PUNE: "If your village is declared as part of the eco-sensitive area (ESA) then no one will want to marry your daughters" — This is just one of the reasons being bandied about in villages to drum u

SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass.

Waking up to the dwindling number of certain endangered species, the Centre has decided to step up efforts to protect five of them — Dugong (sea cow), Gangetic Dolphin, Great Indian Bustard, Manipu

PANJIM: The final report identifying eco-sensitive areas of the Western Ghats has been submitted to the State government for approval.

The Centre will come out with the final notification on earmarking an ecologically sensitive area (ESA) within the Western Ghats by August-end, incorporating suggestions of all the six states that

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said "misgivings" about implementation of Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats have to be "done away" with and a call on it will be taken by

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a review meeting with State Environment and Forests Ministers here on Tuesday to review the progress of demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas

The Centre on Tuesday will hold a crucial meeting on Western Ghats where environment ministers of six states - Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - will discuss the progres

Area likely to be declared biodiversity heritage site

Environment and forest ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will meet here on Tuesday to discuss conservation of biodiversity of the Western Ghats and ways to pr