered for new licenses for wood based industries and order dated 11.09.2019 has been issued by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Lucknow for the purpose.

Judgement Date: 
01/10/2019
Tags:
Wood, Forest-Based Industry, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT, Court, Forest Conservation
Forests

Forests and trees: At the heart of land degradation neutrality

Forest and land degradation undermines the foundation of human prosperity and well-being.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2019
UNCCD
Tags:
Forests, Carbon Sequestration, Agroforestry, Forest Conservation, Forest Management, India, Women, Africa, Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples
Agriculture

Creating enabling conditions for managing trade-offs between food production and forest conservation in Africa: case studies from Ethiopia and Zambia

How can agricultural production increase to meet the rapidly growing food demand in sub-Saharan Africa without reducing its precious forest areas? This is one of the greatest challenges in achieving sustainable land use and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2019
Xiaoting Hou-​Jones, Phil Franks, Jin-​Ho Chung
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Tags:
Agriculture, Forest Conservation, Ethiopia, Zambia, Africa
Forests

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Afforestation in lieu of diverted forest land, 08/07/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Afforestation in lieu of diverted forest land, 08/07/2019. The Government of India has diverted a total of 47469.49 hectares of forest land and a total of 62769.58 hectares area has been stipulated for compensatory afforestation (CA)in lieu of the said diversion, during the last three years i.e. 2015-2018.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Afforestation, Forest Conservation, India, Parliament
Environment

Environment minister’s job to protect environment, not clear projects: Jairam Ramesh

Ramesh, who had the independent charge of the ministry between 2009 and 2011, said the “Environment Minister must stand up and say that climate change is more important than Ease of Doing Business”

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Climate Change, Global Warming, Forest Act 1865, Forest Conservation, Highways, Environment
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest fire control, 28/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/05/2019 regarding control of forest fires. Report filed by the MoEF&CC states that forest fire hotspots have been identified which are 74 in number based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) data. Satellite-based forest fire alerts are sent through sms/e-mails for effective measures.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2019
Tags:
Forest Fires, India, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Forest Policy, Forest Conservation
Forests

Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation

The Wampis is an indigenous group comprised of thousands of members whose ancestors have lived in the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru for centuries.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Peru, Tribals, Amazon, Forest Conservation, Forest Management

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