Hazardous Waste

Draft Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA)

Rapid pace of urbanization has led to generation of large quantities of solid waste and hazardous waste in many cities of India. The rate of generation of waste has increased beyond the handling capacities of civic agencies responsible for collection and disposal of wastes.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Hazardous Waste, Municipal Solid Waste Rules 2000, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), World Bank, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (T), West Bengal
Environment

Report on Lakshadweep wetlands/coral reefs

This is a report on the review and assessment of the Lakshadweep Coral reef wetland ecosystem at Agati and Kavaratii Islands included under National wetland conservation and management programme of the MoEF.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Planning Commission
Tags:
Wetlands, Marine Ecosystems, Lakshadweep, Corals, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Biodiversity

National biodiversity action plan 2008

The National Biodiversity Action Plan approved in November 2008 to augment natural resource base and its sustainable utilisation. The Plan draws from the principles of National Environment Policy,incorporates suggestions made by a consultative committee and proposes to design actions based on the assessment of current and future needs of conservation and sustainable utilization.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Pollution, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, Biodiversity Act 2002, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Dams/ Irrigation

MoEF cancels seven HEPs in North Sikkim

In view of the observation of Carrying Capacity Study of Teesta Basin as ecologically sensitive North Sikkim, Ministry of Environment and Forests have decided that projects above Chungthang area should not be considered for construction of dams and large scale developmental activities.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Dams Rivers & People
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Tags:
North East, Teesta, Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), North Sikkim
Forests

 Diversion route

Putting a price tag to forests hasn

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Forest Personnel, Deforestation, Afforestation, Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit Sharing, Legislation, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Forests

 CAMPA bill timeline

2000: Discussion on valuation of forests reached the Supreme Court through an Interlocutory Application in the ongoing forest case of 1995 March 2002: MoEF developed a scheme for compensatory afforestation; CEC suggested recovering NPV April 2004: CAMPA notified September 2005: Supreme Court ordered the constitution of an Expert Committee to frame guidelines

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Net Present Value (NPV), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers

Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers
Neha Sinha Posted: Oct 27, 2008 at 2334 hrs IST

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26 : In a first-of-its-kind move, Project Elephant has released funds for setting up rescue and rehabilitation centres across the country to accommodate ill or ageing working elephants.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rehabilitation, Elephant, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, Haryana
Industry

EC order missing on MoEF website

Visakhapatnam, Oct.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Environment, Aluminium Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Andhra Pradesh, Vizianagaram (D)
Wildlife

Ministry rejects Kerala demand for 24-hour traffic through park

New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has turned down the Kerala government

Publication Date: 
22/10/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Road Transport, Tiger Reserves, Nagarahole NP, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Karnataka, Mysore (D), Wayanad
Forests

Forest dept objects to master plan, Nayagaon development stalled again

Mohali, October 13 Tussle within the Punjab Government has once again stalled the development and expansion of Nayagaon, comprising Karoran, Kansal and Nada villages in the periphery of Chandigarh.

The forest department has objected to the development and expansion plans envisaged by the Department of Local Government in the Draft Master Plan of Nayagaon-2021 released in August.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Himachal Pradesh, Mohali (D)

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