Wildlife

Ministers snake dance draws wildlife activists ire

Jaipur: Rajasthan minister Ashok Bairwa has come under fire from animal rights activists after he reportedly staged a snake dance at a fair at Sawai Madhopur on September 15.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, Reptiles, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, Rajasthan, Sawai Madhopur (D)
Climate Change

Beyond sun and dung

Rajendra Pachauri heads TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, based in New Delhi. An engineer of the railways in his early career, Pachauri went to the United States to earn a PhD in industrial engineering and another in economics, after which he returned to India in 1981 to work with TERI.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Vijay Prashad
Himal South Asian
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Tags:
Himalaya, Climate Change, IPCC, Glacial Melt, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Technology Transfer, Renewable Energy, Consumption Patterns, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), TERI, China, United States Of America (US), India
Dams/ Irrigation

Decision to allow survey for construction of dam flayed

objection: Farmers, farm labourers and members of farm organisations staging a demonstration in Madurai on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Dams, Farmers, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Farmers Movement, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madurai (D)
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Road map for phase-out of HCFCs in India

The comprehensive road map for phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in various sectors as per the reduction targets of Montreal Protocol released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. India plans to cut the use of the HCFCs by 10 per cent by 2015 and then to zero by 2030.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol, Ozone Layer, Ozone Depleting Substances Rules 2000, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Technology Transfer, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Dams/ Irrigation

Centre seeks data on 6 Sikkim hydel projects

In a glimmer of hope for six hydel projects in North Sikkim with a projected generation capacity of 1,047 MW, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has sought complete technical data for consideration of its earlier decision to put them on hold.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Rivers, Teesta, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sikkim
Climate Change

Ahmedabad ISRO centre to map Himalayan region

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mountain Ecosystems, Himalaya, Glaciers, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Climate Change

We will walk out of Copenhagen if binding emissions are insisted upon

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asserted that

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Emission Targets, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Denmark, India
Wildlife

M.P. tiger conservation steps found wanting

Mahim Pratap Singh

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Government

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Act 1972, Tiger Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Madhya Pradesh
Climate Change

EU wants India to stick to carbon emission targets

THE European Union (EU) on Tuesday asked India to commit to the world that it will not deviate from the target the country has voluntarily set for cutting carbon emissions.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Green Buildings, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, European Union (EU)
Industry

Letter to Principal Secretary (forests) govt of Gujarat to Assistant Inspector General of Forests regarding diversion of forest land in favour of M/s Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Limited dated 30th Sep 2009

Letter to Principal Secretary (forests) govt of Gujarat to Assistant Inspector General of Forests regarding diversion of 1840 ha of reserved forest land for development of port based Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mundra and Dhrub villages of Mundra taluka in Kutch East Forest Division in favour of M/s Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Lim

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Act 1980, Afforestation, Land Acquisition, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986

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