Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

Letter to M/s Adani Chemicals Limited from additional director on establishment of salt works at Mundra District Kachchh by M/s Adani Chemicals Limited dated 04/08/2005.

Publication Date:

04/08/2005

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Salt Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations, Water Salinisation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

Water Pollution

Complete muff-up

MoEF falls far short of tenth Five Year Plan targets

Publication Date:

30/07/2005

Author(s): Kirtiman Awasthi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Rivers, Forest Resources, Afforestation, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

Forests

Law of the jungle

Environmentalists fear Scheduled Tribe Bill will put India's forest cover at stake.

Publication Date:

27/06/2005

Author(s): Neeraj Mishra

Source: India Today (New Delhi)

Tags:

Madhya Pradesh, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, Project Tiger, Forests, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1988, Supreme Court, CSE, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sunita Narain

Industry

following strong protests, the Manipur government's ambitious plan to move its legislative assembly hall, secretariat, 60 legislator quarters, high court and the People Forum to a new site has been stalled. The Capital Project-Manipur's master plan is being reworked. The relocation sites comprised the Kairang Khong wetland in the sacred Cheiraoching hill and parts of Thangmeiband and Chingmeirong villages in Imphal district. q

Publication Date:

14/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Manipur

Environment

The Bhopal disaster and its aftermath: a review

On December 3 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and premature death for many thousands more. The company involved in what became the worst industrial accident in history immediately tried to dissociate itself from legal responsibility.

Publication Date:

10/05/2005

Author(s): Edward Broughton

Source: Environmental Health

Vol:

4

Issue:

6

pp:

1

Tags:

Environment, Pesticide Industry, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Chemical Leakages, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Environment Act 1986, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Health Effects

Forests

For sustainable solutions

The new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stakeholders - the forest departments, local commun

Publication Date:

08/04/2005

Author(s): B.S. Padmanabhan

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Forest Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Land Use, Forest Policy, Forest Act 1988, Afforestation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Planning Commission

Environment

DRAFT NEP 2004: A flawed vision

THE draft National Environment Policy (NEP: http://envfor.nic.in/nep/nep.pdf) released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has attracted much attention. It represents the first-ever attempt to draft a policy for the environment as a whole. At first glance, the document appears to be quite comprehensive and sophisticated.

Publication Date:

28/02/2005

Author(s): Ajit Menon, Sharachchandra Lele

Source: Seminar

Vol:

0

Issue:

547

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Tribals, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Climate Change, Pollution, India