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87,000 saplings planted in H.P., NHAI informs NGT
The Himachal Pradesh forest department has planted around 87,000 saplings in the forest range of Parwanoo, Dharampur and nearby areas as compensatory afforestation, the National Highways Authority of India
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Seawalls, coastal forests in Japan help reduce tsunami damage, study finds
Researchers who analyzed a history of tsunamis along the Pacific coast of Japan's Tohoku region have learned that seawalls higher than 5 meters reduce damage and death, while coastal forests also play
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Using Big Data to combat the illegal timber trade in Brazil
BVRio’s analysis found that more than 40 percent of the forest management operations in the Brazilian states of Pará and Mato Grosso between 2007 and 2015 were at medium to high risk of having involved
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Tanzania: In Search of Alternative Source of Energy to Save Forests
Zanzibar — Despite on-going awareness campaign to protect Zanzibar from environmental degradation, fuelled by fast growing development programmes, the islands are still grappling with deforestation at
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Wildfires in southern France threaten Marseille
Wildfires in southern France are threatening the city of Marseille, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
More than 1,500 firefighters are tackling the blazes which sprang
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 11/08/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2025 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning
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Statistical analysis of the effectiveness of seawalls and coastal forests in mitigating tsunami impacts in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures
The Pacific coast of the Tohoku region of Japan experiences repeated tsunamis, with the most recent events having occurred in 1896, 1933, 1960, and 2011. These events have caused large loss of life
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Civic bodies to have green cells
Hyderabad: Civic bodies in Telangana will set up a green cell envisaging enhancement of green cover in the state. The corporation and municipalities will have green cells, led by IFS officers, to conserve
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NGT directs forest dept to map pvt forest in Pilerne
PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the state forest department to submit a map of an area of 28,550 sq m identified as private forest in Pilerne to the revenue department for official records.
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La Palma blaze in Canaries claims one dead, 2,500 evacuated
A forest worker was killed and 2,500 people evacuated on the Canary island of La Palma after a forest fire was reportedly started by a German burning soiled toilet paper.
Firefighters and army emergency
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Palm oil giant IOI Group regains RSPO sustainability certification
Palm oil supplier IOI Group has had its certificate for sustainable palm oil reinstated by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), after it was judged to have fulfilled the body’s demands to improve
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California wildfire forces closure of scenic Highway 1
An epic wildfire that has killed one person and blackened about 60,000 acres along the California coast, forced authorities on Monday to shut down a portion of scenic Highway 1 near Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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Chevron wins U.S. ruling blocking $8.6 billion Ecuador rainforest award
Chevron Corp persuaded a federal appeals court on Monday to block enforcement in the United States of an $8.65 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment that it said, and which the court agreed, was obtained
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Encroachers eating into forest cover: RTI
Bhubaneswar: The state's forest cover is getting depleted and has lost around 37,500 hectares (375 sq km) to encroachers, information obtained under RTI has revealed.
Although chief minister Naveen
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Cover, 09/08/2025
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Cover, 09/08/2016. Forest Survey of India, Dehradun is carrying out the assessment of forest cover of the country biennially and the findings are published in India
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Green India Mission, 09/08/2025
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Green India Mission, 09/08/2016. The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is currently being implemented in nine States namely Uttarakhand, Punjab, Karnataka, Andhra
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mines in Forest Area, 09/08/2025
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mines in Forest Area, 09/08/2016. Details of Mining projects for different minerals approved for diversion of forest land from 1980 to July, 2016 in the country is at Annexure
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Himachal to plant 1 Cr saplings to increase green cover
Himachal Pradesh government has set a target of planting over one crore saplings this year to increase the depleting green cover in the state.
Himachal Pradesh was the first state in country to earn
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Madhya Pradesh pollution board asks industries to plant trees
With an aim to reduce pollution.With an aim to reduce pollution.
Indore : With an aim to reduce pollution level, the regional pollution board has issued instructions to industries to plant adequate trees
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Alarming' trend in Queensland tree clearing figures spurs call for tighter laws
Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been cleared in Queensland, a new study has found, after a surge led by cattle graziers under relaxed laws that the state government is seeking to overturn.
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