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Illegal cutting of 980 trees in Greater Noida not taken seriously by U.P. authorities: NGT
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Illegal cutting of 980 trees in Greater Noida not taken seriously by U.P. authorities: NGT

The Hindu  

w has observed that the illegal felling of 980 trees in Greater Noida was not taken seriously by the Uttar Pradesh authorities and asked the principal chief conservator of forest to appear virtually before it on May 13 to apprise it on the action taken. Observing that a significant number of trees have been cut, a bench of NGT Chairperson …

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Missing the wood for the trees
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Missing the wood for the trees

New Indian Express  

Forests are a natural resource crucial to feeding and regulating rainfall cycles. The high numbers have been drummed up by including commercial bamboo plantations, coconut groves and orchards, Kerala’s former principal chief conservator of forests, Prakriti Srivastava, conservationist researcher Krithika Sampath and former National Board for Wildlife member Prerna Singh Bindra, told PTI. Calling it “another faulty report with inflated …

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No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court
3 months, 1 week ago

No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed all the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that no pruning of trees is undertaken till the Department of Forest and Wildlife has guidelines or SOP to ensure that the exercise is done and monitored in accordance with the provisions of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act.Justice Jasmeet Singh said that in case pruning is …

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Karnataka forest department clears Eucalyptus trees, starts safari to boost Blackbuck sanctuary
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka forest department clears Eucalyptus trees, starts safari to boost Blackbuck sanctuary

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: In an attempt to take the pressure off prime forest areas and to promote grasslands, the state forest department is improving the grassland terrains, removing Eucalyptus trees and starting a safari. One such is the case in Ranebennur’s Blackbuck sanctuary, where the department has started the exercise of clearing Eucalyptus trees, clearing the grasslands and improving the habitat for …

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Vast Ancient Forest in Jilin Showcases Enduring Resilience of Northeast Yew Trees
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Vast Ancient Forest in Jilin Showcases Enduring Resilience of Northeast Yew Trees

China Daily  

Vast ancient forest with rare yew trees discovered in Jilin province, China. The forest, covering hundreds of hectares at elevations between 700 and 1,200 meters, is more than 1,000 years old and includes thousands of middle-aged yews with trunk diameters between 10 and 40 centimeters, including six rare trees over 1,000 years old.

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Lone tusker causes widespread damages in farms near Coimbatore
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lone tusker causes widespread damages in farms near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Farmers from villages in the Thadagam valley have demanded immediate intervention from the Forest Department to drive out a lone tusker that caused damages to crops in several farms in the past few days. The tusker entered at least seven farms in villages, including Somayanur, Kalayanur and Pappanaickenpalayam in Thadagam valley on Wednesday night. According to farmers, the tusker damaged …

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MCD fined ₹80K, issued notice over concretised, missing trees
7 months, 1 week ago

MCD fined ₹80K, issued notice over concretised, missing trees

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Constructions, such as footpaths, around trees necessitate agencies to leave a one-metre space around the tree trunk, failing which they are categorised as concretised trees. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was penalised ₹80,000 and issued a show cause notice over concretised and missing trees in southeast Delhi, according to a submission made by the forest and wildlife department …

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Over 2L trees to be cut in Chhatisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for mining: Centre tells RS
8 months ago

Over 2L trees to be cut in Chhatisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for mining: Centre tells RS

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that around 273,000 more trees are likely to be felled in coming years for mining in Hasdeo Arand forests as the wildlife and biodiversity institutions have not recommended a complete ban on mining. The Union environment ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday shared information on two of the most …

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TH Impact: NGT takes cognisance of The Hindu article on trees chopped and burnt near Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu
8 months, 2 weeks ago

TH Impact: NGT takes cognisance of The Hindu article on trees chopped and burnt near Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu

The Hindu  

The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal has taken suo moto cognisance of a report published by The Hinduthat several trees have allegedly been felled and burnt near the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu district. On May 14, The Hindu had published an article ‘Environment activists alarmed as trees chopped and burnt near Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu’. This …

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Concern 'environmentally destructive' logging continues in Wombat State Forest despite ban
10 months ago

Concern 'environmentally destructive' logging continues in Wombat State Forest despite ban

ABC  

In short: Anti-logging conservationists allege logging continues in Victoria despite the state government's ban Anti-logging conservationists allege logging continues in Victoria despite the state government's ban Academics say Forest Fire Management Victoria's operations could increase, not reduce fire risk What's next: Conservationists are calling for independent oversight of Forest Fire Management Victoria After celebrating the end of native forest logging …

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Delhi High Court Stays Felling Of Trees In Central Ridge, Orders Removal Of Garbage
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Stays Felling Of Trees In Central Ridge, Orders Removal Of Garbage

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed that no further felling of trees or removal of shrubs and other bushes shall take place in the Central Ridge in the national capital, without the permission of the Court.The court has also directed the Forest Department and other local authorities to ensure that no dumping of garbage or any other waste material is …

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‘Chipko movement was about rightful access to resources’, says Ramesh Pahari
1 year ago

‘Chipko movement was about rightful access to resources’, says Ramesh Pahari

Hindustan Times  

Rudraprayag: Chipko was a movement to make locals self-reliant and give them rightful access to environmental resources, said Ramesh Pahari, one of the foremost leaders of the Chipko Movement. “The biggest lie ever told about Chipko is that it was an environmental movement,” said Pahari, 74, who also was an unofficial spokesperson of the movement in the 1970s and 1980s. …

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Review of Gentle Resistance, The Autobiography of Chandi Prasad Bhatt: Witness to Chipko
1 year ago

Review of Gentle Resistance, The Autobiography of Chandi Prasad Bhatt: Witness to Chipko

The Hindu  

Chandi Prasad Bhatt’s memoir, Gentle Resistance, is a remarkable book, by a man no less unique. ‘Untouchability’, a pernicious practice, was rife even as services of key Dalit groups, like iron smiths, carpenters and basket weavers, were integral to the wider village community. Peaceful protests As Bhatt shows in the Reni case, it was individuals like Gaura Devi and other …

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Travel: Forest bathing in an enchanting Finnish fell
1 year, 1 month ago

Travel: Forest bathing in an enchanting Finnish fell

Live Mint  

The air is chilly and a mild breeze that sweeps through occasionally carries tingling whiffs of the forest—pine cones, dried leaves, foliage crushed underfoot. Green is the predominant colour but there are plenty of shades ranging from pale yellow to mild orange, while gigantic pine trees rise up like sentinels all around, forming a beautiful pattern against the blue sky, …

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Americans can cut down their own Christmas tree for just $5. Here’s how
1 year, 4 months ago

Americans can cut down their own Christmas tree for just $5. Here’s how

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The US Forest Service is selling permits to …

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Representatives of ST bodies booked for ‘physical assault’ on Annamayya DFO
1 year, 6 months ago

Representatives of ST bodies booked for ‘physical assault’ on Annamayya DFO

The Hindu  

The Rayachoti Urban Police have registered cases under various sections of the IPC against the representatives of a group of Scheduled Tribe organisations on charges of preventing Annamayya District Forest Officer P. Vivek from attending to his duties and trying to assault him physically at the Collectorate on September 13. The DFO told the media on September 17 that a …

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Photographer arrested after protest over logging in endangered swift parrot habitat in Tasmania
1 year, 8 months ago

Photographer arrested after protest over logging in endangered swift parrot habitat in Tasmania

ABC  

In short: Logging is underway in a Tasmanian logging coupe where record numbers of swift parrots were documented over summer Logging is underway in a Tasmanian logging coupe where record numbers of swift parrots were documented over summer What's next? The federal Environment Department notes swift parrots only breed in Tasmania, in blue gum forest of south-east Tasmania, with some …

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City of Melbourne's Urban Forest project still attracting weekly love letters to trees
1 year, 10 months ago

City of Melbourne's Urban Forest project still attracting weekly love letters to trees

ABC  

More than a decade ago, every council-owned tree in Melbourne was given an email address. Monash University researcher and social media historian Julian O'Shea told ABC Radio Melbourne people had started writing love letters and poems after the Urban Forest project's launch in 2012. "If a tree wasn't looking very good and needed some love, it just makes it easy …

Love City Trees Project Melbourne Tree Letters
In India, mangrove trees make way for booming city of Kochi
1 year, 11 months ago

In India, mangrove trees make way for booming city of Kochi

Associated Press  

KOCHI, India — Burrowed between mangroves and a bustling skyline, 70-year-old Rajan, who only uses one name, reminisces about his old home. Mangalavanam, a protected bird sanctuary, sits in the heart of the city in Kochi, southern Kerala state, India, March 3, 2023. The entrance to the bird sanctuary is visible at Mangalavanam, a forest in the heart of the …

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Protest against alleged tree felling in Longwood Shola in Kotagiri
1 year, 11 months ago

Protest against alleged tree felling in Longwood Shola in Kotagiri

The Hindu  

Local residents from Kotagiri and surrounding villages staged a protest at the Longwood Shola in Kotagiri alleging that the Forest Department had cut down Shola trees inside the forest to establish a concrete structure. In a statement, Dilip Srinivas from The Heritage Foundation – Kotagiri, said residents learned that many Shola trees were cut down by the Forest Department. The …

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A modern wonderland casts its spell
2 years, 5 months ago

A modern wonderland casts its spell

China Daily  

The karst forest in Libo county, Guizhou province, is a prime example of nature's diversity. Nature reserve in Guizhou continues to preserve its unique karst landscape and biodiversity, Yang Yang and Yang Jun report. The indomitability of life that Zhang Yanquan, a worker with the Maolan National Nature Reserve in Libo county, Qiannan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guizhou, has …

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Only 1 tree transplantation project in Delhi met 80% survival rate criteria
2 years, 6 months ago

Only 1 tree transplantation project in Delhi met 80% survival rate criteria

Hindustan Times  

Out of all tree transplantation projects undertaken in Delhi over the last three years, wherein authorities relocate 100% of those identified, only one project has so far met the Delhi Tree Transplantation Policy’s survival rate threshold of 80%. Unfortunately, a majority of these projects have had a low survival rate of around 20-30%, data submitted by the forest department in …

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Divergent data on survival of trees transplanted for Parliament’s expansion
2 years, 6 months ago

Divergent data on survival of trees transplanted for Parliament’s expansion

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi forest department and Central Public Works Department submitted divergent data on the survival of trees transplanted for the expansion and restoration of the Parliament building as part of the Central Vista Project in their affidavits submitted to the Delhi high court in May. It added that only around one-third of the 16,461 trees transplanted under the Delhi Preservation …

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US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests
2 years, 8 months ago

US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the U.S. West, as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation’s forests from wildfires, insects and other manifestations of climate change. That comes after Congress last year passed bipartisan legislation directing …

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