Move to check influence by VIPs to accommodate their candidates

Increased interest in wildlife has seen a rush of volunteers to count big cats. The National Tiger Census 2013, commencing on Wednesday at Bandipur and Naghole tiger reserves, has drawn enthusiastic volunteers in their droves.

Kumaraswamy says government has failed to enlighten the people on Ghats report

The ongoing protests against the Kasturirangan committee’s report on the conservation of Western Ghats in Kerala could be driven by political and economic interests, and will affect the State’s prospects in the long run, according to B.M. Kumaraswamy, former member of the Western Ghats Task Force, Government of Karnataka.

Environmentalists, farmers, political leaders and representatives of the church who attended a seminar held here on Saturday on ‘Kerala and the Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats’ came down heavily on the findings of the report for different reasons.

While environmentalists found fault with the report for diluting the original proposal of the Madhav Gadgil Committee on Western Ghats Conservation, others blamed it for proposing ‘draconian measures’ without taking into account the feelings of the affected communities.

The state environment department has submitted a proposal to mitigate the possible development impact on 123 villages classified as Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as per the Kasturirangan-l

The European Union on Tuesday approved a grant aid of EUR 4 million to help Maldives tackle issues related to climate change.

Calling for scrapping the multi-crore ecotourism project in Kondapur which "erodes environmental assets in the guise of ecotourism project," the vigilance and enforcement department has recommended

Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Ninong Ering has called for preservation of wildlife and forest resources in Arunachal Pradesh to help develop tourism and create employment opportuniti

The West Bengal Government is moving ahead with its plan to take unused land back from industry, State Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Monday.

To win more tourist attention for the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, the Forest Department is planning better amenities for visitors to the picturesque forests.

In a major boost to the North–East tourism sector, Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi has approved Central Finance Assistance (CFA) to various tourism development projects in the States of Arunac