Forests

Gram sabha to decide forest fate

A crucial gram sabha is being organised by the local tribal population to decide the fate of the Mahan forests in Madhya Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2014
Rashme Sehgal
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Forests, Tribals, Bauxite, Mining, Gram Sabhas, Coal, Singrauli (D), Forest Rights Act 2006, Orissa (Odisha), Grazing Lands
Land

Over 11K encroachments on pastoral land in Gujarat

Govt Fails To Come Out With New Policy Despite SC Guidelines

Gandhinagar: Despite Supreme Court’s order to clear encroachments and restrict sale of pastoral (gauchar) land, Gujarat still has more than 12,000 cases related to illegal possession of pastoral lands.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2014
Kapil Dave
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Gandhinagar (D), Patan (D), Amreli (D), Grazing Lands, Gram Sabhas, Land Use, Land
Climate Change

Agriculture and climate change mitigation in the Developing World

Agricultural activities in the developing world directly contribute about 4.23 GtCO2eq/y to the current anthropogenic forcing of the global climate, and indirectly a further approximately 3.93GtCO2eq/y through forest clearing and degradation. Together they constitute a quarter of the total global climate forcing from all sources.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
Robert J Scholes, Cheryl A Palm, Jonathan E Hickman
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Developing Countries, India, Grazing Lands, Croplands, Livestock, Land Degradation, Green House Gases
Forests

Implementation of Forest Rights Act slow and tardy

More than five years after the Forest Rights Act, 2006, was implemented in the country, Union minister for tribal affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo said its execution was slow.

“The implementation of the act is the responsibility of the state governments which I found to be rather slow and tardy,” Deo said.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2013
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Biodiversity, Grazing Lands, Forests
Climate Change

Traditional community management system to climate variability : Case of common property resources in Thar desert of Western Rajasthan

Traditional community management system to climate variability : Case of common property resources in Thar desert of Western Rajasthan - A presentation by Rucha Dande at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Rucha Dande
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Thar, Common Property Resources, Sacred Groves, Grazing Lands, Rainfall Pattern, Livestock, Fodder, Panchayats, Agriculture, Forests, Desert Spread
Land

Bandora locals threaten stir over land issue

Bandora locals, under the banner of Jan Jagruti Manch, Bandora, and Gaune Dahajan Samaj, have given an ultimatum to the government to revert the allegedly illegally converted land at Katamgal-Bando

Publication Date: 
04/10/2013
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Land Encroachments, Land, Grazing Lands
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on granting Environmental Clearance (EC) to expansion of Pipavav Port dated 22/08/2013

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter Gau Raxa Hitraxak Manch and Gauchar Paryavaran Pouchav Trust Rajula Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2013 regarding granting Environmental Clearance (EC) to expansion of a
Port - M/s Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (R-3).

Judgement Date: 
22/08/2013
Tags:
Ports, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Amreli (D), Mangroves, Migratory Species, Flora, Fauna, Birds, Grazing Lands, Land Encroachments, Groundwater, Soil Salinisation, Air Pollution, Health Effects, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Wildlife, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Waste, Public Hearing, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Land

Tribunal halts work on Amrit Mahal Kaval land

The ongoing construction of the country’s lone aeronautic testing range of the DRDO in Chitradurga district in Karnataka was on Wednesday put on hold by the Southern Bench of the National Green Tri

Publication Date: 
22/08/2013
R. Sivaraman
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Chitradurga (D), Grazing Lands, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Land
Land

HC cancels allocation of grazing land to Ajmal’s NGO

The Gauhati High Court has cancelled the allocation of 151 bighas of grazing reserve land in the Hojai subdivision of Nagaon district allotted illegally to Markazul Ma’Arif, a NGO whose chief patro

Publication Date: 
08/08/2013
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Nagaon (D), Grazing Lands, High Court, NGO, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Land
Land

Judgement of the Gauhati High Court regarding de-reserving 40 bighas 1 katha land for rehabilitating flood erosion affected families dated 07/08/2013

Judgement of the Gauhati High Court regarding de-reserving 40 bighas 1 katha land, land covered by Dag No. 283 of village No. 2 of Gogal Dubi under Kadam Mouza and thereby rehabilitating 22 nos. of flood erosion affected families with 1 bigha per family subject to utilisation for specific purpose within 3 years, failing which the land so allotted would automatically stand cancelled and reverted to the Government dated 07/08/2013 in the matter of
Gopinath Sonowal Vs State of Assam & Others.

Judgement Date: 
07/08/2013
Tags:
Floods, Rehabilitation, Assam, High Court, Grazing Lands, Land Resources

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