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 …
NOIDA: For the first time ever, the Okhla barrage, situated at the core of the Okhla Bird Sanctury, will not be drained for annual maintenance by the irrigation department in October this year. It being the peak season for the arrival of migratory birds, bird watchers and environmentalists have been …
PANJIM Goa Forest Department has finally admitted to the presence of tigers in the state.. The Forest. Department is currently undertaking tiger census in the state to ascertain the existence of wild cat and the same would continue till 2017. PANJIM Goa Forest Department has finally admitted to the presence …
Guwahati: At a time the government's priority is conservation of wetlands across the state, a reply to an RTI application filed by environment activist Rohit Choudhury has revealed a startling fact. The state-level steering committee on wetlands has not met even once, said the state public information officer (SPIO) and …
Environment ministry relaxes rules in and around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks for project developers The Centre has relaxed environment norms for industry in and around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. To entertain states’ proposals to have no eco-sensitive zones around national parks and sanctuaries, the environment ministry has made …
Nearly 90% of coal bearing forest areas could be opened up for mining, with the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the government's top body for assessing and monitoring forests, recommending that mining be barred in just 11% of forest areas with proven reserves of the dry fuel. The recommendation, if …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Nityanand Mishra Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 29/09/2014 regarding illegal sand mining in Son Ghariyal Sanctuary posing a threat to Ghariyals and the Soft Shell Turtles. The Tribunal has also noted that on …
As directed by NGT, the Ministry Of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in consultation with Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) on 18 August 2015, approved 2014 draft notification of eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The Union environment ministry announced that a final notification on this …
Wild growth of invasive alien plants such as Senna spectabilis (calceolaria shower), Lantana , Eupatorium and Parthenium is posing a threat to wildlife and indigenous plants in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a major habitat of Asiatic elephants in the country. …
PIL petitioners today pleaded with the Delhi High Court to quash the environmental clearance given to the proposed Tata Camelot’s high-rise project in Mohali district, contending a state-level committee had approved it hastily without collecting and analysing necessary data. Arguing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice …
The Wild Orissa, an organisation working in the field of wildlife conservation, has submitted a memorandum to the High-Level Committee (HLC) formed by the Union Government to review certain environmental laws, appealing to it to ensure environmental stability and maintenance of ecological balance, including atmospheric equilibrium which is vital for …
PANJIM: Even as the state says it is readying itself to begin mining, the eco sensitive zones have still not be identified and notified by the Centre as yet. Even as the state says it is readying itself to begin mining, the eco sensitive zones have still not be identified …
The environment ministry ignored key recommendations from the Dehradunbased Wildlife Institute of India (WII) as well as its own committee while deciding the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The WII had observed that the ESZ should cover the entire flood plain from Wazirabad barrage to Jaitpur in …
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 …
