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After opposing it in NGT, MoEF grants wildlife clearance for NH7 widening

Announcing the decision to give wildlife clearance to NH7, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said, "The process of four-laning NH7 has moved ahead.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2015
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Maharashtra, Highways, Wildlife Clearance, Kanha TR, Pench NP, Tiger
Wildlife

Wildlife board clears 81 projects, 9 are in tiger parks

The National Board for Wildlife (NBW), the apex body which clears projects around protected areas, has okayed 81 proposals in different parts of the country in the past seven months.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife Clearance, National Board for Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sanctuaries, Wildlife
Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on clearance of projects, 28/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on clearance of projects, 28/07/2015. National Board for Wildlife in its Standing Committee meetings cleared 81 projects in the past six months, i.e., from January 2015 till date. The details of the project state/UT wise are enclosed as Annexure. Out of the projects cleared 9 projects fall under the Tiger Reserves and 27 proposals are close to 10km area of wildlife sanctuaries. Out of the cleared projects 40 are public commercial/private projects. Projects are cleared with proper environmental safeguards. Details are provided in the Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Wildlife Clearance, Tiger Reserves, Protected Area Conservation, India, Statistics, Parliament, National Board for Wildlife, Sanctuaries
Environment

High Level Committee report to review various acts administered by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

This report tabled by Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology in the Rajya Sabha has asked the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests to appoint a new high-level committee to review environmental laws

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regulations, India, Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife Act 1972, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Forest Act 1927, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Wildlife Clearance, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Environment

Wildlife boards get back powers to clear projects

NAGPUR: The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has withdrawn the office memorandum that had made getting environment clearance (EC) for development projects within 10km fr

Publication Date: 
14/05/2015
Vijay Pinjarkar
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Wildlife Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Legislation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sanctuaries, National Parks, Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Forest Clearance, Environment
Mining

No wildlife clearance for 12 renewed leases

Twelve iron ore renewed mining leases will not to be granted wildlife clearance for being located in the eco-sensitive zone of one kilometer of wildlife sanctuaries (WLS) and a national park.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2015
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Wildlife Clearance, Mineral - Based Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Wildlife Act 1972, Eco-Sensitive Zone
Environment

Workshop to discuss environmental clearance norms on April 25

The Environment Ministry will hold a brainstorming session here on April 25 to discuss matters related to the process of issuing environmental clearance in the country.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forest Clearance, Wildlife Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

MoEF dumps single window nod for projects

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has closed its single window project clearance system and reverted back to the 2009 procedure that meant obtaining environmental, forest and wil

Publication Date: 
17/04/2015
Clara Lewis
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Wildlife Clearance, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), National Parks, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Environment

Javadekar’s concern should be protection of environment, forests: Soz

Taking strong exception to the statement of Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar that ‘Apex Court should stay out of wild life clearance for speeding up infrastructural projects’, senior Co

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
Rising Kashmir
Tags:
Environment, Infrastructure Development, Environment Act 1986, Wildlife Clearance, Supreme Court, Forests, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

To speed up infra projects, stay out of wildlife clearance, Govt tells SC

The Environment Ministry has approached the Supreme Court to free the process of wildlife clearance for infrastructure projects from the apex court’s monitoring, citing delays due to the “extremely

Publication Date: 
13/04/2015
JAY MAZOOMDAAR
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife Clearance, Infrastructure Development, Supreme Court, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Wildlife

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