Mining

MoEF relents, GoM says no to ‘go, no-go’

Ending months of uncertainty over the fate of around 150 stranded coal projects, a Group of Ministers on Tuesday finally recommended against the ‘go, no-go’ system — devised by the ministry of envi

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coal, Mining, Forests, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife, National Parks, Biodiversity, Gram Sabhas, Planning Commission
Mining

Jayanthi agrees to hear coal projects

In a major climb down for the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the ministry has agreed to discuss the coal projects on a case-by-case basis.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coal, Mining, Forests, Gram Sabhas, Public Hearing, Ministry of Coal, Forest Conservation
Forests

Forest officials pose danger to forests: Experts

Accuse Them Of Hiding Facts To Okay Projects

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, India, Forest Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Climate Change
Forests

Sinharaja road: UNESCO calls for report

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for a report from the Environment Ministry on allegations that a road is being built through the Sinharaja Fores

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Sri Lanka, Roads, UNESCO, Forests, Deforestation, Wildlife, Ecosystems, National Parks, Forest Conservation
Forests

Wealth of forests withheld

In partnership with forest departments, communities across India have raised forests worth millions of rupees in the hope of getting shares in timber revenue. Now that forests are ready for harvest, officials make excuses or give pittance. Read this Special report in Down To Earth.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2011
Sayantan Bera, Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Aparna Pallavi & et al
Down to Earth
20
8
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Benefit Sharing, Forest Conservation, Forest Policy, Forest Resources, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forests, Gujarat, India, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Minor Forest Produce, West Bengal
Land

Law Commission drafts Bill to protect agricultural land

But the million dollar question is: Will the govt adopt it?

Publication Date: 
09/09/2011
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Forest Conservation, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Farmers, Land
Forests

New plan to restore 150 million hectares of forest

Conservationists and politicians meeting in Bonn on Friday launched a new initiative to restore 150 million hectares (580,000 square miles) of deforested and degraded forests, reports the World Res

Publication Date: 
03/09/2011
Environment News Network
Tags:
Economic Development, Climate Change, Forests, Forest Conservation, Biodiversity
Mining

Should M’laya go on mining forever’

“Every place in Meghalaya has some mineral or the other. Should we exploit these non-renewable resources at great cost to the environment or use the renewable resources which are available in abundance?” the Chief Minister asked.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2011
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Minerals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forest Conservation, Agriculture, Biomass, East Khasi Hills, Environment, Development, Mining
Forests

Gujarat to bring addl area under mangrove cover

Gujarat’s environment and forest department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the state’s coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mangroves, Forests, Afforestation, Forest Conservation, Ecosystems, Jamnagar (D), Bharuch, Surat (D), Valsad (D), Fisheries, Firewood, Marine Ecosystems
Forests

Brazil revisits forest code

A tough-minded law has boosted Brazil's environmental record in recent years by helping to drive the rate of destruction in the Amazon rainforest to historic lows. But a backlash in the hinterlands is threatening to weaken the country's forest code and push deforestation rates back up again.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2011
Jeff Tollefson
Nature
476
7360
259-260
Tags:
Forests, Brazil, Forest Policy, Legislation, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Tropical Forests, Land Use

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