Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said over 500 of the 3,200 online applications received for environmental clearances were approved last year.

Jakarta: One of the world's largest manufacturers of pulp and paper in Indonesia has announced it will immediately stop logging in all natural forests.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sunaina Singh Vs. Rama Shyama Paper Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. dated 07/05/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s Rama Shyama Paper Pvt. Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

The Tribunal in its order noted that "tt is evident from the results that unit is not meeting with the stipulated norms of effluent discharge with respect of parameters SS and BOD. Thus poses serious pollution problem in Nakatia Nalla as well as River Ramganga, a tributary of River Ganga."

China will ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other industrial plants by the end of 2016, as it moves to tackle severe pollution of the country's water supply.

Board objects to mill’s failure to honour pollution control norms

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Sukhraj Agro Paper Ltd. Vs. Punjab P.C.B. & Ors. dated 23/03/2015 regarding violation of pollution norms by Sukhraj Agro Paper.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 27/02/2015 regarding pollution caused by Century Pulp and Paper mill, Nainital,Uttarakhand. The Tribunal noted that the industry was ordered to be closed in the year 2011. After it undertook to comply with the directions issued under the Water and Air Act, the industry was permitted to restart its operation.

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has insisted it is committed to supporting the rights of communities in and around its operations after an investigation of the firm claimed it is 'lagging behind' on it

Discharge from slaughterhouses; sugar, paper and chemical units making Hindon, Kali dirty.

Global production of all major wood products continued to show steady growth in 2013 for the fourth consecutive year, according to new data published by FAO.

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