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Strategy for increasing green cover outside recorded forest areas: expert committee report

What is the best strategy for increasing green cover outside recorded forest areas? Leasing of wasteland to the corporate sector for re-greening is among the major recommendations that a report by an expert committee formed by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has suggested.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Forest Resources, Agroforestry, India, Trees, Private Sector
Forests

Fire and tree death: understanding and improving modeling of fire-induced tree mortality

Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally, affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and ecosystem services. The underlying mechanisms of fire-caused tree mortality remain poorly understood, however, limiting the ability to accurately predict

Publication Date: 
15/11/2018
Sharon M Hood, J Morgan Varner, Phillip van Mantgem & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-17
Tags:
Forest Fires, Trees, Ecosystems, Biomass, Research
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal felling of trees at at Chak Ganjaria Farm at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 01/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of We the People Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding illegal felling of trees at at Chak Ganjaria Farm at Lucknow where a Hightech City has been developed by the State of Uttar Pradesh. The report of the Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RSAC), Department of Science and Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh dated 13.10.2018 shows that under ‘Vegetative Cover’ sub-category ‘Tree Cover Density 40% to 70%’, the area was 0.684 hectares in the year 2012, which became zero in the year 2017.

Judgement Date: 
01/11/2018
Tags:
Trees, Deforestation, Lucknow, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensatory Afforestation, Uttar Pradesh
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions in the in the Aravali hills, 23/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 23/10/2018 regarding illegal constructions in the in the Aravali hills.

Judgement Date: 
23/10/2018
Tags:
Aravalli Range, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests, Court, Land Use, Environment Act 1986
Forests

Trees don’t need us, we need trees, says Gurugram’s green warrior

GURUGRAM: Not many who take pride in the continued existence of Mangar Bani, the last virgin forest in Delhi-NCR, are aware that the Bani survived only after Vivek Kamboj, a resident of Sushant Lok

Publication Date: 
22/10/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Trees, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Deforestation, Environmental Security, Forests
Environment

ICFRE signs two pacts to spread awareness on forests and environment

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous council under the Environment Ministry, signed two pacts Monday to spread awareness about forests, and environment among

Publication Date: 
16/10/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Biodiversity, Environment Education, Forests, Environment
Forests

In bid for healthier cities, Ethiopia aims to boost urban green

Except for one thing: the ubiquitous air pollution that is a constant problem for the residents of Ethiopia’s capital.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2018
Angola Press
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation, Climate Change, Ethiopia, REDD, Climate Impacts, Africa
Forests

Liberia: Logging Firms Using Politicians' Names to Commit Forest Grabs

The leadership of the Union of Liberia Community Forests (ULCF) has called on heads of logging companies in the country to desist from using names of politicians and government officials to take ov

Publication Date: 
12/10/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Liberia, Corruption, Illegal Trade, Africa
Forests

Strengthening forest fire management in India

Even as India has managed to increase its forest cover to over 20 per cent of its total geographical area, forest fires are a leading cause of degradation of the forest cover in the country says this new report released by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

Publication Date: 
09/10/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Forest Fires, India, Joint Forest Management (JFM), El Nino, REDD, Green House Gases
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding uprooting of trees while laying of underground optic fibre line from Nannoor to Veldurthy Village, Andhra Pradesh, 01/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of C. Janardana Reddy Vs. Jio Reliance Company dated 01/10/2018 regarding uprooting of trees by Jio-Reliance while laying of underground optic fibre line from Nannoor to Veldurthy Village, Andhra Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
01/10/2018
Tags:
Deforestation, Telecommunication, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Andhra Pradesh

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