Environment

No green nod for Raj Ngr Rd: Ruling likely on contempt plea

GHAZIABAD: The NGT is likely to decide on the contempt plea filed by city-based environmentalist Sushil Raghav against GDA after the development agency failed to obtain environmental clearance for

Publication Date: 
05/01/2018
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Environment Clearance (EC), Ghaziabad (T), Environmentalists, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Hindon, Sanctuaries, Environment
Environment

Kurinjimala’s conservation is key to ecological equilibrium

IDUKKI:Even as speculation looms large over redrawing the boundaries of Kurinjimala, the only sanctuary in the state being declared for the conservation of the flowering shrub Neelakuriji (Strobila

Publication Date: 
04/12/2017
New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Ecology, Sanctuaries, Wildlife, Western Ghats, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environment
Biodiversity

IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

The number of natural World Heritage sites threatened by climate change has grown from 35 to 62 in just three years, with climate change being the fastest growing threat they face, according to a report released by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, at the UN climate change conference in Bonn, Germany.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2017
IUCN
Tags:
Biodiversity Conservation, Protected Area Conservation, UNESCO, India, Global, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Climate Change, Climate Impacts
Wildlife

Experts urge govt to declare sanctuaries as tiger reserve

Panaji: Seeking greater protection for Goa's big cats, two wildlife conservationists recently recommended that the state's sanctuaries be declared a tiger reserve, with a primary core of 150-200sq

Publication Date: 
13/10/2017
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Tiger Reserves, Sanctuaries, Tiger, Ecology, Wildlife
Environment

HC pulls up Govt for not implementing orders concerning environment

Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) Monday took pulled up State government for not complying with its orders.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2017
Rising Kashmir
Tags:
Environmental Security, High Court, Sanctuaries, Wildlife, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Forest Encroachments, Environment
Environment

SC pulls up govt over decision to reduce eco-sensitive zone radius

The Supreme Court has expressed surprise over the Centre’s decision to reduce the radius of eco-sensitive zones from 10 kilometres to 100 metres, saying it appeared to be a “complete arbitrary exer

Publication Date: 
18/09/2017
Free Press Journal
Tags:
Eco-Sensitive Zone, Supreme Court, Sanctuaries, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Wildlife

Environment Ministry notified the ESZ for the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary

The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has notified 600 sq km of area housing 107 villages as the eco-sensitive zone for the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary that spread over three districts.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2017
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Sanctuaries, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Industrial Pollution, Ecotourism, Wildlife
Environment

Goa government forms committee to monitor ESZs

PANAJI: The Goa government has nominated Sandeep Azrenkar, Milind Gadgil and MK Janardhan as members of the state level eco-sensitive zone monitoring committee for a period of one year.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2017
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Sanctuaries, National Parks, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, Environmental Security, Environment
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Villages in Forest Areas, 25/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Villages in Forest Areas, 25/07/2017. The villages in forest areas may include forest villages, old habitations, unsurveyed villages and other villages in the forests, whether recorded, notified or not into revenue villages. However, as per information available in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the State-wise details of the forest villages in the country is given at Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Villages, India, Statistics, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife, Sanctuaries, Parliament, Relocation
Wildlife

Performance Audit on Administration of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Karnataka

This Report for the year ended March 2016 has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Karnataka under Article 151 of the Constitution of India for being laid in the State legislature. The Performance Audit Report contains 11 Chapters dealing with Administration of National Parks and Wildlife sanctuaries.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2017
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
National Parks, Sanctuaries, Karnataka, People - Animal Conflicts, Forest Fires, Protected Area Conservation, Ecotourism, Poaching, Nilgiri, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)

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