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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding clearing of protected forest area in Barak Valley for Commando Battalion headquarters, 23/04/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Assam: PCCF MK Yadava accused of illegally clearing protected forest for Commando Battalion" appearing in the Northeast Now News dated 25.12.2023 dated 23/04/2024.

The application, registered suo-moto, issue involved is about legality of diversion of 44 hectares of protected forest land for a Commando Battalion headquarters in Barak Valley and illegal construction for that purpose inside the Inner Line of Reserved Forest in Hailakandi district.

Judgement Date: 
23/04/2024
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Barak Valley, Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of forest land in India, 19/04/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Forest land five times Delhi’s geographical area under encroachment govt. data shows" appearing in Deccan Herald dated 05.01.2024.

Judgement Date: 
19/04/2024
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
Land

Order of the Supreme Court regarding 3009.84 acres of land situated at Vadipatti village and a part of the Sirumalai hills, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 18/03/2024

Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/03/2024.

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2024
Tags:
Land Ownership, Forests, Madurai (D), Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court, High Court, Land Resources
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding diversion of 44 hectares of protected forest land for a Commando Battalion headquarters in Barak Valley, Assam, 15/03/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding News Item titled "Assam: PCCF MK Yadava accused of illegally clearing protected forest for Commando Battalion" appearing in the Northeast Now News dated 25.12.2023 dated 14/03/2024.

Judgement Date: 
14/03/2024
Tags:
Forests, Assam, Barak Valley, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Hailakandi (D), Forest Encroachments
Forests

Regional timber trade flows and trends in Africa

Improving the processing and trade of African wood and wood products (WWPs) has long been a focus for African policymakers because it stimulates multiple benefits for the African continent, including the creation of jobs, investment, and revenues.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2024
African Development Bank
Tags:
Timber Industry, Forest Products, Trade, Africa
Forests

Report of the fact-finding committee on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006

The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has largely overlooked claims for community forest rights and is fraught with exclusionary practices due to misconceptions about its applicability, according to a new report.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2024
Call for Justice
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka
Climate Change

Climate impacts in northern forests

Northern forests hold around 54% of the world’s total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink. This report reviews the impact of human induced climate change on northern temperate and boreal forests.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2024
Climate Analytics
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Forests, Asia, N C America, Europe, Carbon Sinks
Environment

Notification on methodology for calculating the green credit in respect of any activity undertaken under the Green Credit Rules, 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on February 26, 2024, notified the methodology for calculating the green credit in respect of any activity undertaken under the Green Credit Rules, 2023.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2024
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Environment, India, Forests
Forests

Measures to enhance forest conservation and reduce deforestation: viewpoints and lessons from producing countries

Forests sustain and protect us in a myriad of ways. They absorb carbon dioxide and provide us with oxygen, they harbour more than three quarters of terrestrial biodiversity, and they support the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. But the world has lost 420 million hectares of forest since 1990. That's an area bigger than India.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2024
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru, Rwanda
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding largescale forest land encroachment in Kerala, 21/02/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Over 5000 hectares of forest land in Kerala under encroachment State forest dept report"

Appearing in the Deccan Herald dated 08.01.2024. The application has been registered on the basis of the news item titled “Over 5000 hectares of forest land in Kerala under encroachment State forest dept report” published in Deccan Herald, January 8, 2024.

Judgement Date: 
21/02/2024
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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