The 15-member committee is headed by chief secretary

KOCHI: A recent government order to grant title deeds to settlers on 1,250 acres of forest land in the Kanjirappally taluk in Kottayam has come under sharp criticism from environmentalists who all

Jammu and Kashmir government has retrieved 2,625 acres of forestland from illegal possession in Jammu and Kashmir this year.

The National Green Tribunal has admitted an application against illegal constructions and encroachment in the Haridwar forest division neighbouring the Rajaji tiger reserve.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Mulekhi Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/12/2015 regarding illegal construction in a reserved forest, Uttarakhand.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 03/12/2015 regarding encroachment of ridge area situated within the limits of National Capital Region Territory.

As green belts continue to face the threat from rampant encroachment and increasing commercial activity, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited tree felling in the stretch located along Mehraul

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion vs. Ministry of Environment and Ors. dated 19/11/2015 regarding unsystematic growth coupled with human intervention into the habitat and areas of movement of the tigers and particularly the corridors leading to man-animal conflict with the worst case scenario of tigers losing their life in that event.

With large-scale hotels in and around the world heritage site of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) posing a threat to wildlife, especially the one-horned rhinoceros, the National Green Tribunal has sou

TO reduce threats to wildlife, ecological and natural disasters, Ondo State Government has doubled up its efforts through the Ministry of Natural Resources to combat the persistent encroachment on

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