Forests

Indonesia investigates 10 firms over smog-causing forest fires

Indonesia is investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket of smog over Southeast Asia, threatening them with sanctions if they are found responsible, a government

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Forests, Forest Fires, Indonesia, Air Pollution, Industry, Palm Oil, Paper and Pulp Industry, Deforestation
Environment

UP based paper mill to shut down for causing pollution

An Uttar Pradesh paper mill has told the National Green Tribunal that they have decided to immediately shut down their operations in the wake of the Central Pollution Control Board's direction to c

Publication Date: 
02/09/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Paper and Pulp Industry, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Crops, Land Pollution, Bareilly (D), Ramganga, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment, Industrial Waste
Forests

Arunachal to sign MoUs for boosting bamboo sector

Arunachal Pradesh will soon ink Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Hindustan Paper Corporation to help potential bamboo growers in the state.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Bamboo, Paper and Pulp Industry, Farmers, Afforestation, Forests
Water Resources

Inter-sectoral water allocation and conflicts: Perspectives from Rajasthan

The law and policy frameworks for allocation or reallocation of water to different uses, or within a category of use, remain underdeveloped in India. This paper intends providing a starting point for a conversation on the law and policy dimensions of inter-sectoral water allocation. Focusing on a specific inter-sectoral water allocation conflict in Rajsamand District, Rajasthan, it illustrates gaps in the existing law and policy frameworks and highlights multiple issues that need to be addressed.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2015
Philippe Cullet, Lovleen Bhullar, Sujith Koonan
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Water Distribution, Water Disputes, Rajasthan, Rajsamand (D), Lakes, Water Policy, Drinking Water, Irrigation, Water Demand, Urban Water Supply, Paper and Pulp Industry, Mining, Hydrology, Gomti, Rivers, Mining Waste
Forests

Pulp & paper giant retires plantations to curb emissions

One of the world's largest pulp and paper manufacturers has today (13 August) pledged to immediately retire some of its commercial plantation areas in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2015
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Paper and Pulp Industry, Forest Conservation, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Indonesia, Greenpeace
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, 11/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd. Vs. Smt. Sunaina Singh & Ors. dated 11/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

The Tribunal also noted in the order that "the question of paying environmental compensation for the past pollution, if any, caused by the industry does arise in this Application." The industry would get their remediation plan for reclamation of soil below the low lying area prepared by the IIT falling within the concerned jurisdiction.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2015
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Industrial Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, Bareilly (D), Waste Disposal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, Land Pollution, Ganga
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, 03/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd. Vs. Smt. Sunaina Singh & Ors. dated 03/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh causing pollution problem in Nakatia Nalla as well as River Ramganga, a tributary of River Ganga.

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Judgement Date: 
03/08/2015
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Paper and Pulp Industry, Barelyil (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Hazardous Waste
Environment

Paper mill directed to ensure pollution control measures

The National Green Tribunal has directed Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), a public sector undertaking in Bhadravati, not to operate its fourth boiler till pollution control measures are put in place at th

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Paper and Pulp Industry, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment
Industry

Draft notification on the various standards for pulp & paper industry

The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a

Publication Date: 
06/07/2015
Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, India, Effluent Disposal Standards, Environment Act 1986
Forests

Conservationists Press Jakarta to Follow Industry Lead on Forests

Conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to listen to business and start taking deforestation seriously after a major paper giant joined the growing ranks of companies pledging to stop

Publication Date: 
09/06/2015
Sudan Vision (Sudan)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Indonesia, Paper and Pulp Industry, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Tiger

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