The Bandipur National Park was fonned by including most M the torest areas of the then Venugopala Wildlife Park and its Sanctum Sanctorum at Bandipur in the year 1974. In the year 2001, after going through the due process of law, the State Government vide its Notification No. FEE 211 FWL 98 Dated 27-06-2001 notified an area of 870.36 Sq.Km.

The Scheme of Assistance for Abatement of Pollution was conceptualized during the 7th Five-Year Plan with the main objective to strengthen the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / State Pollution Control Committees (SPCCs) for enforcing statutory provisions of pollution abatement.

Constitution of committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Mundra, Gujarat. The Ministry of Environment & Forests had granted Environment and CRZ clearance on 12.01.2009 to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Limited (formerly Mundra Port and SEZ Limited) for the development of port facilities at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat.

Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued this notification on reconstitution of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) in the Industry sector for Environmental Impact Assessment and evaluation of projects received by the Ministry for grant of environmental clearance.

This advisory issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) urges the department of Telecommunications to stop allowing new cell phone towers in a one kilometer radius of existing ones, to avoid any negative effects of EMR exposure on the wild life, especially birds and bees.

Ministry of Environment and Forests has published draft rules in respect of use of washed/blended or beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, vide Gazette Notification No. G.S.R. 522(E). dated July 11, 2012.

The objectives of the species recovery action plan are: To augment the populations of Great Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican and Bengal Florican to a minimum viable population in order to remove the three species from the list of Critically Endangered Species; To improve the habitat range of the Great Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican and Bengal F

Text of the joint statement issued at the 11th BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change held at Johannesburg, South Africa from July 12-13, 2012. BASIC Ministers welcomed the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the adoption of the document The Future We Want, reaffirming the Rio Principles, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.

The Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat vide their O.M. No. 121/4/3/2010-Cab.

Read the final guidelines prepared by MoEF and CPCB for implementation of the provisions of the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. This also provides guidance on setting up collection mechanism, dismantling and recycling operations.