The Indian government recently came out with the India State of Forest Report (ISFR 2021), the biennial national forest cover report, claiming a marginal increase of 2,261 square kilometres in the country’s total forest and tree cover but unlike the previous years, the sector experts this time are vocal against the claims. They question the […]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an independent Expert Committee comprising of multi-disciplinary authorities in an appeal moved against Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in an order dated February 2, 2021 for Lakhwar Multipurpose Project (300 MW) in Tehri Garwal and Dehradun by M/s UJVN Ltd on Yamuna river in Uttrakhand.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an independent Expert Committee comprising of multi-disciplinary authorities in an appeal moved against Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in an order dated February 2, 2021 for Lakhwar Multipurpose Project (300 MW) in Tehri Garwal and Dehradun by M/s UJVN Ltd on Yamuna river in Uttrakhand.
The India State of Forest Report 2021 has vindicated what activists, lawyers and academicians have been saying all along - Arunachal Pradesh, which is the second largest forested state in India, is losing its primary forests and that too at a .