Purpose is to place monetary value on services — absorption of carbon dioxide, cleansing oxygen and supplying water

The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,000 crore and it would require the diversion of forest land of 21.5 ha, the area under the SGNP.

Mumbai: To carry out a headcount of leopards inhabiting Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, camera traps will be placed across the forested part.

MUMBAI: In a landmark order, the National Green Tribunal in Pune has restrained the government and other planning authorities from granting any permissions for new projects within 10 kilo meters fr

A sudden flash and she glares in the direction of the camera. She struts past and returns and another flash goes off. And this goes on four days.

It takes less than an hour from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to reach Thane, the low profile neighbour of glitzy and glamorous Mumbai.

For the first time, the roughly 104 sq km Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) at Borivali will have a watershed management plan, set to improve the park’s water-retaining capacity.

The 33-member state wildlife board, headed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, will meet in Mumbai on Thursday to clear a hosts of irrigation, mining and road widening projects under eco-sensitive

Cyclists at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park hardly use the waste collection bag while pedalling inside the park.