Pernon Indians and environmentalists are battling against mining companies and government officials who want to exploit the gold-rich deposits in Venezuela's Imataca rain forest reserve. The latter
To examine the possibility of recycling urban waste to provide cheap fuel to the poorer sections of urban population, the Supreme Court has ordered a solid waste management commission in Class I
THE Union government is reformulating environmental clearance procedures in order to speed up green clearances for projects. Officials in the environment ministry have completed almost 90 per cent of the work. The new procedure is expected to be ready within a month.
Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has called upon various nations to implement practical measures to facilitate greater access to environmental
THE Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board plans to measure the impact of industrial production on the environment in all industrial areas in the state. This will be a "model measurement" for each
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu has assured that tribals of Anasi National Park will not be displaced at present, Mr Anant Hegde Ashisara, Chief Co-ordinator, Vriksha Laksha
The fear that the 'indiscriminate and haphazard' development of coastal Karnataka would lead to an uncontrollable catastrophe led to a 'brainstorming session' in Mangalore on Wednesday during which
Noted environmentalist M.C.Mehta on Thursday called for declaring the entire Himalayam region, source of the country's major rivers, as ecologically fragile region and said the time had come for the
The threat of the current flood may continue till September 15 but will not exceed the limit of the great floods of 1987 and 1988, predicted eminent meteorologist Mohammad Shajedur Rahman. He was