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50 million trees by 2030 for green cover towards clean coal initiative: Eco Survey SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 08:19 PM IST Share Synopsis Under the initiative about 54,500 hectare land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees, the Survey for 2020-21 laid in Parliament said. Agencies NEW DELHI: Plans are afoot for plantation of 50 million trees on 20,000 hectare of land by 2030 as part of clean coal initiatives, the Economic Survey for 2020-21 said on Friday. Under the initiative about 54,500 hectare land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees, the Survey for 2020-21 laid in Parliament said. For creating a carbon sink about 54,500 ha land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees - estimated carbon sink of 2.7 lakh tonnes of CO2 equivalent/year. Plan to cover 20000 ha of additional area by plantation of around 50 million trees by 2030, the Survey said. ....
Plans are afoot for plantation of 50 million trees on 20,000 hectare of land by 2030 as part of clean coal initiatives, the Economic Survey for 2020-21 said on Friday. Under the initiative about 54,500 hectare land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees, the Survey for 2020-21 laid in Parliament said. For creating a carbon sink about 54,500 ha land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees - estimated carbon sink of 2.7 lakh tonnes of CO2 equivalent/year. Plan to cover 20000 ha of additional area by plantation of around 50 million trees by 2030, the Survey said. The survey further noted that two Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Projects with considerable potential for carbon footprint reduction are in the pipeline. ....
Importing ‘conflict minerals’ into Northern Ireland This page provides information about the legal requirements governing the import of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold into Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021. From: Print this page Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the EU Conflict Mineral Regulation continues to apply in Northern Ireland for the duration of the Protocol. The EU regulations are implemented in Northern Ireland via the Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 which came into force on 1 January 2021. The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation puts voluntary guidance from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on mineral supply chain due diligence into law for the largest importers of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold (3TG), across the EU. Businesses have a statutory requirement to comply with the OECD guidance only in Northern Ireland. However, the Government expects al ....
Though the fine print and official confirmation of the mining sector reforms the Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday are yet to come, industry players are elated at the steps taken. There are, however, concerns over implementation at the state level and the environmental impact of mining. “Directionally, it is a good set of reforms. But since implementation is with state governments, the key lies in how each state executes it at its end. Even today, for a final go or no go, in terms of approvals, it takes about three-four years, and this scares away investors,” said Ritabrata Ghosh, assistant vice president (corporate ratings and industry research) at ICRA. ....
On 4 January, police announced that three suspects had been arrested days earlier after a security scanner picked up irregular images, presumably of their hand luggage. “The trio had just flown into South Africa from Madagascar and were en-route to Dubai via Ethiopia last week when they were apprehended,” spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said. “Upon questioning of the suspects and further inspection of their hand luggage, officials discovered the gold bars and some foreign currency.” While police said the gold bars had a street value of about R61-million, they could, based on the value of a kilogram of gold and depending on the quality of the gold, fetch around R67.5-million on the legal market, according to website market charts. ....