No government could implement projects such as the proposed airport at Aranmula disregarding public sentiments against it, especially in aspects of nature conservation, food security and socio-huma
The Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), an Ooty-based NGO involved in ecology and environmental issues, has demanded that the entire Nilgiris district be declared an ecologically sensitive area (ES
The report of the Western Ghats ecology expert panel (WGEEP) is not against development but it supports sustainable development with protection of ecosystem and nature, said Madhav Gadgil in Kochi
The report of the Species Survival Commission's Biodiversity Unit (SSC) on 'The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India' has revealed that close to 16% of the
Western ghats ecology experts panel (WGEEP) had adopted a broader basis to determine ecologically-sensitive areas, as recommended by the Sen Committee in 2000, but the narrow focus of the high-leve
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in principle acceptance of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, defining the extent of the ghats and the ecologically sensitive area (ESA)
The Union ministry of environment and forests' (MoEF) decision in accepting 'in principle' the Kasturirangan report with a new definition of Western Ghats and delineation of its ecologically sensit
The principal bench of the national green tribunal, New Delhi, has directed the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to clarify its position on the acceptance of the two reports submitt
Western Ghats must be considered as ecologically sensitive to ensure sustainability of the rivers of the Indian Peninsula says this Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
