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 …
In a major setback to more than 50 realty projects in Noida, the National Green tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests, Noida Authority chairman & CEO and Uttar Pradesh chief secretary for failing to protect the 10km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary under …
The Department of Fisheries is implementing nine various development projects to increase fish resource in the district. Under the projects, setting up of fish sanctuary, beel nursery, releasing of local varieties fish fry in open water bodies and livelihood programme to the poor fishermen have increased the fish production in …
Incidence of wildlife poaching is on the rise in the southern States, said Ravi P. Singh, Secretary-General of World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I). Mr. Singh who was here recently told The Hindu that poaching of leopards in the southern States has increased. Since 2000, the Traffic, a …
In a significant development, the Sericulture department of BTC in active association of Central Silk Board (CSB) and department of forest has set up the world’s first Muga Wildlife Sanctuary in a fringe village under Manas National Park in BTC region recently considering the importance in the conservation of Muga …
Two members of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) inspected a dumping ground site at Sector 23 in Panchkula here on Wednesday, where the residents complained to them that the Panchkula Municipal Corporation (PMC) hurriedly filled the site ahead of their visit with soil. The residents said that a foul smell …
Lonely Planet Group conferred "Best Indian Destination for Wildlife" award to Madhya Pradesh Tourism in Mumbai on Friday. The award was bestowed by film actor and chief guest of the function Tushar Kapoor to Corporation chairman Dr Mohan Yadav. The selection for the award is done by readers of Lonely …
AHMEDABAD: "If the Government of Gujarat keeps allotting land arbitrarily to industries, 62% of the state's land will be acquired by industrial corridors and corporates in just 15 years. Where will you grow crops then? The farmers of Gujarat will have to pay heavily for this," said environmental activist Mahesh …
PANAJI: The government on Monday initiated the differential global positioning system (DGPS) survey to identify the borders of the state's seven wildlife sanctuaries and one national park. To hasten the process, the government has got mining lease holders in the state to pay for the survey. Speaking to TOI, mines …
The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) recently shot down a proposal to set up a Clinker Grinding and Flash Mixing Unit in close proximity to the Chambal Crocodile Sanctuary in Kota, Rajasthan. The NBWL chaired by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan also overturned the Rajasthan State Board of Wildlife stating that …
In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a nature reserve on the country's Pacific coast this summer. The drones in question, weigh about two kilogramme each and have a range of 60 km. They would …
The move will prevent people from encroaching the forest land One more wildlife sanctuary will dot Karnataka which already has 22 wildlife sanctuaries. The State government has officially declared a part of the Kollegala Range Forest as Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. Off the 1,224 sqkm of the Range forest, 906.18 …
Ullas Karanth of Wildlife Society of India said that the final report on the existence of tigers in Goa's forests with all results may be submitted after monsoon. Goa government has agreed to conduct a comprehensive study about the existence of tigers in Goa's forests, in the first meeting of …
The National Wetland Atlas 2011 has used confusing and inappropriate classifications. Many man-made wetlands have been treated as naturally occurring, tanks have become lakes, and a large number of ponds have become nondescript entities. The number of inland wetlands estimated is far less when compared to other known sources of …
The state government on Friday proposed a buffer zone of up to 1 km around wildlife sanctuaries (WLS) and national parks (NP) in the state. It submitted details of its proposal of Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). Sources in the forest department …
PANJIM: The Goa government after partially objecting to Prof Madhav Gadgil committee report on the Western Ghats, Thursday claimed it will have no money in its treasury to pay salaries if all recommendations in the report are accepted. “I was saying the other day that if we had to accept …
PANJIM: The State government will file its reply on the buffer zone of wild life sanctuaries before the Supreme Court and a copy to this will be sent to Union Ministry of Forest and Environment, department officials said. The Union ministry had recently accused the Goa government of not replying …
As part of conservation efforts, Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed to create four wildlife sanctuaries in addition to the existing 10. In a statement in the assembly, chief minister Jayalalithaa said the new sanctuaries were being set up in different districts by encompassing areas where wildlife was present in …
PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests told the Supreme Court that “it had no choice” but to consider the area within 10 km of all national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in Goa, as ecologically sensitive zones, thus bringing a majority of mining leases in the State within the …
In an important development which may have severe implications on the mining industry, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) said that as the state government has not responded with any proposal, it has decided to consider the area located within 10km of all the national parks and wildlife …
The Goa government will inform the Centre of its stand on the critical matter of buffer zones of wildlife sanctuaries and parks by Monday, a crucial step that will allow the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which had suspended all environmental clearances of mines in the state, to start …
