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Over 1,000 fires ravage 1,369 ha forest cover in U’khand

Haridwar: The Uttarakhand forest department has recorded a loss of Rs 23.59 lakh due to ravaging wildfires that have gutted 1369 hectares of forest cover in 1099 fire incidents till date in the sta

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Forest Fires, Wildlife, National Parks, Forests
Forests

No encroachment shall be allowed on forest land in Southern Ridge: Delhi govt tells NGT

The Delhi government Wednesday told the National Green Tribunal that no encroachment shall be allowed on forest land in Southern Ridge.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests
Forests

Planted around 1 cr trees across country in last three years to maintain ecology: NHAI tells NGT

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told the National Green Tribunal Tuesday that it has planted around 1 crore trees throughout the country in the past three years to maintain ecology

Publication Date: 
22/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Trees, Ecology, Afforestation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), NGO, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests
Forests

Green bamboos chopped and piled onto a truck inside the forest

Green bamboos illegally felled by a forest department allotted timber unit in Manjavadi Kanavai in Harur.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bamboo, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Farmers, Floods, Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal use of revenue forest land in Jaidev Vihar Mouja, Bhubaneswar Tehshil, Khurda, Odisha, 20/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhash Mohapatra Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 20/05/2019 regarding illegal and unauthorized use of 568.039 Acres of Revenue Forest Land (Jungle II Kisam) in Khata No. 1427, Jaidev Vihar Mouja, Bhubaneswar Tehshil, Khurda District for non-forestry purpose without obtaining any clearance from the forest department under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.

Judgement Date: 
20/05/2019
Tags:
Forests, Forest Encroachments, Khordha, Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Lessons learnt from 10 years of restoration of coastal and sub-montane tropical forests: the East Usambara landscape (Tanzania)

The coastal and sub-montane forest of Eastern Africa is ranked as one of the world's most endangered biodiversity hotspots. The East Usambara landscape represents one of the larger forest blocks within this hotspot, and contains species such as the critically-endangered long-billed tailorbird and the endangered Usambara weaver.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2019
Stephanie Mansourian, Peter Sumbi, Eustack Bonifasi, Charles Meshack, Isaac Malugu, Daniel Vallauri
WWF
Tags:
Tropical Forests, Tanzania, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Africa
Forests

Odisha plans to restore coastal green cover

Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout

Publication Date: 
20/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Coastal Regulations, Cyclones, Afforestation, Forests
Forests

Hyderabad: 950 banyan trees under threat due to road work

Vata foundation is keen on translocating the trees but has yet received a response from the government yet.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Trees, Farmers, Banyan, Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal encroachment of the government land in forest area of Mauza NAC Narkanda, tehsil Kumarsain, Himachal Pradesh, 16/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sher Singh Vs Govt. of Himachal Pradesh dated 16/05/2019 regarding illegal encroachment of the government land in forest area of Mauza NAC Narkanda, Tehsil Kumarsain.

Judgement Date: 
16/05/2019
Tags:
Forests, Shimla (D), Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Encroachments
Forests

Nearing the tipping point: drivers of deforestation in the Amazon region

The largest tropical rainforest on the planet, the Amazon plays a critical role as a storehouse of carbon and mediator of the global water cycle and holds a greater share of the world’s known biodiversity than any other ecosystem.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2019
Inter-American Dialogue
Tags:
Deforestation, Amazon, Tropical Forests

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