India

 Environment protection act reduced to a travesty of their mandate

Since 1980 different pieces of legislations have been enacted for environmental conservation. These include the Forest (Conservation) Act (fca), 1980, the Environmental Protection Act (epa), 1986

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forests, Land Resources, Mining, Dams, Conflicts, Biodiversity, Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India

Workshop on environment concludes

GUWAHATI, Feb 12

Publication Date: 
13/02/2008
Assam Tribune
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Environment Education, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, Assam
Water Pollution

Water pollution by industrial effluents in India: Discharge scenarios and case for participatory ecosystem specific regulation

Around the world as countries are struggling to arrive at an effective regulatory regime to control the discharge of industrial effluents into their ecosystems, Indian economy holds a double edged sword of economic growth and ecosystem collapse. This situation if mishandled can cause irreparable ecological harm in the long term well masked by short term economic prosperity.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2008
T. Rajaram, Ashutosh Das
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Water Pollution, Water Quality, Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Statistics
India

 Supreme Court criticized for giving clearance to Bt Brinjal

There is no stopping the Bt brinjal trials now. The supreme court on December 10 refused to stay Mahyco's (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company's) ongoing trials in various parts of the country. Social

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Savvy Soumya Misra
Down to Earth
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Agricultural Research, Vegetables, Food Standards, Food Standard Authority, GM Crops, Trade, Exports, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Greenpeace, India, Delhi, Alipur
Industry

 Industry vs ecology

Maharashtra has reasons to push for the power projects. Its electricity demand is estimated to have touched 13,500 mw by October 2007, while the supply is about 10,500 mw. JSW Energy is one of the eight companies that signed agreements with the state government in 2005 to set up power plants. As per the MoEF website, 11 thermal power projects are awaiting environmental clearance. "Almost the whole of coastline of Maharashtra is industrialized and some parts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg are left intact.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Electricity, Power Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Maharashtra, Ratnagiri (D), Sindhudurg
Forests

 Court vs forest rights act

The forest rights act was delivered a near-death blow in the supreme court on January 8, 2008. The court was hearing the Orissa government's plea for regularization of tribal settlement on

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Forests, Land Ownership, Forest Encroachments, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha)
Climate Change

 Polavaram project in legal wrangle

The multi-crore Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh is currently embroiled in legal issues. But now, the project is being contested on technical issues as well. A study carried out by the

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Godavari Delta, Godavari, Krishna, Dams, Polavaram, Surface Water Irrigation, Riverine Ecology, Displacement, Tribals, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa (Odisha), Statistics, River Linking
Industry

 Polavaram factfile

Proposes to irrigate around 230,000 hectares in Vijaywada, West & East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Dams, Irrigation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam (D), West Godavari, Chhattisgarh, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Environmental clearance for Polavaram quashed

Much to the Andhra Pradesh government's dismay, the National Environmental Appellate Authority has quashed the environmental clearance for the state's multi-crore Indira Sagar Project, formerly known

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Dams, Indira Sagar, Polavaram, Irrigation, Displacement, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari, West Godavari, Chhattisgarh, Orissa (Odisha)
Wildlife

Project Snow Leopard

The document on Project Snow Leopard launched by MoEF recently. It stresses on the landscape approach to wildlife conservation in the Himalayan high altitudes and is based on principles of robust science and community involvement in conservation.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Himalaya, Livestock, Wildlife, Snow Leopard, Wildlife Management, People - Animal Conflicts, Public Participation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Arunachal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Ladakh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

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