The government will try to pass the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, in the current Parliament session. The Bill aims at establishing an autonomous tribunal, independent of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), for environmental clearance of development projects and providing relief and compensation to people affected by natural calamities."The Bill was introduced in Parliament this July and has been referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee, which is expected to submit its report on Monday," said Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh while launching the ‘Green India 2047’ report here today. environmental governance required strengthening. At present, 21 per cent of the land area is under forest cover, while the tree cover stands at 3 per cent.
Moreover, of the total forest cover, only 2 per cent is high density and 9 per cent medium density. The remaining 10 per cent of the forest area is degraded land. "We need to improve the quality of forests, as 10 per cent of greenhouse gases are sequestered by 65 per cent of India’s forest cover and this level should be maintained going ahead.As part of environmental governance, India would be in a position to provide an alternative gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015 that will also account for the consumption of natural resources as well and this GDP would stand for Green Domestic Product.
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