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Paperitalo Environmental News
( Last updated Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:49 pm EST) | |
Bare-Handed Battle Ends in Tragedy for Forest Guard in Kashmir
Gull Mohammad ShahOn the morning of December 7, 2025, the streets of Changoo lay still. Most government employees stayed home for Sunday, while Gull Mohammad Shah, 54, a forest guard with the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department, set out into the predawn … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | Forest stakes sold to fund
A 38% stake in Taieri Forests Ltd and 100% of the assets of Otago Estate Ltd have been sold to APG Asset Management — Europe’s largest pension investor.
Yesterday, New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | Budget constraints and EU delays hampered UK’s forest efforts at COP30, says Miliband
Image: John Breslin / DESNZ
The UK did not pledge any money towards Brazil’s new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP, despite working with Brazil for several years on its design and on attracting global interest.
The TFFF will … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | RMA Replacement Risks Weakening Protections For Nature – Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird warns that the Government’s proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act (RMA) could weaken critical environmental safeguards and put native species and landscapes at greater risk.
Under the reforms announced today, the RMA would … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | Forest Minister Javed Rana Chairs Meeting to Finalize RE 2025–26 & BE 2026–27
Jammu, December 09: Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, today chaired a high-level meeting at the Civil Secretariat to review and finalize the Revised Estimates (RE) 2025–26 and Budget Estimates … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | N.C. Forest Service to conduct training at Sandhills Community College, Stan Adams Training Center
The N.C. Forest Service (NCFS) is holding Piedmont Training Academy for N.C. Forest Service rangers and foresters Monday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 12, at Sandhills Community College in Moore County and Stan Adams Training Center in Chatham County. … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | 136 Elephants Died In Odisha In Last 18 Months, Says Forest Minister
Bhubaneswar: A total of 136 elephants have died in Odisha in the last one and half years (2024-25 and 2025-26 September) due to various reasons, said Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia, in response to a question in … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | 136 elephants died in Odisha during past 18 months: Forest minister
Bhubaneswar: As many as 136 wild elephants died in Odisha between April 2024 and September 2025 due to multiple causes, including electrocution, disease, poaching and accidents, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
| | | Coastal localities exceed targets in forest protection
CÀ MAU — Twenty-one coastal provinces and cities nationwide have protected more than 281,000ha of forests after five years of implementing a Government scheme on protecting and developing coastal forests, meeting 102 per cent of the scheme’s target.
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| | | Death toll rises in Sumatra flood catastrophe as gov’t moves to protect Batang Toru forest
The number confirmed killed following the most fatal flooding to hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra for decades increased to almost 1,000 on Dec. 9.
On Dec. 6, Indonesia’s Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq suspended companies operating in the … Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:53 pm EST
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