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Order pf the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting and pruning of trees in Vasant Vihar, Delhi, 20/12/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai & Others Vs Department of Environment, GNCTD & Others dated 20/12/2022.

The matter related to illegal act of cutting, felling and pruning of trees in Vasant Vihar.

The applicants have submitted that some trees were cut/felled in Vasant Vihar on September 30, 2022 without any permission and a complaint dated October 28, 2022 was lodged in this regard by Sanjeev Bagai with various authorities.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2022
Tags:
Trees, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Deforestation, Municipal Corporations
Forests

West Bengal Pollution Control Board report on felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling, 16/12/2022

Affidavit filed by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the matter of Bharat Prakash Rai Vs State of West Bengal dated December 16, 2022.

The matter related to felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling.

Judgement Date: 
16/12/2022
Tags:
Tea, Deforestation, Trees, Darjiling (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Cloud forest assets: financing a valuable nature-based solution

This report finds that of the 979 hydropower dams currently operating in the 25 cloud forest countries, more than half depend on water from cloud forests, representing billions of dollars of electricity production that take nature’s ecosystem services for granted.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2022
Earth Security
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Ecosystem Services, Hydroelectricity, Climate Change, Global, Carbon Sequestration
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees in Nagore, Rajasthan, 29/11/2022

The NGT directed the Divisional Forest Officer, Nagore, Rajasthan to look into the matter of illegal cutting of trees.

Judgement Date: 
29/11/2022
Tags:
Trees, Deforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rajasthan
Forests

Better forests, better cities

Better Forests, Better Cities evaluates how forests both inside and outside city boundaries benefit cities and their residents, and what actions cities can take to conserve, restore and sustainably manage those forests.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2022
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Forests, Urbanisation, Urban Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity, India, Global
Land

Global peatlands assessment: the state of the world’s peatlands

Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of carbon as found in the world’s forests. Keeping this carbon locked away is absolutely critical to achieving global climate goals.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2022
UNEP
Tags:
Land Degradation, Forests, India, Global, Africa, Biodiversity, Ecosystems
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of 500 trees in village Sarai Khawaja, Faridabad, Haryana, 16/11/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of Vijay Chawla Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 16/11/2022. For the illegal cutting of 500 trees in village Sarai Khawaja, Faridabad, Haryana,

Judgement Date: 
16/11/2022
Tags:
Deforestation, Construction Industry, Trees, Faridabad (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Compensatory Afforestation
Climate Change

Making good on the Glasgow Climate Pact: a call to action to achieve one gigaton of emissions reductions from forests by 2025

The world is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030, critical for a credible pathway to the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal, according to a new report by the UN-REDD Programme, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Green Gigaton Challenge (GGC).

Publication Date: 
07/11/2022
UNEP
Tags:
COP 26 (Glasgow), Climate Change, Forests, REDD, Emission Targets
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pruning of 200 mango trees without requisite permission, Daulatpur-Gagret Guglehad road, Una district, Himachal Pradesh, 04/11/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Avinash Vidhrohi Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 04/11/2022. Avinash Vidhrohi resident of village Deoli, tehsil Ghanari, district Una, Himachal Pradesh in his application to the NGT said that the PWD Department got pruning of all branches of 200 fruit bearing mango trees standing on Daulatpur-Gagret Guglehad road done through a contractor without obtaining requisite permission from the forest department.

Judgement Date: 
04/11/2022
Tags:
Mango, Trees, Una (D), Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Deforestation
Climate Change

Landscape of climate finance for agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and fisheries

Over the last decade, the agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and fisheries (AFOLU) sectors were responsible for 13-21% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IPCC, 2022, IPCC AR6 WGIII, Chapter 7).

Publication Date: 
04/11/2022
Climate Policy Initiative
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Agriculture, Forests, Land Use, Fisheries

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