Trees

New saplings will be planted in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (SAS Nagar), Punjab from time to time during the planting season by the Municipal Corporation and Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and proper space will be kept around the trees. The work of de-concretization around trees will be undertaken and in place of interlocking tiles, perforated tiles will be installed.

Judgement Date:

23/11/2022

Tags:

Trees, Urban Habitat, Green Spaces, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Punjab, Municipal Corporations

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

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

Forests

Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees

Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation.

Publication Date:

01/11/2022

Source: FAO

Tags:

Forests, Trees, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Climate Adaptation, Global, REDD

Forests

Cutting of 1006 Eucalyptus trees okayed by Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court rejected the appeal filed by Ashish Kumar Garg against the cutting of trees for the purpose of widening the road from Jogiwala/ Ladpur/ Sahastradhara Crossing/ Krishali Square/ Pacific Golf Estate in Dehradun.

The state authorities, August 16, 2022 informed the High Court that out of 1006 Eucalyptus trees which were required to be cut for the project of road widening, 528 Eucalyptus trees have already been cut down up to August 4, 2022.

Judgement Date:

16/09/2022

Tags:

Forests, Deforestation, Roads, Eucalyptus, High Court, Dehradun (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Trees

Climate Change

Global protocol for community-scale greenhouse gas inventories: supplemental guidance for forests and trees

This supplemental guidance to the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC) provides detailed methods that communities can follow to estimate both GHG emissions from land-use change and other forest disturbances and carbon dioxide removals by forests and trees growing within their borders.

Publication Date:

28/07/2022

Source: World Resources Institute

Tags:

Green House Gases, Emissions Inventory, Forests, Trees, India, Global

Forests

Regulating urban trees in India: issues and challenges

This report highlights the scope and functions of a dozen tree laws implemented in different states in India. The implementation of these laws has come to public focus in recent years due to the growing number of cases of large-scale tree felling in Indian cities.

Publication Date:

11/07/2022

Source: Heinrich Boll Foundation

Tags:

Trees, Urbanisation, India, Governance

Forests