SC approves Centre's new expert body on environmental and forest matters

Feb 01, 2024, at 02:13 am

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the new body of experts set up by the Centre for consultation on environmental and forest matters.

J&K: Govt. constitutes panels to implement Forest Rights Act

Dec 02, 2020, at 10:46 pm

Srinagar: The General Administration Department today constituted three committees – Union Territory Level, District Level and Sub-Divisional Level Committee – for the implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in J&K.

Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres

Mar 21, 2020, at 10:53 am

New York/IBNS: On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has been referred to as a “nature super year”, to be the year that the world turns the tide on deforestation and forestry loss.

Spending time outside is good for health: Study

Jul 07, 2018, at 04:09 pm

London, July 7 (IBNS): Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Importance of broad financing for sustainable forest management highlighted at UN forum

May 05, 2017, at 09:46 pm

New York, May 5 (Just Earth News): A United Nations meeting on sustainable management of forests on Thursday discussed the importance of mobilizing resources from a diverse range of actors to ensure broad ownership as well as to advance the overall sustainable development agenda.