Members of civil society filed a petition highlighting inactions of the relevant Government Departments (Respondent) for not implementing the laws, policies and strategies regarding protection of the forest of Pakistan and to implement them by passing certain directions to the concerned quarters to perform their duties as per law. The Petitioners filed a constitutional petition seeking, inter...

A. is the owner of two land parcels located in a forested area. One of the parcels was fully covered with trees. In 2010, a communal forest ranger noticed that A. has constructed an unauthorized access road through the forest. As a result, an investigation judge condemned A. to a conditional day-fine penalty. In parallel to the criminal procedure, the Directorate-General for Environment of the...

The First Administrative Court was required by the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature to cancel a nature and landscape protection law adopted by the Parliament of the Canton of Fribourg on September the 12th, 2012.

In particular, the NGO challenged article 22 of this law which prohibits the destruction of wooded areas of ecological or landscape interest, located outside of building zones...

The First Administrative Court was required by the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature to cancel a nature and landscape protection law adopted by the Parliament of the Canton of Fribourg on September the 12th, 2012.

In particular, the NGO challenged article 22 of this law which prohibits the destruction of wooded areas of ecological or landscape interest, located outside of building zones...

In this case, the appellant challenged the order of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry requiring him to remove seven hectares of timber plantation from his property on the basis that it constituted an unlawful afforestation. The appellant recognized that the plantations were unlawful as they were planted beyond the authorized area by his licence and request the Tribunal to legalise them...

In this case, a the plaintiff challenged the decision of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to refuse him a Stream Flow Reduction Activity (SFRA) licence in respect of an afforestation which he wishes to establish for commercial purpose.

The plaintiff challenged the refusal of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry in front of the Water Tribunal and grounded his appeal by the fact...