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HYDERABAD: The Union Environment & Forests Ministry on Thursday issued environmental clearance to the Rs. 4,500-crore Krishna delta modernisation project taken up to rehabilitate the canals in the delta.

As all countries prepare to celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2 on the theme

The draft EIA notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests provides for the project proponent to compulsorily make public at their cost the terms of the environmental clearances obtained by them by advertising in two local newspapers of the district/state where the project is located.

AGARTALA, Jan 16

Arun Sharma
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, January 14

Minister of State for Forests and Environment Kiran Choudhry at a meeting of officials said mining contractors were being favoured by circumventing guidelines issued by the apex court.

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AGARTALA, Jan 13

In order to chalk out a uniform policy with regard to the management of the zoos, all the zoos in the country have been asked to prepare an action plan by March 31, said Meera Saxena, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Forests, Environment and Ecology and Chairperson, Zoo Authority of Karnataka.

If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? Paroma Basu reports.

Shimla: Moving a step ahead to put the proposed environment masterplan in form by next year, senior state officials have opened a dialogue with the World Bank and other international experts to make Himachal Pradesh the first carbon neutral state of the country.

The spatial and temporal variability experienced in the weather conditions of a local area as well as the landmass on which they act makes the overall system highly dynamic and therefore complex to understand in terms of its water resources.

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