PORVORIM: While the process for the identification of private forests in Goa is still on, the government is also finalizing an "intensive management plan" for private forests in Goa, environment mi
In its newly re-constituted avatar, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is as good as an “illegal body,” having flouted several guidelines mandated by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), say wil
The environment ministry has asked Uttar Pradesh government to submit a revised proposal for declaring the periphery of Okhla Bird Sanctuary an Eco- Sensitive Zone (ESZ).
The surface of a pool near the Imfolozi river ripples as a white rhino, its young calf close by, lowers its mouth to drink. Rhinos have roamed the Earth in such a way for 40 million years.
In a move that is likely to bring relief to thousands of home owners along Noida Expressway, a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has recommended that t
The state's first rewilding experiment through voluntary relocation of people, who had inhabited wildlife sanctuaries, has come to fruition as the area is now teeming with wild animals.
An NGT order declaring that construction within a 10-km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary cannot be given completion certificates has left flat buyers and builders in the lurch.