Yokohama to Plant 12100 Trees for Forever Forests in India
Yokohama India will be planting 12,100 trees as part of its global Forever Forest project to plant 5,00,000 trees by 2017. Yokohama India began the plantation on the 100 year…
Public Lecture on Governing South Asia’s Forests at NMML
The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) invites all interested to a Public Lecture on the topic 'Governing South Asia’s Forests: Does women’s presence make a difference?’ as part of…
Water and Forests: Basic Necessity for Maintaining Life and Biodiversity
The past week witnessed the celebrations of two important and inter-connected days of environmental importance. 21st March marked the observance of World Forestry Day, supported by all members of the…
Monday Feature: Green News and Media Roundup for Week 01, 2012
Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for week 01 (starting January 2) 2012. 1. Projects fail to control pollution in Yamuna: CAG Environment experts had been saying…
And Now a Green Kolaveri: Why this Koyla Mining di?
The ongoing "junglistan" signing campaign of Greenpeace India is a symbolic one as it calls for a united struggle against indiscriminate mining and destruction of our forests. People are being…
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Highlights India’s Commitmment to the Environment
The following is an interview of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh by the United Nations Environment Programme's Director of Communications Satinder Bindra. Jairam Ramesh speaks on India's commitment to the environmental…
India to Play the Global Host for World Environment Day 2011
It is that time of the year when activities carried out towards environment protection climax, and rejuvenate with even greater enthusiasm. As the calendar changes to the month of June,…
“Finish De-Greening Before Implementing Greening Projects”, Jairam
Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) Shri Jairam Ramesh releasing a ‘Calendar of Events’ at the World Forestry Day Celebrations in New Delhi In keeping with the mandate…
Stand for Survival: Plant a Tree with the CM this World Forestry Day
File photo of Delhi CM Sheila Dixit planting a sapling at the Aravali Biodiversity Park on the International Biodiversity Day in 2010. Also seen is the Chief Secretary Mr. Rakesh…
I-TEEB Consultation Workshop Aims at Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
A two days stakeholder consultation to develop the framework for strengthening biodiversity conservation programs and initiating action for assessing the economic value of India’s natural capital is ongoing right now.…
DU Hosts Public Lecture on Politics of Nature: East-West Perspective
The University of Delhi hosted its first public lecture of 2011 today, on 'The Politics of Nature: East- West Perspective in the Viceregal Lodge of the University. The event was…
National Committee on Forest Rights Act Submits Report
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had set up a joint committee to inquire into the status of implementation of the Scheduled…