Thiruvananthapuram: The ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Monday submitted the draft notification on Kasturirangan-led High level Working Group committee (HLWG) report to the law depar

Acute Summer, Forest Fires Force Forest Department Decision

The state forest department is planning to close down some of its major wildlife sanctuaries and parks following the onset of acute summer and increasing incidents of forest fires in the last few weeks.

The government has decided to constitute two committees to frame as well as scrutinize the rules relating to the new Land Acquisition Act, 2013 of the Centre.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale has won the award for the Most Innovative and Unique Tourism Projectin the country.

The first edition of the mega art event, held during December 2012-February 2013, had attracted nearly half a million visitors, including tens of thousands from outside the state and abroad. The event won the award in the niche tourism segment.

The latest camera trap study of the tiger population in Wayanad conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for the state forest department shows the 344.44 square km sanctuary having a ti

US FDA Chief Hails India’s Food Safety Commitments

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Margaret A Hamburg on Monday said the regulator was now implementing the most sweeping food safety legislation in over 60 years.

Says Region Waterlogged Property Now

The state government has claimed that the proposed Aranmula airport would not be coming up on a wetland. In a counter affidavit filed at the Chennai bench of National Green Tribunal in the case challenging environmental clearance for the project, the environment department says the project area didn’t figure in the wetland map prepared for the purpose of Wetland Conservation Rules 2010.

Sanctioning Authority, SEIAA, Is Headless

The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman’s post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the state that provides clearances for quarrying, sand mining and commercial projects in Kerala.

Roof-Top, Pole-Mounted Units Planned In Attapadi Hamlet, Mananthavadi Estate

The state electricity board has, in a first-of-its-kind endeavour suitable to Kerala, decided to roll out several pilot projects to track and test the potential of solar energy.

The National Green Tribunal has given an ultimatum to the Union ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to come out with a plan of action on how it will implement the Kasturirangan committee report by March 24.

The NGT order came after MoEF said that states like Kerala and Karnataka objected to the report and asked for more time for its implementation. The MoEF made this plea while replying to the original PIL filed by Goa Foundation on implementation of the Madhav Gadgil report.