Concerns flagged over green credit rules, SC intervenes
1 week, 6 days ago

Concerns flagged over green credit rules, SC intervenes

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken up environmentalists’ concerns over inadequacies in the Green Credit Rules of 2023 and sought the response of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. The shortcomings could adversely affect India’s forest conservation efforts and compromise the rights of Indigenous people, green groups have argued. However, environmental groups, such as Haryana-based People’s Group for Aravalli and Goa-based Rainbow Warrior, filed a petition against the GCR, saying itwill ruin India’s important forest landscapes, such as the 692-km Aravalli Ranges spread over four states and biodiversity hotspots, such as the Western Ghats. The petitioners argued that GCR exempts entities from planting tree saplings to get green credit only on the basis of species plantation.

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Supreme Court Criticizes Delhi Government's Green Cover Efforts, Proposes to Appoint External Agency To Suggest Measures
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Criticizes Delhi Government's Green Cover Efforts, Proposes to Appoint External Agency To Suggest Measures

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the Delhi government's progress in implementing measures to enhance green cover in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. We therefore propose to appoint an agency to suggest measures for enhancing green cover of National Capital Territory of Delhi. During the proceedings today, the Court was informed while the Delhi Forest Department had …

India to set up a carbon trading, green bond regulator
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India to set up a carbon trading, green bond regulator

Live Mint  

The Union government plans to set up an agency on the lines of National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India to regulate carbon trading, two people said. Empowering government The amended Energy Conservation Act, 2022 empowers the Indian government to set up a domestic carbon market and to authorize designated agencies to issue carbon credit certificates. The Indian Carbon Market …

World Environment Day 2024: Delhi State Legal Services Authority Leads The Way With A Green Initiative
9 months, 2 weeks ago

World Environment Day 2024: Delhi State Legal Services Authority Leads The Way With A Green Initiative

Live Law  

On June 5th, 2024, the global community came together to celebrate World Environment Day, emphasizing the collective responsibility we share in nurturing and protecting our planet. Principal District & Sessions Judge, Rouse Avenue Courts and Central-II DLSA, organized a meaningful plantation drive at the Rouse Avenue Courts Complex, New Delhi. Following his lead, Justice Prateek Jalan, Judge, High Court of …

Urgent need to halt deforestation, check further land degradation by 2030: UN forum on forests
10 months, 1 week ago

Urgent need to halt deforestation, check further land degradation by 2030: UN forum on forests

Hindustan Times  

There is an urgent need to quickly halt deforestation and prevent further land degradation by 2030 for the world to stay on the path of sustainable development, the UN Forum on Forests said in a declaration at the conclusion of its 19th session on Friday. The declaration, which yet to be released, also reaffirmed the UN Strategic Plan for Forests …

Can green credits benefit India’s forests?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Can green credits benefit India’s forests?

The Hindu  

The Green Credit Programme, announced by the Environment Ministry in October 2023, is a market-based mechanism where individuals and companies can claim incentives called ‘green credits’ for contributions to environmental and ecological restoration. And let’s say growing 1,000 trees in a particular patch earns you one green credit per tree. In green credits, one is a biodiversity credit, one is …

What are the new Green Credit Programme rules? | Explained
11 months ago

What are the new Green Credit Programme rules? | Explained

The Hindu  

April 21, 2024 03:54 am | Updated 02:01 pm IST The story so far: On April 12, the Environment Ministry issued further guidelines on its Green Credit Programme, two months after it had prescribed rules governing the first initiative, afforestation. Under this, individuals, organisations and companies — public and private — would be encouraged to invest in sectors ranging from …

Centre tweaks green credit programme norms
11 months ago

Centre tweaks green credit programme norms

The Hindu  

Amid concerns that the Green Credit Programme, which encourages organisations and individuals to invest in afforestation project in ‘degraded’ forest lands for ‘green credits,’ may encourage tree planting for financial gains, the Union Environment Ministry — the overall coordinator of the programme — has clarified that primacy must be accorded to restoring ecosystems over merely tree planting. Two years after …

States offer up thousands of hectares of ‘degraded’ forest land for green credits
11 months, 2 weeks ago

States offer up thousands of hectares of ‘degraded’ forest land for green credits

The Hindu  

Weeks after the Union Environment Ministry announced the rules for its Green Credit Programme, ten States have identified parcels of degraded forest land, amounting to about 3,853 hectares, that will be available for individuals, groups, public and private sector units to earn – and potentially trade – green credits. These green credits can then be used by companies which have …

Green credits scheme: Retd civil servants urge Centre to recall tree plantation notification
1 year ago

Green credits scheme: Retd civil servants urge Centre to recall tree plantation notification

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A group of retired civil servants on Tuesday requested the Centre to withdraw a notification issued under the Green Credits Programme, alleging that it would make it easy for corporates to obtain forest land for their projects, leading to an "ecological disaster" and impacting the livelihoods of millions of pastoral and semi-pastoral communities. Notified on February 22, the …

Greens uneasy over Green Credit rules
1 year ago

Greens uneasy over Green Credit rules

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In the recent Green Credit Rule 2024 announced by the government to promote tree plantations on natural forest land, environmentalists see another attempt to destroy natural forests. Through the rules, the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change directed the State Forest Departments to identify degraded land parcels, including open forest and scrub land, wasteland and catchment areas, …

Modi government’s new environmental laws a threat to India’s biodiversity and forests
1 year, 7 months ago

Modi government’s new environmental laws a threat to India’s biodiversity and forests

The Hindu  

They could open up precious forest resources to the exploitation of private companies. Key changes in BDA, FCA In the case of the BDA, criminal prosecution of violators has been done away with, which is likely to encourage biopiracy; the National Biodiversity Authority, which was originally established as an autonomous regulator, is now a body consisting of 16 Central government …

Adding green cover or a threat? The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, explained
1 year, 7 months ago

Adding green cover or a threat? The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, explained

Firstpost  

The Lok Sabha has passed the Forest Amendment Bill-2023. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, “The primary objective of this Bill is to increase the forest area of the country to meet our goals of conservation of forests, conservation of biodiversity and the challenges posed by climate change… That is why we have decided to drop …

Green Credit Programme and India's Net Zero Transition: From Intent to Action
1 year, 8 months ago

Green Credit Programme and India's Net Zero Transition: From Intent to Action

Deccan Chronicle  

India's Net Zero transition has reached a crucial juncture with the announcement of the introduction of the Green Credit Programme and the formation of India's domestic regulated carbon market. The Green Credit Programme offers individuals, companies, and local bodies the opportunity to earn "green credits" for their contributions to sustainable activities such as tree plantation, water conservation, and waste management. …

Green washing: The Hindu Editorial on amendments and the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Green washing: The Hindu Editorial on amendments and the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023

The Hindu  

The Forest Amendment Bill, 2023, that is being deliberated upon by a Joint Committee of Parliament, is a contentious piece of legislation that signals the complex challenges involved in balancing industrial development and the conservation of forests. The existing Forest Act, 1980 — in the Environment Ministry’s reckoning — was insufficient for these ends, as it did not incentivise private …

How will the government’s Green Credit Programme work? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

How will the government’s Green Credit Programme work? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Union environment ministry has notified draft rules for implementation of a Green Credit Programme. Under this programme, certain activities will earn green credits, which can also be traded – that is, bought and sold – on a trading platform. So, how will this Green Credit Programme actually work? And will the institutionalisation of green credits result in forests being …

Centre Invites Suggestions On Draft Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023, Aims At Encouraging Voluntary Environmental Actions
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre Invites Suggestions On Draft Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023, Aims At Encouraging Voluntary Environmental Actions

Live Law  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has notified the Draft Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023 and invited suggestions from the general public. The credit can be earned by entities for various environmental activities listed in the Draft Rules, and the green credits will be tradable on a proposed domestic market platform. Tree Plantation-based Green Credit Water-based Green …

Come up with a well-structured green peace programme: Experts
1 year, 8 months ago

Come up with a well-structured green peace programme: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The ministry of environment released the Green Credit Programme ’ implementation rules 2023 on Tuesday. To achieve this objective, the government has come up with the Green Credit Programme to create a market-based mechanism to provide incentives to various stakeholders in the form of green credits. Stakeholders like individuals, far producer organisations, cooperatives, forestry enterprises, sustainable agriculture, local bodies, …

Centre moots ‘market’ scheme to promote sustainable living
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre moots ‘market’ scheme to promote sustainable living

The Hindu  

The Environment Ministry has issued a draft notification detailing a proposed ‘Green Credit Scheme’ that will incentivise a host of activities including afforestation programmes, water conservation, waste management and remedying air pollution by allowing individuals and organisations to generate ‘Green Credits.’ These credits, through a yet to be specified mechanism, can also be traded for money. Apart from incentivising individual/community …

Satire | Greening India: some suggestions to improve the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Satire | Greening India: some suggestions to improve the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023

The Hindu  

I have a very old and very special relationship with the environment. I also like the Bill’s approach of replacing forests, which often contain forest-dwelling communities, with pure ‘green cover’ sans communities. Why should the nation miss out on all the goodies that forests offer, such as mining projects, wind energy farms, seven-star tourist resorts, eleven-star luxury villas, and fourteen-star …

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023: Does it aim for climate mitigation at the expense of biodiversity, forest rights? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 9 months ago

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023: Does it aim for climate mitigation at the expense of biodiversity, forest rights? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Central government introduced the Forest Amendment Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha on March 29th this year. Generally speaking, the Bill exempts certain types of forest land from the protection afforded by the Act. The government has also not inspired much confidence regarding its intentions by sending the Bill to a Select committee of Parliament instead of referring it …

India’s green warriors have bravely marched into 2023, resolved to save urban ecology
2 years, 2 months ago

India’s green warriors have bravely marched into 2023, resolved to save urban ecology

The Hindu  

In the summer of 2019, a group of 15 people who call themselves ‘Nature Lovers of Hyderabad’ came together to save an irreplaceable tract of local heritage: nearly 1,000 banyan trees, many a century old, slated to be felled for a highway widening project on a 46-km stretch between Hyderabad and Manneguda. “There will be a time when people will …

New forest rules aimed at corporatisation: Brinda Karat
2 years, 8 months ago

New forest rules aimed at corporatisation: Brinda Karat

The Hindu  

Opposing the amended Forest Rules, 2022, CPI Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat, in a letter to Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, has said the amended rules were aimed at corporatisation and not conservation. Ms. Karat said “it is objectionable, condemnable and unacceptable how the amended rules have totally eliminated the rights of gram sabhas and of tribal communities and others living …

Explained: India’s Environmental Issues Behind COP 26 Commitments
3 years, 2 months ago

Explained: India’s Environmental Issues Behind COP 26 Commitments

ABP News  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021, Glasgow, has initiated discussions to combat the long ignored impacts of climate change. At COP 26, where 100 nations agreed to reduce ‘methane emission’ by 30 per cent within 2030, India did not make any such commitment. Agriculture employs two-thirds of the nation’s population, contributes 17 per cent of the GDP along with …

National Green Tribunal not vested with powers to examine validity of any law: SC
3 years, 11 months ago

National Green Tribunal not vested with powers to examine validity of any law: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the National Green Tribunal was not vested with the powers to examine the validity of any law or to strike it down. “Prima facie we are of the view the National Green Tribunal can’t strike down a law,” said Chief Justice Sharad A. Bobde, heading a bench that also comprised Justices …

SC sets up 7-member committee to formulate guidelines on cutting trees for developmental projects
3 years, 11 months ago

SC sets up 7-member committee to formulate guidelines on cutting trees for developmental projects

India Today  

With several development projects planned in the country that require the cutting of trees with ‘historical significance’, the Supreme Court has now set up a seven-member committee to develop scientific and policy guidelines in this regard. The court observed that it is "imperative to make a realistic assessment of the economic value of a tree, which may be permitted to …

India’s Pledge To Restore Degraded Land Could Fuel Land Conflicts
5 years, 5 months ago

India’s Pledge To Restore Degraded Land Could Fuel Land Conflicts

The Quint  

“Within forest areas, one can look at a PPP model, but it will then require a lot of safeguards to make sure the rights of people are not affected,” Sethi said, adding that, “third party monitoring will also be required to make sure the benefits like forest produce are equitably shared and natural forest areas with high biodiversity are not …

The right way to save India’s forests
7 years, 1 month ago

The right way to save India’s forests

Live Mint  

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 has raised serious concerns about the human and environmental costs of compensatory afforestation. By allocating more than Rs50,000 crore, the Act enables the forest bureaucracy to entrench its control over forests and subvert democratic forest governance established by the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and Panchayats Act, 1996. During its enactment, the Union environment, forest …

All India Lawyers Union Petitions SC Against Diluting Finance Act Provisions On Tribunals, Including NGT [Read Petition]
7 years, 7 months ago

All India Lawyers Union Petitions SC Against Diluting Finance Act Provisions On Tribunals, Including NGT [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The All India Lawyers Union has Petitioned the Supreme Court, challenging the provisions of the Finance Act, 2017 which confer “unanalyzed and uncontrolled power to the executive” to provide for qualifications and conditions of service of members of various tribunals, especially the National Green Tribunal.It challenges Sections 182 to 185 of the Finance Act, 2017 and the Rules framed. The …

All India Lawyers Union Petitions SC Against Diluting Finance Act Provisions On Tribunals, Including NGT [Read Petition]
7 years, 7 months ago

All India Lawyers Union Petitions SC Against Diluting Finance Act Provisions On Tribunals, Including NGT [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The All India Lawyers Union has Petitioned the Supreme Court, challenging the provisions of the Finance Act, 2017 which confer “unanalyzed and uncontrolled power to the executive” to provide for qualifications and conditions of service of members of various tribunals, especially the National Green Tribunal.It challenges Sections 182 to 185 of the Finance Act, 2017 and the Rules framed. The …

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