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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal laterite stone mining in Khurdha district, Odisha, 05/05/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bidu Bhusan Harichandan & Others Vs District Collector Khurdha & dated 05/05/2020 regarding illegal laterite stone mining at 40 different sites in the Khurdha District of Odisha to an extent of about 500 acres encompassing several villages including Tapanga, Anda and JhinkiJhari under Nijigarh Tapang Panchayat. The area involves amongst others cashew jungle, gramya jungle and gochar land. Neither Environmental Clearance nor Consent to Operate have been obtained from the respective authorities.

Judgement Date: 
05/05/2020
Tags:
Mining, Jharkhand, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Common Property Resources
Forests

Bits and pieces: Forest fragmentation by linear intrusions in India

Linear infrastructure development is an important driver of forest fragmentation leading to habitat and biodiversity loss as well as disruption of critical ecosystem processes. The tropical forests of India are increasingly impacted by infrastructure development. Little quantitative information is available on the extent of fragmentation due to linear infrastructure on these habitats.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2020
Rajat Nayak, Krithi K. Karanth, Trishna Dutta & et al
Land Use Policy
1-12
Tags:
Forests, India, Deforestation, Infrastructure Development, Protected Area Conservation, Western Ghats, Ecosystems, Tropical Forests
Environment

Carbon sequestration rates indicate ecosystem recovery following human disturbance in the equatorial Andes

Few studies exist that document how high-elevation Andean ecosystems recover naturally after the cessation of human activities and this can limit the implementation of cost-effective restoration actions. We assessed Andean forest (Polylepis stands) and páramo grassland recovery along an elevation gradient (3,600–4,350 m.a.s.l.) in the Yanacocha Reserve (Ecuador) where natural recovery has been allowed since 1995.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2020
Marco Calderón-Loor, Francisco Cuesta, Esteban Pinto & et al
PLoS ONE
1-23
Tags:
Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystems, Forests, Grasslands, Ecuador, Ecosystem Services, Soil Capability, Biomass, Protected Area Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation
Economy

Budget of Delhi 2020-21: Budget Speech

Delhi is being recognized for its new initiative and a new thinking towards education, health services, social welfare and social security measures taken to improve the standard of living and quality of life of the common man.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2020
Government of Delhi Planning Department
Tags:
Delhi, Budget, Education, Health Care, Water Supply, Sanitation, Energy, Environment, Forests, Public Transport, Housing, Urban Development, Irrigation, Rural Development
Environment

Report on shrinkage of Natural Conservation Zone, Delhi NCR, 18/03/2020

Action taken report on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Legal Aid Committee, NGT Bar Association Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others. Report filed on March 18, 2020.

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2020
Tags:
Environment, Urban Land Use, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forests, Remote Sensing
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on conservation of forest, 13/03/2020

Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, an organization under the Ministry carries out the assessment of forest and tree cover (FTC) of the country biennially and the findings are published in India State of Forest Report (ISFR). The total FTC of the country, as per the ISFR 2019 is 8,07,276 km2 which is 24.56% of the total geographical area of the country. This is an increase of 5,188 km2 (forest cover 3,976 km2 and tree cover 1,212 km2) as compared to that of FTC in ISFR-2017 and 13,209 km2 (forest cover 10,754 km2, tree cover 2,455 km2) as compared to FTC in ISFR, 2015.

Publication Date: 
Friday, March 13, 2020
Lok Sabha
Tags:
India, Lok Sabha, Forests, Forest Conservation
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on fencing around forest areas, 13/03/2020

As per the information received from the State Forest Department of Uttar Pradesh, six persons have lost their lives in man-leopard conflict in Bijnaur District of Uttar Pradesh during the year 2019-2020.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2020
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor (D), Forests, People - Animal Conflicts, Leopard
Forests

State Bamboo Policy, Tripura

Bamboo is one of the most important non-wood forest resources used extensively by tribals and rural poor in Tripura. While it plays an important role in the economy of the State and in subsistence activities, employment generation and household income, the economic potential is significantly greater.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2020
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Tripura, Forest Products, Bamboo, Tribals, Employment, Economic Development
Forests

We belong to the forest

This compilation of case studies from the central eastern tribal states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand is an attempt to bring together practices and experiences of forest dependent communities of managing and governing their resources.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2020
Oxfam India
Tags:
Forests, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Forest Rights Act 2006, Community Groups, India, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Community Forest Management (CFM)
Forests

Commitments in-Country: Companies, palm & Commitments that count in Indonesia, 2020

Supply Change and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) teamed up to examine the state of corporate reporting on deforestation linked to palm oil production in Indonesia. Supply Change’s database contains over 870 companies, which are tracked by their involvement in one of the “big four” commodity supply chains.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2020
UNEP Finance Initiative
Tags:
Indonesia, Palm Oil, Deforestation, European Union (EU), India, China

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