Plans talks with neighbours, biodiversity mapping.

Recognising the importance of the Indian Himalayas as a unique repository of biodiversity, and as part of the official mission for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has released guidelines on this.

ON AUGUST 24, the Meghalaya government decided to hand over a large parcel of land in West Khasi Hills to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited. Citizens

THE Union environment ministry has adopted an unusual conservation strategy to save the dwindling population of edible-nest swiftlets (Aerodramus fuciphagus) in the Andamans. It has taken them off the Schedule-I list of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, which accords the highest protection to a species. The nests of these swiftlets are made of hardened saliva and are taken away

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said a proposal for setting up an autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) has been put in public domain with the idea to create a mechanism that would be responsible for monitoring and compliance of environmental standards.

TWENTY years from now, India

The mysterious deaths of 14 deer in Kanpur's Allen Forests Zoo on September 12 was lost in Mayawati's latest statue-and-park drive. Even a missive from Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh failed to evoke a response from the chief minister's office.

Is coastal India going under

United Nations: Blamed for the deadlock in climate change talks along with China, India has said it will be a

PALAKKAD: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh will inaugurate the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Silent Valley National Park, one of the few remaining rainforests in the country, at Mukkali on November 16. Forest Minister Benoy Viswom will preside over the function.