Starting with the granddaddy of them all, Project Tiger in 1973, to the more recent vehicular pollution norms and the coming up of sustainable architecture, a green agenda has been part of governance much before it became a globally cool movement.

1. STICKING TO A CAUSE
Chipko Movement, 1973

The 1980s saw the debate on environment move from just deforestation to the larger issues of depletion of natural resources

The coffee growers of Mudigere region are facing a peculiar problem. These growers had filed an application seeking permission from the District Conservator of Forest to cut the trees in their coffee plantation, which they had planted some years ago to provide shade. Though they had sought permission about a year ago, the applications are lying on the tables of the Forest officials, hogging dust.

Betel nut farmers at the foothills of the Western Ghats have something new and important to teach India and the rest of the world, says Jai Ranganathan, lead author of a recent scientific study that was published recently in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the US.

Ananth Hegde Ashisara has been instrumental in chairing many seminars on environment and related issues. He has also headed many agitations in preventing the degradation of forests.

Mining operation will be completely banned in the ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats in the State, Chief Minister Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday.

Rajkamal Goswami

ATREE, which has long-term presence and stake in biodiversity conservation of KMTR along with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department has been actively campaigning to reduce plastic use in the reserve and monitor the impact of such a large congregation of people inside the forest for the last three years.