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 …
The current global price of Iron Ore at around $120/t cfr China is in tandem with the falling trend of this critical input and is projected to go down further by another $10-15/t in the coming weeks, depending on how the Chinese deal with the huge inventories lying at ports …
Environmentalists Laud Move; Residents At Asola-Bhatti Plan To Move Court New Delhi: It’s quite a sight inside Asola Bhatti Sanctuary as earthmovers are demolishing boundary walls of some palatial farmhouses. The forest department is clearing its own mess now in the sanctuary. Action was taken only after the ministry of …
The wildlife division of North and South Goa from April 21 to 23 conducted a wildlife census for carnivorous animals wherein pugmarks of tigers were recorded in various sanctuaries. Inside the Mhadei sanctuary at many places pugmarks and scat of tigers were recorded by the volunteers who participated in the …
The Supreme Court's order fixing a one km buffer zone for mining has in effect put a permanent closure to 32 mining leases in Goa coming under the eco-sensitive zone in the wildlife sanctuaries of Mhadei, Molem, Bondla and Netravali. In its iterim order, the SC has stated that there …
The Congress in Goa welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order to restart mining in the state. Goa Pradesh Congress committee president John Fernandes said that Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar wrongly stopped all mining in Goa on September 10, 2012. With the Supreme Court order, mining should resume immediately though …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the ban on Goa mining and allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore excavation, down from earlier 40 MT. However, the apex court said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national …
The annual waterhole (machan) census to count herbivores and carnivores will be taken up on May 14, the Buddha Pournima day, when visibility is good owing to full moon, in all the national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves in the state. "We have issued instructions to respective chief conservators of …
A Saudi prince has poached over 2,100 internationally protected houbara bustards in 21-day hunting safari in Chagai, Balochistan, during which the royal also indulged in illegal hunting in protected areas, says a report. The report titled ‘Visit of Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud regarding hunting of …
Supreme Court allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa . The apex court also said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national parks and wild life sanctuaries and directed the Ministry of Environment and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s U.O.I. & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within 10 KM radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/158-2013(OA)_17Apr2014.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Punamchand S/o Ramchandra Pardeshi & Others Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 16/04/2014 regarding forest lands being illegally diverted for non-forest purposes, which would cause felling of trees to the extent of 2.5 to 3 …
Township: The issue of biological corridor (BC) affecting the progress of the Rinchenthang Township in Nganglam, Samdrupjongkhar may be deliberated in the upcoming Parliament session. The business community of Nganglam raised the issue of how the government could carry out constructions within the corridor while people were not allowed to …
PANJIM: The Forest Department will conduct a wild animal census and also assess the existence of tigers in wildlife sanctuaries. The Wildlife Census 2014, will be conducted from April 21 to 26. The census will assess animals and their habitat as well as study whether there is proper fodder available …
Jharkhand forests can hope to become fireproof this summer with the state forest department launching a series of initiatives to throw a safety ring around its green belt. Although the period from mid-February to mid-June is most crucial for forests given the high chances of blazes, especially when it becomes …
A joint statement issued by a number of movements, conservation NGOs and experts in conservation biology against the application filed in the Supreme Court against the Forest Rights Act.
In January of this year an application was filed in the Supreme Court in an ongoing case (Wildlife First and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors.) that seeks to have the Forest Rights Act declared unconstitutional. In their most recent application, the petitioners - Praveen Bhargav of Wildlife First, …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday stated that the judiciary (Supreme Court) cannot take a permanent decision on the iron ore cap for mining in Goa, since this can only be done through necessary amendments to the Mineral Act or Environment Act. Ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, …
Guwahati: Poachers continue to have a field day in Assam’s wildlife conservation area as another rhino was shot dead and horn taken away on Tuesday night in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 45 km off Guwahati city to the east. Poachers shot dead an adult female rhino in the Pobitora wildlife …
The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala is located in one of the most important tiger landscapes in the world harbouring perhaps the largest contiguous tiger population in India. Apart from tigers, these forests are home to a diverse array of floral and faunal species underlining the status of the Western …
KVK Nilachal Power Ltd had proposed 1050 Mw power station at Athagarh in Cuttack district The Odisha government has urged the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to place the proposal of KVK Nilachal Power Ltd for grant of wildlife clearance to its 1,050 Mw coal-fired plant in the …
