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Andhra CM asks aqua farmers to prioritise environment protection

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met aqua farmers and exporters in Amravati and asked them to give priority to the environment protection.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Amravati, Environmental Security, Aquaculture, Farmers, Ecology, Environment
Forests

People’s forests: Is community forest resource governance the future of India’s jungles?

First came the forest, followed by the people, and then the government. Does this chronology allow the newest entrant in the scheme to determine the relationship between the two older entities?

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Shruti Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Saxena
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Community Forest Management (CFM), Land Degradation, Governance, Watershed Development, Women, Amravati, Chandrapur (D), Narmada (D), Kandhamal
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the establishment of a Amravati Thermal Power Project, 08/08/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Society for Environmental Protection Amravati Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/08/2014 regarding the establishment of a Amravati Thermal Power Project which allegedly would not only destroy environment of Amravati city but would also deprive farmers of Amravati district from irrigation facility, made available to them by the through Upper Wardha Dam.

Judgement Date: 
08/08/2014
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Amravati (D), Maharashtra, Dams, Irrigation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Farmers, Power Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC)