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A division bench of the Delhi high court has issued notices to the state chief secretary, the conservator of forests and ministry of environment and forests regarding what has been done about
A division bench of the Delhi high court has issued notices to the state chief secretary, the conservator of forests and ministry of environment and forests regarding what has been done about
The fish population in the rivers and flood planes of Bangladesh is rapidly falling. Statistics collected by a local district fishery office revealed that the production of fish in the Nawabganj
The Peruvian government has decided to allow the residents of Tambogrande town to take the final decision about allowing a Canadian company to mine in their area. Manhattan Minerals Corporation, the
The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the People s Budget ?
The uk government will appeal against a ruling by the High Court in London that entitles Spanish fisherfolk to claim millions of pounds in compensation for being barred from using the
The environment bench of the chief justice has directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to serve notice on well-known environmentalist, M C Mehta. The notice would include information that
WHILE plans are being drawn up across the world to protect endangered tiger species, the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on the collection of tendu leaves from 44 protected
An environment ngo has asked the Environment Protection Agency of Queensland to reject the proposed sand mines on Melville Island, part of the Tiwi Islands. Matilda Minerals have proposed to sand
Every year, the World Bank channels about US $18-20 billion to developing countries in the form of loans and grants with the ostensible aim of reducing poverty and promoting economic growth. The bank
A six-year-old mine dispute between the villagers of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia's largest company, the Broken Hill Pty Company (BHP) Ltd has been settled out of court. PNG landowners
Gujarat government, Trumac Engineering Company and the labour commissioner have been issued notices by the Gujarat high court regarding the unhygenic working conditions of the company's sweep- ers.
In response to the direction passed by the environment bench of the Calcutta High Court, the director of the Union ministry for environment and forests, Manotosh Sengupta, submitted a report
Ignores to far has been reactive; not much
The Shimla High Court has put the brakes on mining activitiesatKaljot, Naswana and Yol in Kangradistrict ofHimachal Pradesh. The court has already banned mining at Khaniara and Jaolidhar in
ADB s priority is business, not helping out
Nearly half a decade after a massive decline was first recorded in the country's vulture populations, research into the reasons behind the loss continues to befuddle ornithologists. Now, with the
Politics hinders process to make the apex body scientifically sound
world Environment Day is observed each year on June 5 after the historical Stockholm Conference on Environment in 1972. The objective is to draw attention to some of the ways in which humanity
more than 100 municipalities in the us state of Pennsylvania are declaring the environmental regulations of the state and federal governments null and void. They have, in fact, passed ordinances
The Maharashtra government will be distributing Soil Health Cards to 20,000 farmers in 100 select villages as part of the Krishi Saptak initiative launched last year. Based on soil studies, the cards