The 14th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) Ministerial Meeting on climate change was held in Chennai, India on February 15-16, 2013. At the conclusion of the Meeting a Joint Statement was issued.

This document provides status of environment & forests clearances in various sectors by the environment ministry and includes road projects, hydroelectric projects, thermal power projects, proposals seeking prior approval under FC Act, 1980 for diversion of forest land for non-forest purpose pending before MoEF, and list of pending EC & FC proposals as per Ministry of Coal.

Report detailing grassland ecosystems of Karnataka by Abi Tamim Vanak, Fellow, National Environmental Sciences Program, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India & Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

The MoEF committee chaired by A K Bansal on regulatory regime regarding felling and transit regulations for tree species grown on non forests/ private lands calls for simple uniform mechanisms to regulate the transit rules of forest produce within the state.

Office Memorandum of guidelines for granting environment clearance for expansion of coal mining projects involving one time production capacity expansion of up to 25% in the existing operation

Measures to protect the wildlife and biodiversity in general include inter alia, notification of suitable wildlife habitats as Protected Areas (National Parks, sanctuaries etc.) under the Wild Life (protection) Act (WLPA), 1972.

River Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as Eco-sensitive Zone, Notification by Ministry of Environment and Forests dated 18/12/2012.

The Environment Impact Assessment Notification (EIA), 2006 and its amendments thereafter require all new projects or activities and / or expansion and modernization of existing projects or activities listed in the schedule to the said Notification with capacity beyond threshold limits prescribed thereunder, to obtain prior Environment Clearance

National Tourism Conservation Authority (NTCA) notified these guidelines on 15 Oct 2012, under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 for tourism in and around tiger reserves.

Ministry of Environment & Forests from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 accorded environmental clearance to 209 development projects and approved 1126 proposals involving diversion of 15, 639 hectares of forest land.

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