KALPETTA: With the season of butterfly migration nearing, nature lovers and experts are a worried lot.

Mindless use of pesticides and chemicals for farming in the district causes widespread destruction of the butterfly population, according to environmentalists.

Kerala: Windmills threaten environment in Nilgiri biosphere reserve

BHUBANESWAR: Timber mafias and poachers were out to plunder forest resources in absence of surveillance teams in the aftermath of naxal attack on government establishments in famous Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Mayurbhanj district.

Shillong: Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in West Garo Hills district, which has been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of Worldwide Network of Biosphere Reserves, eyed for more fund to carry out further research and development programmes on the existence of varieties of flora and fauna.

BANDIPUR: A sub-committee comprising senior officials of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and other stakeholders will be constituted to study the effect of vehicle movement in the national parks in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) and to suggest steps to mitigate its impact.

Rs 227.46 lakh proposal in 2009-10 action plan.

The components of the draft plan also include infrastructure development, creating camp sites, boundary demarcation and awareness programmes besides monitoring and evaluation.

Sarikah Atreya

Gangtok, June 10

Hyderabad, June 7 A Central legislation will be enacted soon to pave way for the establishment of an independent environmental protection authority to ensure effective implementation of the Environment Protection Act, according to Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment and Forests.

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Garo Hills district of Meghalaya has been added to Unesco

New Delhi: Parts of Garo Hills in Nokrek, covering an area of 820 Sq Kms, has been designated as biosphere reserve and the proposal forwarded for recognition from UNESCO, according to spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment here on Tuesday.