Inclusion will affect development of pilgrim centre six-member village-level committee appointed by the State government has excluded the sacred grove (Poonkavanam) of Sabarimala and Pampa from the

The Government has launched The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity TEEB-India Initiative (TII) to highlight the economic consequences of the loss of biological diversity and the associated de

The field-level verification to demarcate Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) identified by the Kasturirangan committee for conservation of the Western Ghats is set to begin on Thursday, amid fears

PUNE: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has persistently ignored reports on biodiversity concerns and risk assessment studies along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway prepared by e

Going ahead with the government decision to mark ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) with survey numbers in 119 villages across the state, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has directed district collecto

PUNE: "If your village is declared as part of the eco-sensitive area (ESA) then no one will want to marry your daughters" — This is just one of the reasons being bandied about in villages to drum u

PANJIM: The final report identifying eco-sensitive areas of the Western Ghats has been submitted to the State government for approval.

The Centre will come out with the final notification on earmarking an ecologically sensitive area (ESA) within the Western Ghats by August-end, incorporating suggestions of all the six states that

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said "misgivings" about implementation of Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats have to be "done away" with and a call on it will be taken by

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a review meeting with State Environment and Forests Ministers here on Tuesday to review the progress of demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas