Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said the government will oppose any move by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecol

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to the State government seeking a verification of the cadastral-level mapping carried out by government agencies to ascertain the extent of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the State.

A letter from the MoEF regional office in Bangalore, addressed to the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Environment, sought ‘random sampling ground truthing’ of the ESA demarcated by the Government of Kerala by verifying at least 25 per cent of the 123 villages demarcated as ESA.

With BJP coming to power in New Delhi, environmentalists across the country are hoping that the party will implement the Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report (WGEEP).

The Mangar Bani grove in Haryana will be out of bounds for tourism activities and the entire forest earmarked as “no-construction zone” by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB).

The forest department has recommended that Tosamaidan firing range which has sofar reportedly claimed over 75 people besides damaging thousands of green trees be handed over to Pehjan wild life dep

"Ma Ganga aur Benares se mera rishta purana hai," BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, pledging his intent to restore the Ganga to its original glory while campaigning in Varanasi.

Board Wants Sacred Grove Mangar Bani Earmarked As No-Construction Area

NOIDA: In an attempt to block the UP government's proposal of reducing the eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla bird sanctuary to just 100 metres, city-based environmentalists and lawyers met in Noi

Safeguarding a place coming under an ecological sensitive area in Kanyakumari district, the Madras high court Madurai bench has passed orders setting aside the licence granted for stone quarrying i

Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has pointed out several problems in a draft notification on the Western Ghats issued by the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) earlier this year