This is the report by Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in response to the application filed before it by the Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation and others regarding alleged illegal diversion of forest lands for non-forest uses in the Western Ghats region in Karnataka.
India's first underground strategic naval base that was to house its nuclear-armed submarine has run into a tangle over green norms with the regional office of the Ministry of Environment and Fores
Tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has trashed the circular issued by the environment ministry that seeks to dilute the rights of tribals on forestland, making public the differences wit
The forest department is reviewing all pending cases regarding illegal tree felling in Goa in a bid to expedite these and the department is also contemplating action against officers who delay the
Taking into account the rising mercury and the drought crisis in Maharashtra, the state government has made a budgetary provision of Rs 1 crore to supply water for wild animals in the forests.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices to 14 authorities directing them to remove all boards, nails and advertisements from trees falling under their jurisdictions and has directed th
Lakhs of trees in Delhi are in grave risk of dying due to concretisation around their trunks and though the Delhi High Court had way back in 2007 directed the various public utility department to c