The Institution of Engineers (India) has appointed an expert panel headed by M P Sukumaran Nair, former special secretary to the Chief Minister, to deliberate and review the Western Ghats Ecology E
New Delhi: Around 150 trees have reportedly been felled in densely forested parts of Mangar, off Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, which is one of the few pristine spots left in the Aravalis in Haryana.
Chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday that the state biodiversity board would begin the process of fine-tuning and implementation of ecologically-sensitive areas (ESAs) as per the guidelines issued in the draft notification by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF).
Allege move to give away 50,000 ha of forestland to corporates
Environmental activists have taken a serious note of the draft notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on the report of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats chaired by K. Kasturirangan.
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) issued this draft notification earmarking 56,825 sq km of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu keeping it out of bounds for mining, quarrying and major construction and thermal projects. Read the text.
They Fall Under Ecological-Sensitive Zone-1 Classified By Gadgil Report
Thiruvananthapuram: The state nominated three-member expert committee that reviewed the Kasturirnagan committee report has highlighted the need to protect the ecologically-fragile areas that were overlooked in the Kasturiranagan report.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Surendra & Anr.Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 06/03/2014 regarding mining taking place within 1000 mtrs. from the boundary of the Sariska Tiger Reserve as alleged by the Applicant. The Applicant specifically in his affidavit filed on 04.12.2012 before the Hon’ble High Court wherein it has been stated that Khasra No. 1196/1260 is at a distance of 569 mtrs. from the
नोएडा के ओखला बर्ड सेंचुरी (ओबीएस) में सैकड़ों हरे पेड़ काटे गए हैं। बिना अनुमति के की गई 100 से अधिक पेड़ों की कटाई के संबंध में पर्यावरणविदों की ओर से शिकायत की गई है।
पर्यावरणविद विक्रांत तोंगड़ ने बाकायदा इसकी जांच के लिए वन एवं पर्यावरण मंत्रालय को पत्र लिखा है। संवेदनशील क्षेत्र को लेकर कोर्ट में विचाराधीन ओखला बर्ड सेंचुरी में अब पेड़ों की कटाई का मामला सामने आया है। शिकायत के मुताबिक सिंचाई विभाग की ओर से पेड़ ओबीएस के नोटिफाइड एरिया में काटे गए हैं।
The Centre’s late night decision on Tuesday to alter the boundary of Kerala’s ecologically sensitive area (ESA) in Western Ghats will see around 3,115 sq km area being taken out from the state’s protected zone.
