South Asian Primate Network representing the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the latest body to join the protest against the Centre

Agartala, May 6: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has reiterated that the State Governments should follow the guidelines regarding prior environmental clearance for undertaking any construction and developmental project in the northeastern region.

Indore: Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development KL Agrawal today instpected the forests of proposed Onkareshwar National Park. He said that the proposed National Park to come up in Narmada Valley would be unique due to its special position of water on one side.

TURA, May 2

- WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers

Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal.

The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district.

The Government of Meghalaya has decided to keep in abeyance the proposed exploratory mining of uranium in the Balpakram National Park. The Government came to this decision after meeting a delegation of the Garo Students

TURA: The Tura A'chik (Garo) senior citizens forum has opposed the move to mine uranium by denotifying an area of 8.0 square km in Rongcheng plateau of Balpakram National Park.

GUWAHATI: The National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has decided to undertake a site inspection of the uranium deposit in Balpakram National Park in the State in response to the proposal submitted by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of 8 square kilometers at Rongcheng Plateau in Balpakram National Park for exploratory uranium mining.

A proposal for an exploratory drilling at a newly-surveyed uranium site inside the Balpakram National Park (BNP), in South Garo hills of Meghalaya, has raised the hackles of wildlife and conservation groups in the State.