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Wildlife nods spiked in 2023; Nicobar plan to cost over ₹81K crore
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wildlife nods spiked in 2023; Nicobar plan to cost over ₹81K crore

Hindustan Times  

No objections were raised by the tribal communities against the Great Nicobar project during the “statutory period” for such feedback under the law, the Union government has submitted in parliament, a position that could be significant against the backdrop of Tribal Council of the Indian Ocean island announcing it had rescinded its permission for a controversial plan to carry out …

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SC moots apparatus for tree-felling compliance
5 months ago

SC moots apparatus for tree-felling compliance

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday contemplated devising a mechanism that will ensure that orders for felling of trees are verified on ground and conditions for compulsory afforestation are scrupulously followed. The top court recently constituted a committee of three experts along with a team from Forest Survey of India to determine the total number of trees cut. “It is necessary …

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11.5 lakh seed balls dispersed in afforestation drive in Pollachi forest range
6 months, 1 week ago

11.5 lakh seed balls dispersed in afforestation drive in Pollachi forest range

The Hindu  

Members of the National Cadet Corps and the Forest Department staff dispersed 11.5 lakh seed balls in an afforestation drive held in Pollachi forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on June 8. 5 lakh seed balls in two hours under the guidance of the Forest Department staff. With conducive weather, a mass afforestation drive was organised at Sethumadai in …

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India’s disputed compensatory afforestation policy at odds with new IPCC report
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s disputed compensatory afforestation policy at odds with new IPCC report

The Hindu  

Not degrading existing ecosystems in the first place will do more to lower the impact of the climate crisis than restoring ecosystems that have been destroyed – a finding that speaks to an increasingly contested policy in India that has allowed forests in one part of the country to be cut down and ‘replaced’ with those elsewhere. “We have known …

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Proposed infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island a mega folly
1 year, 11 months ago

Proposed infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island a mega folly

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:30 IST In a series of developments that have unfolded with uncharacteristic speed and coordination over the past two years, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has cleared the decks for a mega infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island situated at the southern tip of the Andaman and Nicobar Island group in the …

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Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land
2 years, 1 month ago

Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST Every time forest land was diverted for a development project, industries were required to identify an equal area of non-forest land for afforestation. This requirement changed on June 28, when the Union government notified new Forest Rules, 2022, that allow the exchange of private and deemed forests for compensatory afforestation. Compensatory afforestation Under …

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Over 30 Lakh Trees Cut in India for Developmental Projects in 2020-21, None in Delhi: Govt
2 years, 9 months ago

Over 30 Lakh Trees Cut in India for Developmental Projects in 2020-21, None in Delhi: Govt

News 18  

Nearly 31 lakh trees were cut down for construction and development of public infrastructure projects across India in 2020-21, but not a single tree was felled in the national capital, the Centre said on Monday. Responding to a query raised in the Lok Sabha, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said as many as 30,97,721 trees were felled with approval under …

India Trees Forest Crore Tree Compensatory Afforestation 30 Lakh
Spring afforestation burgeons in Shanxi
3 years, 9 months ago

Spring afforestation burgeons in Shanxi

China Daily  

Workers plant trees in Yuanqu county in Shanxi province, on March 11. North China's Shanxi province has so far reportedly completed afforestation covering over 200 square kilometers since it started this year's spring afforestation work. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the province afforested over 15,382 sq km, established two national forest cities, 255 national forest villages and 42 counties …

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In a first, compensatory afforestation of projects in Andaman to be done in MP
3 years, 11 months ago

In a first, compensatory afforestation of projects in Andaman to be done in MP

Hindustan Times  

In a first, carbon sinks for developments projects in Andaman and Nicobar Islands will be created over 2,000 kilometres away in Madhya Pradesh with the help of the forest department, government officials in the state and the islands said. Madhya Pradesh has about 1,000 degraded forest sites on over 40,000 hectares of land, where compensatory afforestation on behalf of Andaman …

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