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 …
PANJIM: The much-awaited report on buffer zone for wildlife sanctuaries and national park, the recommendations of which is likely to result in the closure of 44 mines, would be submitted to the state government by September 15. The government appointed committees, are likely to propose three to five kilometres as …
Ramadevarabetta in Ramanagara district is declared sanctuary The State government has declared 346.14 hectares in Ramanagara as Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary (RVS), to protect long-billed vultures, which are on the verge of extinction. The 15 vultures on cliffs of Ramadevarabetta are now protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, in the sanctuary …
The Forest and Wildlife Department is gearing up to implement a Rs.6-crore project to curb the increasing man-animal conflict in the district. As a part of the project, the department would install 300 km of solar power fence around human settlements adjacent to forests, P. Dhaneshkumar, Divisional Forest Officer, South …
Lucknow: Acting on the government directives, the state forest department will speed up creation of eco-sensitive zones. Principal secretary forest RK Singh has directed officers to act on the recommendations of the committee set up to identify the eco-sensitive zones. To conserve wildlife, state forest department has planned setting up …
PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) will urge the Central government not to grant any relief to the State to reduce the 10-km buffer zone around the wildlife sanctuaries. “I will meet the Union that there should not be any reduction of buffer zone as it will encourage mining …
Ninety travel operators under the banner of Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) have expressed their unhappiness at the Supreme Court order disallowing tourism activity in core areas of tiger reserves. Expressing his anguish over the judgment, Dr Goverdhan Rathore, a lodge owner and son of the legendary conservationist Fateh Singh …
Nudged by the Supreme Court to put in place a set of comprehensive measures for conservation of tigers and wildlife in entirety, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has submitted its final guidelines in the court on ‘Eco-tourism in and around protected areas’. Stressing on promoting “community-based tourism”, the …
The issues of `Framing ecologically sound policy for dealing with linear intrusion’ was discussed during the 5th Meeting of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) held on 18th March 2010 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister wherein it was resolved that the Ministry would formulate necessary guidelines. The matter …
New Delhi: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600-plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as a “local conservation fee”. The fee will be used not only to protect wildlife areas but …
The State Government has approved constitution of 12 committees which will study eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) for 13 wildlife sanctuaries of Odisha. As per the direction of the Supreme Court and subsequent notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the zones need to be notified after due consultation and …
A committee of experts constituted by the Goa Government has recommended a cap on extraction of iron ore in the coastal state to 20-25 million tonnes (mt), which is almost half the existing exports. The panel, headed by renowned scientist Mr Raghunath Mashelkar, in its Goa Vision 2035 report, submitted …
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has issued strict instruction to all the officers of forest department and wild-life divisions throughout the State for protection of forest, wildlife and bio-diversity. The instruction was issued by the Chief Minister Nabam Tuki while considering the plea of Fringe Peoples Forum-WL (FPF-WF) of East …
There appears to be considerable opposition from the local population to the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) proposed to be set up at Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan. The complex, with an envisaged capacity of 500 tonnes fuel a year, is to cater to the four PHWR (Pressurized heavy water reactors) …
Minister for Forests, Sports and Cinema K. B. Ganesh Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government proposed to take up programmes to regenerate forest cover. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for forest, the Minister said that the Department was undertaking regeneration of natural vegetation …
As the cluster of 39 sites in the Western Ghats received the World Heritage Site tag on Monday, experts have questioned the logic behind listing the already-protected patches and not giving representation to some of the most sensitive areas like Konkan and Goa where mining and other development activities pose …
Guwahati: The severe floods in Assam have resulted in the killing of a number of animals and inundation of large areas of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, including the world-famous Kaziranga. The animals which lost their lives in the annual scourge include two highly endangered one-horned rhinos, senior Forest Department …
KOKRAJHAR: Along with the rest of the nation, the 63rd Vanamahatsav was observed in Kokrajhar at the behest of the Department of Forest on Sunday. The Deputy Chief of BTC, Kampa Borgoyary inaugurated the Permanent Nursery at Siljan under Chakrasilla Wildlife Sanctuary with a plantation drive. The permanent nursery has …
SANGUEM: Given the fears of possible crackdown by the government on mining operations at Tolem and Dudhal Mines in Sanguem, the mining dependent people from Sanguem on Sunday convened an emergency meeting at Shrison Plaza Hall, Sanguem. The meeting was attended by a large number of truck owners from Sanguem, …
This document published by Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation cell, Goverment of Gujarat is a comprehensive compilation of major statistical facts about various aspects of forest. It also contains details of wildlife sanctuaries & national parks in the state. This document has attempted to compile most of the major statistical …
The government has sanctioned Rs 33.60 crore for forest development and preservation under this year's annual plan from the Thirteenth Finance Commission’s grants-in-aid for the forest department. The commission had sanctioned a sum of Rs 142.48 crore for the five year plan period. In the first two years, the government …
