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Assam Cabinet approves Green Cess on vehicle ownership transfers, 12% quota for ex-AgniveersIn a recent meeting, the Assam Cabinet has ratified a Green Cess on vehicle ownership transfers. This initiative aligns with the introducti...- Need well-structured policies, community participation to address climate change: President MurmuPresident Murmu stressed a structured policy framework for climate change action. This framework must involve governments, legal experts, a...
- NITI seeks easier access to geological data, capital for small exploration companiesNiti Aayog recommends government support for junior exploration firms and increased private participation. Streamlining approvals and fores...
- Take steps to accelerate discovery of new mineral resources, says NITI AayogNITI Aayog suggests improving access to geological data and capital for exploration companies. Streamlining approvals and procedures will h...
- Ecocide being executed with full support of PM Modi: Cong on Tara coal block auctionThe Congress party has strongly criticized the Modi government's recent auction of the Tara coal block. This action is taking place within ...
- In 2008, Bosques Amazonicos SAC began training Ucayali farmers to grow food sustainably. 10 years later, hundreds of jobs were created and forest was regenerated in PeruBosques Amazónicos SAC initiated the Campo Verde Project in Peru's Ucayali region. This initiative focused on reforesting degraded lands wi...
- Global temperature rise set to cross 1.5-degree Celsius threshold: United NationsGlobal temperatures will soon surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold, increasing climate risks. This UN report emphasises immediate green...
- Rising CO₂ is making the planet hotter, but it is also making Earth greener: A 2026 study analyzing 40 years of satellite data found carbon dioxide was responsible for 82.8% of global greening through 2021Earth has experienced sustained global greening from 1982 to 2021. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide was the dominant driver behind this tr...
- In 1999, an American teacher gave $5,000 to a Chinese woman fighting a desert. 27 years later, they reunited in tears after her trees grew into a 50,000-tree forestIn 1999, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky gave $5,000 to Chinese environmentalist Yin Yuzhen after seeing her fight against desertification...
- Delhi Master Plan 2047: Key highlights of blueprint for housing, metro & YamunaDelhi's Master Plan 2047 targets 40 lakh new homes and a 695-km metro network by 2047. It includes redevelopment for unauthorized colonies ...
- India to host BRICS Environment Working Group meetings on August 17-18India will host the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting in New Delhi on August 18. Senior officers will meet on August 17 to discuss e...
- CAG report: Green India Mission falls short by 98% in forest cover targets, citing mismanagementThe CAG highlighted the Green India Mission's significant failure to achieve forest cover targets. Observed forest cover increase fell shor...
- West Bengal cracks down on illegal saw mills, closures begin across districtsWest Bengal has launched a statewide crackdown on illegally operating saw mills, beginning with closures in North 24 Parganas, as the Fores...
- In 1962, China sent young 369 foresters, to a former Qing hunting reserve that had become desert and was throwing sandstorms at Beijing; three generations later, it is the largest man-made forest on EarthIn 1962, a determined group of young foresters set out to change the landscape of Saihanba, transforming a barren desert into a thriving ec...
- Study of afforestation projects shows 70% floutedA new study on more than 2,000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country has found that 70% of the projects violated guidel...
- Government mulling involving public sector in afforestation"The government has formulated policy guidelines for participation of public sector in afforestation in degraded forest areas." Prakash Jav...
- Government hopes to free Rs 40,000 crore fund soon for afforestationThe Centre is hopeful that the bill to utilize close to Rs 40,000 crore currently locked in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management ...
- Industries, NGOs to be part of Maharashtra's new afforestation planMaharashtra Govt announced a revised policy to boost afforestation of degraded forest land with participation from industrial establishment...
- Centre mulls giving 90 per cent afforestation fund to statesIn a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000 crore compensatory afforestatio...
- 70% afforestation achieved in Arunachal PradeshThe Arunachal Pradesh Environment and Forest Department has achieved 70 per cent afforestation in the state at a time when forest areas are...
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