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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of 25 acres of revenue forest land by a crusher unit, Keounjhar District, Odisha, 04/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Niranjan Pradhan & Others Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 04/02/2019 regarding encroachment of 25 acres of revenue forest land by a crusher unit, Keounjhar District, Odisha.

Judgement Date: 
04/02/2019
Tags:
Stone Industry, Forest Encroachments, Keonjhar (D), Orissa (Odisha), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding measures to protect the trees planted at public places, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 01/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P. Edwin Wilson Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 01/02/2019 regarding measures to protect the trees planted at public places and along the avenues in Chennai. The grievance in the application is that laying of concrete and cement around the trees, without any space is detrimental to the health of trees and environment. Avenue trees need to have adequate space around them.

Judgement Date: 
01/02/2019
Tags:
Trees, Chennai (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Tamil Nadu, Municipal Corporations
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding permission for expansion of Cancer Care Centre at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 31/01/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yogendra Mohan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/01/2019 regarding permission for expansion of Cancer Care Centre at Shimla by relaxing the directions of the judgment dated 16.11.2017 of the Tribunal prohibiting any new construction in ‘Core and Green/Forest area’ of Shimla in view of the impact of huge constructions already made affecting seismicity and environment.

Judgement Date: 
31/01/2019
Tags:
Shimla (T), Forests, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Himachal Pradesh, Construction Industry, Deforestation, Geology
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding transfer of fund to National Compensatory Afforestation Fund, 28/01/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/01/2019.

Judgement Date: 
28/01/2019
Tags:
Compensatory Afforestation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), Finance
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal running of a saw mill, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, 28/01/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Santi Rani Naskar Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 28/01/2019 regarding illegal running of a saw mill, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal.

Judgement Date: 
28/01/2019
Tags:
Forest-Based Industry, 24 Parganas (S), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal
Mining

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding mining leases falling under forest land, Karnataka, 24/01/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Others Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 24/01/2019. The issue in these applications is whether the leased areas of the lessees in question fall within the Revenue land or Forest land. The High Court of Karnataka in its order dated 16/11/2018 sets aside the notifications under the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963, dated 4.8.1994 and 4.9.2014 which according to the State of Karnataka go in support of the claim of the lessees to allow them to commence mining in the leased areas.

Judgement Date: 
24/01/2019
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Karnataka, High Court, Supreme Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding establishment of a Zoological Park in forest land at Kamlapura in Bellary District, Karnataka, 23/01/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jeyenth Vijayaraghavanam Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/01/2019 regarding establishment of a Zoological Park in forest land in violation of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 at Kamlapura in Bellary District of Karnataka.

Judgement Date: 
23/01/2019
Tags:
Forest Act 1980, Bellary (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Karnataka, Court, Wildlife
Forests

Tanzania announces six-month operation to save rare forests

Tanzanian government on Sunday announced to conduct a six-month operation to remove invaders from the forests and reserved areas across the east African nation.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2019
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Forests, Tanzania, Deforestation, Forest Encroachments, Trees, Agriculture, Africa
Forests

Water, not temperature, limits global forest growth as climate warms

Lack of water is playing a major role in limiting global forest growth as the climate warms, a recent study has suggested.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2019
Big News Network
Tags:
Forests, Climate Change, Global, Trees, Forest Management
Forests

Maharashtra to boost green cover with Miyawaki method

NAGPUR: In a bid to boost 33 crore plantations under the ‘Green Maharashtra Mission’ in 2019, the state government has decided to implement the ‘Miyawaki Dense Forest Project’ which will be modelle

Publication Date: 
18/01/2019
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Trees, Nagpur (D), Afforestation, Forests

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