Forests

Punjab: Environment crusader feels disillusioned at the end of battle to save green cover

CHANDIGARH: Sangrur based environment activist Amandeep Aggarwal feels disillusioned that his grit and perseverance in exposing the alleged rampant tree felling and misplaced compensatory afforesta

Publication Date: 
28/12/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Trees, Deforestation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensatory Afforestation, Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the Polytechnic College, Chariyaon Buzurg, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, 11/12/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Nand Rai Vs Government Polytechnic College, Deoria & Others dated 11/12/2018. This application was originally filed against grant of permission for felling of 57 tress by the Divisional Forest Officer in favour of Government Polytechnic College, Chariyaon Buzurg, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh on the ground that requisite conditions had not been imposed while permitting felling of the trees.

Judgement Date: 
11/12/2018
Tags:
Trees, Deoria (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees, District Chamoli, Uttarakhand, 03/12/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Pradhan, Gram Sabha Sarkot, Chamoli Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 03/12/2018 regarding illegal cutting of thousands of grown up trees at Damuthol Tok to Devsari Road, 8 km. from Gwaldam – Nandkishori Road in District Chamoli, State of Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
03/12/2018
Tags:
Deforestation, Trees, Chamoli, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Climate Change

Forest and water on a changing planet: vulnerability, adaptation and governance opportunities - a global assessment Report.

Water security is key to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, increasingly the world is facing water shortages, and an estimated four billion people do not have sufficient access to safe and reliable water.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2018
Irena F. Creed, Meine Van Noordwijk
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Tags:
Climate Change, Forests, Trees, Water Resources, India, Global, Hydrology
Climate Change

Making trees count: Measurement, reporting and verification of agroforestry under the UNFCCC

About half of developing countries express ambition to use agroforestry—the integration of trees with crops, livestock and other non-forest timber products—for adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2018
Todd Rosenstock, Andreas Wilkes, Courtney Jallo, & et al
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Tags:
Agroforestry, Trees, Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV), UNFCCC, REDD, Green House Gases, Emissions Inventory, India, Global
Environment

Paper industry objects to linking paper usage with environmental concerns

Paper industry represented by Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) has come out strongly against the perception being created by telecom providers linking paper to environmental concerns.

Publication Date: 
23/11/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Trees, Deforestation, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environment
Forests

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

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

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