Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The state government has decided not to permit resumption of mining in the state until the findings of the public accounts committee and Shah Commission report are adequately dealt with. This was informed to the ministry of mines by the state government and was stated in the updated memorandum of …
The state forest department is planning to close down some of its major wildlife sanctuaries and parks following the onset of acute summer and increasing incidents of forest fires in the last few weeks. The Wayanad and Parambikulam wildlife sanctuaries and the Eravikulam National Park will be out of bounds …
State faces a Goa-like situation, warns National Board of Wildlife In order to bypass the need for a mandatory clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBW) for a slew of dams being developed in Sikkim, the Environment Ministry has slashed the protective zone around the hill State’s national parks …
The 33-member state wildlife board, headed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, will meet in Mumbai on Thursday to clear a hosts of irrigation, mining and road widening projects under eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) and buffer zones of various wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Interestingly, the first meeting of the reconstituted board …
With an aim to check rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, the State forest department has finally decided to implement the electronic eye system to save the unicornis. Initially eight towers would be fitted at different vulnerable locations, which would be further increased to 15. While declaring it as …
Non-renewal of Mining Lease The Darlaghat-based cement plant of Ambuja Cements Limited (ACL) has been forced to shut its operations since Monday following pending clearance of its mining lease. The action follows the issuance of a notice by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on January 22 where the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion v. Ministry of Environment and Others dated 13/02/2014 regarding mining leases in Mandla District. The NGT order noted that since the area in question has mineral deposits of low silica dolomite …
The Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into a supposedly protected reserve for indigenous peoples and the buffer zone of the Manu National Park in the Amazon rainforest. The approval follows the government rescinding a highly critical report on the potential impacts of the …
The population of birds in Chitwan is found to have increased by 4,046 in the past one year. A census of the birds in the district showed that Chitwan is home to 14,078 birds in compared to the 10,032 recorded the previous year, according to Bird Education Society, Chitwan. The …
Ex-environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan may have dismissed speculation that delays in green clearances for several highvalue projects led to her ouster, but environmental nods to over 70 projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the past three weeks after her exit contradict her contentions. The projects cleared after she left …
The proposals sent by States are not demarcated scientifically The Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to return the Ecologically Sensitive Zone (ESZ) proposals sent by various States as many of them are not demarcated scientifically. States will have to rework the proposals and resubmit them. Ministry sources said …
Wildlife activists from Saurashtra opposing the proposed Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) project have undertaken a letter writing campaign, raising concerns about the threat posed to the ecology and biodiversity of Bhal region. They are posting letters to top shots in Union environment ministry, Ahmedabad collector, officials of environment and …
A high-level committee on Wednesday began inquiry into the alleged disappearance of deer from an enclosure at RD-65 of the Lal Sohanra National Park, about 35 kilometres from here. Formed by the provincial government, the committee is headed by Bahawalpur division Conservator of Forests Liaquat Sulehri and comprises National Park …
A detailed project report (DPR) of part of the planned Simara-Tamsariya railway has been held up as the Department of Forest and Chitwan National Park have vetoed it citing environmental concerns. A 7-km stretch of the railroad passes through Chitwan National Park located in south central Nepal. Chitwan is the …
With the stretch of NH-37 that traverses through the Kaziranga National Park caught in a legal battle, the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF) has decided to form a committee to mitigate ecological impact. The decision was taken at an MoEF meet held in New Delhi recently held in …
Protected animals in the lower regions of the Rara National Parks have been displaced due to rampant deforestation and poaching, local people said. The problem is created after people in upper Talitum, Mathitum, Hennikandh and Talchagaun started smuggling timber and firewood. According to local residents, endangered animals like tiger, beer, …
At least 15 rare gaurs or Indian bisons have mysteriously died in Thailand's Kui Buri National Park in the past few days, leaving wildlife officials baffled. Officials feel disease or food poisoning could be the probable causes behind the spate of deaths at the Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, …
With the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) stipulating all projects falling within the purview of 10 km radius of a sanctuary or a national park to seek clearance from the National Wildlife Board (NWB), several projects, including existing cement plants, have been forced to seek a clearance, despite the …
The unilateral decision by union ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) to convert forest villages into revenue villages even in national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves has been termed 'illegal' by wildlife conservationists. On November 8, 2013, MoTA issued a circular reminding the states to convert all forest villages, old habitations, …
The State Cabinet, on Thursday, set up a sub-committee headed by Forest Minister Ramanath Rai on fixing buffer zones around four wildlife sanctuaries and 27 national parks in the State. Briefing reporters, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the Centre had sought the opinion of the State government on fixing …
