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MoEF urged to cancel clearance for airport project

The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS), a Kozhencherry-based prominent environmental group that has been campaigning for the cause of Pampa since the past two decades, have called upon the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to take immediate steps to cancel the clearance granted for the proposed greenfield airport project at Aranmula.

In a letter to the secretary, MoEF, the PPS general secretary, N.K. Sukumaran Nair, alleged that the clearance granted by the Environmental Appraisal Committee (F No. 10-51/2010-IA) for the KGS Aranmula Greenfield Airport project was based on certain “undisclosed and incorrect information, without considering the ground reality.’’

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Pathanamthitta (D), Wetlands, Pampa, Ecosystems, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Wetland Conservation, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environment, Kerala
Air Pollution

Brick kilns posing threat to agriculture, biodiversity in north

The growing numbers of unplanned brick kilns have been posing environmental threat to agriculture and biodiversity in the country’s northern region, according to experts and farmers.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, South Asia, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Air Pollution, Environment, UNDP, Health Effects, Ecology
Forests

Five-yr campaign launched to save Sundarbans

The Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) yesterday launched a five-year long mass awareness campaign through different programs from Khulna University campus on how to protect the Sundarbans.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Wildlife, Sundarbans, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Mangroves, Forests, Biodiversity, Natural Disasters
Biodiversity

Proposal to make biodiversity registers part of school syllabi

It would be implemented in all panchayats in State

In a bid to nurture environmental consciousness among the younger generation, the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSSB) has made a proposal to the State government to make the contents of the People's Biodiversity Registers as part of their education.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Panchayats, Environment Education, Medicinal Plants, Wastelands, Ecosystems, Fish Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Kerala
Environment

Global sustainable development goals The unresolved questions for Rio+20

Preparations for the Rio+20 United Nations conference on sustainable development have begun, but the first round of preparatory meetings did not address important issues such as sustainable resource use, production and consumption.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Mukul Sanwal
Economic and Political Weekly
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7
14-16
Tags:
Sustainable Development, Economic Development, Consumption Patterns, WTO, Lifestyles, Carbon Dioxide, Poverty, Ecosystem Services, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Biodiversity, Developing Countries, China, India, Conflicts, Appropriate Technology, Urbanisation, Trade
Forests

Green cover rises in five industrialised states

For long, industrialised states were looked upon as the ones trading forest cover for development. However, a recent report by the Forest Survey of India showed five of the nine most industrialised states were able to increase their green cover in 2011, compared to 2009. Between 2001 and 2010, these nine states contributed 60 per cent towards the country’s gross domestic product output.

Data analysed by Business Standard showed the five states added 178 sq km of forests. The states were Tamil Nadu (74 sq km), Rajasthan (51 sq km), Orissa (48 sq km), Karnataka (four sq km) and West Bengal (one sq km).

Publication Date: 
17/02/2012
Piyali Mandal
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Afforestation, Orissa (Odisha), Karnataka, West Bengal, Naxalites, Trees, Deforestation, Khammam (D), Arunachal, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests
Climate Change

Study climate change impact on food production

M.S. Swaminathan delivers talk at sustainable development meet

Publication Date: 
16/02/2012
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Green Revolution, Ecology, Carbon Dioxide, M S Swaminathan, Poverty, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change
Environment

Green growth, resources and resilience: environmental sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

This new ADB report provides insights into Asian and Pacific resource use trends and outlines key actions that governments can pursue to help bring economic growth strategies in closer alignment with the objective of sustainable development.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2012
UNESCAP
Tags:
Sustainable Development, Environment, Asia, India, Economic Development, Energy, Food Security, Water Resources, Minerals, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Economy, Governance, Energy Intensity, Drinking Water, Agriculture
Biodiversity

High Court notices to Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh over wetland conservation

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the three states for the immediate conserva

Publication Date: 
15/02/2012
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Wetland Conservation, Wetlands, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, High Court, Ramsar Convention, Groundwater Recharge, Migratory Species
Biodiversity

Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park

Invasive species represent a significant threat to global biodiversity and a substantial economic burden. Burmese pythons, giant constricting snakes native to Asia, now are found throughout much of southern Florida, including all of Everglades National Park (ENP). Pythons have increased dramatically in both abundance and geographic range since 2000 and consume a wide variety of mammals and birds. Here we report severe apparent declines in mammal populations that coincide temporally and spatially with the proliferation of pythons in ENP.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2012
Michael E. Dorcas, John D. Willson, Robert N. Reed & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
109
7
2418-2422
Tags:
Invasive Alien Species, Mammals, Snakes, National Parks, United States Of America (US)

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