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China's anti-desertification drive restores 10 million hectares in five years, targets 6.7 million more by 2030China has restored over 10 million hectares of desertified land and nearly 2 million hectares of rocky desertification during the 14th Five...- Ganga cleanliness no longer matter of opinion, data shows improvement: National mission bodyScientific data now proves the Ganga river is getting cleaner. Twelve years of the Namami Gange programme have led to measurable improvemen...
- Afforestation, dolphin revival show life returning to Ganga under Namami Gange: NMCGThe Namami Gange program has brought ecological revival to the Ganga river. Large-scale afforestation efforts have led to forest cover alon...
- Environment Ministry's advisory panel gives nod for forest diversion to build Kalai-II hydel project in ArunachalThe Environment Ministry's forest advisory committee has given the green light for the Kalai-II hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh,...
- Green projects can't fail the green testThe Maharashtra government has come under fire from the Supreme Court for its lackluster approach to tree planting amid the construction of...
- 9,000-hactare land available in Yamuna floodplains for plantation: Delhi forest deptThe forest department said it has conducted a detailed analysis of the land available for plantation in the Yamuna floodplains, considering...
- How far has Green India Mission succeeded? A status checkThe Green India Mission plan that was for afforestation activities has fallen short by 30% of it’s target 2015-16 to 2020-21. The plan whic...
- Jal Shakti Abhiyan to get measured up- satellite backed sensors for real time measurement of ground water levelAll Central Prabhari Officers have been told to ensure ‘measurement’ of ground water levels.
- Parliament passes a historic Bill to increase green cover and protect wildlife in IndiaA much awaited Bill, meant for unlocking over Rs 42,000 crore fund for compensatory afforestation and wildlife protection, was passed by th...
- Lok Sabha passes Bill to unlock over Rs 40,000 crore for increasing forest cover in IndiaThe Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditio...
- 20K-25K hectare of forest diverted for non-forest activities: GovernmentThe rate of diversion of forest land for non-forestry activities is roughly 20,000-25,000 hectare per year in the country, Rajya Sabha was ...
- Parliamentary panel examining bill on forest land given extensionThe bill seeks to pave the way for expeditious utilisation of funds realised for forest land diverted to non-forest purposes in a transpare...
- Parliamentary panel gets extension, report on CAF Bill to be delayedParliamentary Standing Committee had sought a fresh extension to present its report on the CAF Bill 2015 which is the brainchild of Environ...
- Rs 40,000 crore fund soon for compensatory afforestation: Prakash JavadekarA huge fund of Rs 40,000 crore will soon be available for compensatory afforestation all over the country.
- Rs 40,000 cr fund soon for compensatory afforestation: Prakash JavadekarEnvironment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that government has planned to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF)...
- Maharashtra promotes afforestation through new green city policyThe policy which has come into effect from July 31, places the responsibility of drawing up plans for afforestation by local self governing...
- 'Over 1 lakh hectares forest land approved for development projects'Govt has accorded approvals for use of around 1.25 lakh hectares of forest land for various development projects, the Lok Sabha was informe...
- 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...
- India over-reporting green cover, study findsA study by forest researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) has concluded that India could be grossly “over-reporting” its fo...
- 32 sq km forest cover lost to dam construction on NarmadaMadhya Pradesh has lost 32 sq km of forest cover due to the dam construction, especially on the river Narmada.
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