<p>A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights.
Air quality registers a marginal improvement Having gasped for breath for nearly a week now, Delhiites breathed slightly easy on Tuesday with the air quality registering a marginal improvement. But deteriorating air quality and the dense smog that had enveloped the Capital for the past few days has prompted environmentalists to demand that urgent measures be put in place to reduce air pollution in the city.
GUWAHATI/DIMAPUR: With early winter coming in, means a time to seek fortune for many villagers. As Amur falcons migrate from Siberia, the villagers hunt them in large number and earn a lot in Nagaland and parts of Manipur. However, if environmentalists have their way this year, those villagers in Nagaland or elsewhere in the North East region will be disappointed during this winter as their plans to ‘harvest’ on migratory birds may be restricted.
SHILLONG: The unscientific ‘rat hole mining’ that received the Cabinet approval in the form of the Meghalaya Minerals and Mining Policy 2012 on October 5 this year received an endorsement on Monday from
Dumping, Encroachment Have Reduced Jahangirpuri Marshes By 400 Acres New Delhi: Environmentalists say that the Jahangirpuri marshes, located in the north, are one of Delhi’s three critical eco-systems,
BICHOLIM: Demanding the immediate resumption of “legal” mining in the State, representatives of about 15 mining-related associations have threatened a rally at Panjim on December 19 if the mining issue is not resolved by the government. At a large public meeting in Bicholim on Wednesday, the workers and mining-dependent people also formed the Goa Mining Peoples’ Front (GMPF) and have put forth seven common minimum demands to the government.
Environment and the idea of environmentalism — both face serious challenges in India today. The demands of a surging economy require natural resources to be used and exploited at an unprecedented rate.
TAWANG: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Sunday flagged off the Clean Arunachal campaign at the Galden Namgyal Lhatse Monastery, popularly known as Tawang Monastery. “We are starting holy mission from a holy place. This is a pious beginning and we should ensure success of the mission,” he said while giving a clarion call to the people of Arunachal to religiously follow the mission of clean and green Arunachal.
SILCHAR: Barak is the main river among not less than 11 of its tributaries that meander through the length and breadth of Barak Valley after emerging from the hills of Dima Hasao, Mizoram, Manipur and
A day after several hundred idols were immersed in the Yamuna on the last day of Durga Puja overloading an already polluted river, the Delhi Government’s Environment Department started the process of cleaning up and decongesting it on Thursday. The work is expected to end by early next week. Delhi Environment & Forest secretary Sanjiv Kumar said: “This year the department began the work of ensuring that the river was put under as little stress as possible because of the immersion and we had regular meetings with the registered Puja committees asking them to use only environment-friendly material which does not harm the river further. As a follow-up to the exercise we also interacted with various stakeholders early this week to review the measures put in place for idol immersion in the Yamuna during Durga Puja.”
PANJIM: Corporation of the city of Panaji corporator Surendra Furtado has sought that all stakeholders sit across the debating table and decide on the state’s buffer zone. “Is it possible to earmark a general and mathematical buffer zone without taking into considerations the ground realities of each and every such sanctuary or park? Environmentalists, local dwellers, NGOs, captains of industry and government representatives from all the sanctuaries or parks individually have to seat across a table and debate what is best for Goa without hindering the harnessing of mineral resources on which the livelihood of thousands of people also depends,” Furtado said.
