Wildlife

Biodiversity assessment of Dhamra Port site and surrounding areas, Orissa

This study is concerned with the Dhamra port site in Bhadrak district, near the mouth of the Dhamra river, and surrounding areas. The proposed port site is a unique habitat in that it has long stretches of inter-tidal mudflats from the site up till the river mouth. The inter-tidal zone is in some places as wide as two kilometers, and serves as an important breeding ground for

Publication Date: 
01/05/2007
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, Ports, Wildlife, Turtles, Bhitarkanika NP, Gahirmatha Marine SA, Biodiversity, Greenpeace, Orissa (Odisha), Bhadrak (D)
Industry

 What China is doing to Goa

I wrote last fortnight about how mining in Goa for iron ore was ripping its forests and devastating its people. I wrote of the violence and protests I saw in its villages, where miners were pitted against people angry at the loss of their cultivable lands and their water bodies. I had asked then

Publication Date: 
29/04/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Resources, Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Iron, Naga, Conflicts, Panchayats, China, India, Goa, Corruption
India

 Concerns over Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project

construction on Gujarat's ambitious Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in Ahmedabad, restarted in the second week of March, 2007. The project had been stalled since August 2006, when heavy

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Bharat Lal Seth
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Reclamation, Sabarmati, Riverine Ecology, Floods, Displacement, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Nagarpalikas, Urban Beautification, Bridges, Waste Disposal, Rehabilitation, Hydrology, Gujarat
India

 Tipaimukh dam project stalled

on february 22, 2007, clearance to the Tipaimukh dam project in Manipur was stalled for a second time because of lack of sufficient data submitted to the appraisal committee for the project's

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), North East, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Conflicts, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, India, Manipur
India

 Power projects fragment Western Ghats

Praveen Bhargav The Western Ghats is recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot. In the past, many large development projects including highways, railway lines, mega dams, nuclear plants and

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Western Ghats, Small Hydro Power, Wind Energy, Turbines, Birds, Protected Area Conservation, Subsidies, India
India

 Sonar exemption for US Navy angers environmentalists

Angering environmentalists, the us Defense Department has exempted the Navy from complying with the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the next two years. The Navy contended that it needs the

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Marine Life, Dolphin, Whales, Mammals, United States Of America (US)
India

 Permission to construct permanent structures on Yamuna riverbed

on january 22, 2007, the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) gave permission to construct permanent structures on the Yamuna riverbed for the Commonwealth Games 2010 but only after

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Yamuna, Floods, Flood Control, Urban Beautification, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Delhi
India

 New EIA process stumbles at start

A new procedure for conducting environmental impact assessment (eia), introduced in September 2006, is suffering from teething trouble. The September 2006 notification putting the new procedure in

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Sujit Kumar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), India, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Statistics
Industry

Rapid EIA for 2X150 mw middling and coal fine based thermal power plant at Dongamahua village, Raigarh

This rapid EIA and EMP has been prepared for 2x150 mw thermal power plant to be set up at village Dongamahua, tehsil Garghoda, district Raigarh of Chhattisgarh by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. This report addresses the environmental aspects of construction and operation of the proposed 2 X 150 mw thermal power project in district Raigarh.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2007
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Industrial Pollution, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Chhattisgarh, Raigarh (D), Raigarh, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Environment

State of environment report: Bihar

In pursuance of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India decision to introduce a scheme during the 10th five year plan for assisting the State Governments to
bring about the

Publication Date: 
01/02/2007
Government of Bihar
Tags:
Environment, Land Degradation, Mining, Water Resources, Natural Disasters, Urbanisation, Biodiversity, India, Bihar, Environment Management, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

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