Enable Block: 

Action taken on behalf of Mizoram in the matter of Pi Vamramchhuangi Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2023.

The matter related to constructions within the Tlawng Hnar Reserved Forests/ Tlawng Riverine Reserve Forest. The constructions included a mini sports complex, district park, impounding water recharge dam, six stone quarries in Zobawk and Lungpuizawl village, Lunglei.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nirmal Kumar Singha Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 17/08/2023.

Report by the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board regarding illegal cutting/uprooting of khair trees in Rail Beat area falling in Dada Seeba forest range, district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

Over the past two decades, India has seen growth in forest and tree cover despite developmental activities. India in its 2015 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) committed to creating an additional sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) through the expansion of forest and tree cover by 2030.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nitin Saxena Vs Department of Forest & Others dated 04/08/2023.

The application was filed by Nitin Saxena, a resident of Bhopal complaining that Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has illegally cut several trees in Borvan forest area/Borvan Park where more than 1,25,977 trees are standing and it comes in the catchment area of 'Bhoj wetland', a Ramsar site.

The Ministry of Law and Justice (MoL&J) on August 04, 2023, notified the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 further to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

Forests are an important component of natural capital and deliver a broad range of ecosystem services that underpin human well-being.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raj Kumar Vs State of Haryana dated 02/08/2023.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Singh Khaira & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 28/07/2023. The matter related to  violation of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 and Article 51A of the Constitution of India by cutting the trees and not taking action by the state authorities.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change moved the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 as reported by the Joint Committee of Parliament to be taken into consideration in Lok Sabha and subsequently requested the House to get the Bill passed.

Pages