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25.87 million hectares of India's forest missing

25.87 million hectares is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. An analysis by Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2022
Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Forests, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Policy, Deforestation
Forests

Counter affidavit filed by MoEF&CC regarding encroachment of forest land, Nandyalampet village, S. Mydukur mandal, YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, 11/02/2022

Counter affidavit filed on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Putta Sudhakar Yadav Vs Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh & Others.

Judgement Date: 
11/02/2022
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Andhra Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Affidavit filed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Rajasthan on illegal encroachments in Aravalli, 25/01/2022

Affidavit filed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Protection), Forest Department, Rajasthan in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 25/01/2022.

Judgement Date: 
25/01/2022
Tags:
Aravalli Range, Forest Encroachments, Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sariska NP
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining at Dadam Hills, Tosham, district Bhiwani, Haryana, 18/01/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 18/01/2022. Grievance in the application is against illegal mining in forest area by M/s Govardhan Mines and Minerals, Hisar at Dadam Hills, Tosham, district Bhiwani and also unscientific mining outside the forest area in violation of EC conditions. It is stated that there are FIRs, complaints and letters pointing out such illegalities but no remedial action is taken.

Judgement Date: 
18/01/2022
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Bhiwani (D), Haryana, Aravalli Range, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

State of Forest Report 2021

India has recorded an increase of 1,540 square kilometres in its forest cover, according to the biennial India’s State of Forest Report 2021, published by the Forest Survey of India. This is the increase recorded during 2019 and 2021

Publication Date: 
13/01/2022
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Forests, India, Deforestation, Forest Act 1980, Forest Conservation, Forest Management
Forests

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding diversion of forest land for construction of certain projects, Himachal Pradesh, 09/12/2021

Order of the Supreme Court of India In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/12/2021.

Judgement Date: 
09/12/2021
Tags:
Forests, Himachal Pradesh, Supreme Court, Roads, Deforestation, Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Forests

Three Hundred Forty Ninth Report on the recommendations/observations contained in the Three Hundred Twenty Fourth Report on Status of Forests in India

The Action Taken Report (ATR) of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in Three Hundred Twenty Fourth Report of the Committee on 'Status of Forests in India' of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2021
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Forests, India, Parliament, Forest Management, Forest Fires, Afforestation
Climate Change

Advancing multilateral cooperation on climate action

Multilateral cooperation initiatives (or “climate clubs”) can generate some of the additional action that is needed to achieve the goals agreed in the Paris Agreement.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2021
German Environment Agency
Tags:
Climate Change, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Food Security, Forests, India, Global
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unrestricted construction of hotels and resorts alongside Jayanti dam, Alipurdua, West Bengal, 18/11/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion (Re: Unrestricted construction of Hotels, Resorts in Jayanti Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/11/2021.

Judgement Date: 
18/11/2021
Tags:
Dams, Forests, West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hotels, Buxa SA
Climate Change

Climate change mitigation in forests: lessons for climate security

Forests in low and middle-income countries are at the centre of climate change mitigation efforts. But these forests are also areas of high levels of insecurity and are found in fragile states with weak governance, especially over forestlands. Nations affected by conflict hold 40 per cent of the world’s tropical forests.

Publication Date: 
16/11/2021
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Forests, REDD

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