Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
Order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in the matter of Dr. Ravindra Shukla & Others Vs State Of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 12/09/2014 regarding issuance of arms licences without the prior concurrence of the Chief Wild Life Warden, in violation of the provisions of Section 34 …
Draft Largely Sticks To UP's 100m Proposal The hundreds of crores that homebuyers have invested in Noida are safe.The Centre's draft of the redrawn eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla bird sanctuary doesn't affect any realty project in the area, a highly placed official in the UP government said on Sunday …
The National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, has directed the forest department, State of Uttarakhand, to file its reply to the main application within two weeks with an advanced copy sent to the counsel of the petitioner who may file rejoinder, if any, within one week thereafter. In addition …
Even after three years since the Nandhaur valley in the Haldwani forest division was declared a wildlife sanctuary, there are still no funds to work in that direction. Meanwhile, a proposal mooted to bring the same sanctuary under the category of a tiger reserve, about a year ago, also hangs …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Corrupt Kenyan wildlife rangers are killing poachers to cover up the officers' collusion with the criminals slaughtering the country's elephants, a rights group alleges. The disappearances of 18 suspected poachers were documented by Muslims for Human Rights over the last three years around Kenya's Tsavo National …
Petition against the partially constituted NBWL was filed on August 1 The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, asking it to put on hold around 140 projects cleared by the Union environment ministry's recently reconstituted National Board for Wildlife (NBWL). The apex court said the nomination …
Porvorim: Environment and forests minister Alina Saldanha, while referring to the demand to declare Mhadei wildlife sanctuary as a tiger reserve, said that apprehensions have also been expressed by people living in these forests. "That is why the state government has commissioned internationally acclaimed tiger expert Ulhas Karanth to conduct …
The eco-sensitive zone around Okhla bird sanctuary is putting brakes on the mall's completion DLF’s upcoming project Mall of India in Noida, projected to be one of the largest in the country, has been served a notice to stop all construction activities till a clearance from the National Board for …
AGRA: A sanctuary may soon come to the rescue of the dwindling peacock population in Mathura. The district Forest Department and some NGOs are chalking out a plan to develop a natural habitat for the national bird in the forests near Mathura, Kosi Kala, Vrindavan and Govardhan. District forest officer …
PORVORIM: While the process for the identification of private forests in Goa is still on, the government is also finalizing an "intensive management plan" for private forests in Goa, environment minister Alina Saldanha told the legislative assembly on Wednesday. Replying to a starred question by BJP Sanguem MLA Subhash Phal …
BRT Wildlife Sanctuary director S Lingaraja said on Tuesday that granite quarries around the tiger reserve are causing disturbance to the wildlife. Delivering a talk on ‘Challenges in Tiger Conservation’ at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens on account of ‘World Tiger Day’, he said there are 24 granite quarries around BRT …
In its newly re-constituted avatar, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is as good as an “illegal body,” having flouted several guidelines mandated by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), say wildlife experts, who add that a weakened Board could be catastrophic for wildlife and protected habitats. The NBWL is mandated …
The environment ministry has asked Uttar Pradesh government to submit a revised proposal for declaring the periphery of Okhla Bird Sanctuary an Eco- Sensitive Zone (ESZ). "The proposal of ESZ around Okhla Bird Sanctuary was discussed in a meeting chaired by the secretary, MoEF. The state government of Uttar Pradesh …
The surface of a pool near the Imfolozi river ripples as a white rhino, its young calf close by, lowers its mouth to drink. Rhinos have roamed the Earth in such a way for 40 million years. Humans, by comparison, are new kids on the block. Yet it is modern …
In a move that is likely to bring relief to thousands of home owners along Noida Expressway, a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has recommended that the Eco-Sensitive Zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary stretch no further than 1.2 km with the DND flyway as …
LUCKNOW: In UP, the eco-sensitive zone around national parks wildlife sanctuaries does not go beyond 100 metres. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) says 10 km around notified protected areas should be marked as an eco-system zone but UP has not proposed marking more than 100 metres as the …
An NGT order declaring that construction within a 10-km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary cannot be given completion certificates has left flat buyers and builders in the lurch. Adding to their woes, a 2005 directive of the National Board for Wildlife insists that 10 km is the radius around …
The state's first rewilding experiment through voluntary relocation of people, who had inhabited wildlife sanctuaries, has come to fruition as the area is now teeming with wild animals. The settlements in Golur and Ammavayal villages in Wayanad were left by its inhabitants in 2012. The 54 families from the two …
Move comes Uttar Pradesh’s January proposal to notify 100 m around sanctuary Echoing the Uttar Pradesh Government’s proposal in January to notify 100 metres around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary as “eco-sensitive zone”, the Delhi Government’s Forest Department is set to propose the same. As per a directive issued by the …
If National Green Tribunal orders are followed, townships in vicinity of Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary will land in troubled waters. Taking up the cause of conservation of the forest, the green body has banned construction within 10km radius of the sanctuary thereby bringing the townships at bypass road under scanner. A …
