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The General Office of the State Council has issued a guideline on adopting scientific measures as part of Chinas afforestation efforts to fundamentally improve the countrys natural environment.   The guideline highlights 14 measures related to various fields of scientific afforestation, including planning, land arrangement, utilization of water resources, selection of green species, vegetation restoration, returning farmland to forest and grassland, and innovative evaluation.   It urges effor...

Tree-planting has been at the heart of China's environmental efforts for decades as the country seeks to turn barren deserts and marshes near its borders into farmland.

Forestry licences up 11% on 2020 levels 2021-05-22

The principle of the Just Transition is that peatland management works for local communities. Local communities and farmers are central to conservation and restoration efforts, the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, has said. He told an An Fóram Uisce webinar on managing peatlands on Friday morning that it is important that these people are listened to when it comes to rewetting. “It is vital that we listen to communities and ensure that any decision arou...

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 4 (ANI): Punjab will launch a massive afforestation plan by planting 53 lakh saplings on 692.645 hectares at the cost of Rs 222.15 crore in the state, according to the state government.

Let’s carry on with the tree planting campaign improvement Tuesday April 27 2021 Summary Advertisement Tree planting is currently a popular statement among many individuals, institutions and politicians. As the country joined the international community to observe the World Earth Day last week, it was pleasing to note that tree planting is being appreciated by a cross section of personalities.  For the last two years, Buganda Kingdom has planted and urged people to plant trees.  The Bugand...

SHARING OPTIONS: The scheme, launched in August of last year, aims to fund the creation of new native woodlands on publicly owned lands. Just one public body has applied and been approved to the Department of Agriculture’s Creation of Woodland on Public Lands Scheme. The scheme, launched in August of last year, aims to fund the creation of new native woodlands on publicly owned lands. Iarnród Éireann was the first public body to engage with the scheme...

Setting Aside Environmental Concerns, J&K Govt Clears Transfer of Land for Ujh Project The geography-altering project is being constructed at a cost of Rs 9,167 crore on Ujh, a tributary of the Ravi river, for which 4,350 hectares of land has been identified by the J&K administration in Jammu’s Kathua district. Representational image of river Ravi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Government3 hours ago Srinagar: Setting aside grave environmental concerns, the Jammu and Kashmir administra...

SHARING OPTIONS: IFA farm forestry chair Vincent Nally said that farmers are hugely frustrated with the ‘communication vacuum’. Forest Industries Ireland (FII) has said it is gravely concerned with the picture that Department officials are painting of the ‘dire’ forestry situation to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State Pippa Hackett. A spokesperson for FII has warned: “The ministers are not getting a clear picture o...

The forest coverage of the national capital rose from 12.83 per cent to 44.4 per cent during the period, with forest stock totalling 25.2 million cubic meters, according to information released by the Capital Greening Office.The