Maharashtra govt comes with new policy on compensatory plantation weeks after SC deferred permission for felling of more than 1,000 trees for Goregaon Mulund Link Road project.
Climate change is accelerating the loss of ancient forests. Rising temperatures threaten woodlands worldwide, from the Amazon to the boreal forests of Canada and Russia.
FAO’s Green-Ag project in India integrates forests and agriculture through agroecology across five diverse landscapes: Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
With monsoon onset in Delhi, govt has begun large-scale plantation drives across public lands. Miyawaki, afforestation technique named after Japanese botanist, is a quick greening method.
A group of 91 retired officers who served in govt has written to environment ministry urging it to withdraw a notification outlining green credit rules, calling them 'unscientific'.
Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha Wednesday. It aims to
‘remove ambiguities’ surrounding the applicability of the 1980 law.
Accredited compensatory afforestation scheme allows developers to buy afforested land from private or public entities, instead of finding non-forest land & bearing afforestation cost.
Detailed project reports of the rivers were prepared by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education & released Monday. Project looks at creating riparian forests for river rejuvenation
The panel says environment ministry hasn't responded to committee's observation on lack of human resources in forest departments, wants it to submit action taken report.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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