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 …
New Delhi Even as the Prime Minister pitches for infrastructure investments, the Union environment ministry is planning to reduce the area available for mining and other infrastructure projects. Official sources told FE the ministry would soon earmark “inviolate areas” which would apply to all development and infrastructural projects, besides subsuming …
The KSK group company, Kameng Dam Hydro Power, is working on a 420-MW hydel project The Environment Ministry has declined clearance to hydel power project of the KSK group saying the unit proposed in Arunanchal Pradesh may fall under an area demarcated for a wildlife sanctuary, and is close to …
The Environment Ministry has declined clearance to the hydel power project of the KSK group saying the unit proposed in Arunachal Pradesh may fall under an area demarcated for a wildlife sanctuary and is close to the Pakke Tiger Reserve. The KSK group company, Kameng Dam Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, …
It has been reported that the number of bird species found in the sanctuary has been reduced to nearly half in less than seven years. Human interferences may be contributing to the dwindling number of birds arriving at Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary (MBS), said Forest Department officials. It has been reported …
The recently declared tiger reserve, the Biligirirangan Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, is under increasing threat due to illegal mining of black granite on its fringes. Even though a state Audit and Accounts Department report in 2011 sounds alarm bells and pegs a loss of over Rs …
PANJIM: Environmentalist Madhav Gadgil who heads Western Ghats Ecological Expert Panel (WGEEP) refused to specify the exact length of buffer zone for Goa wildlife sanctuaries but said that ‘it should be in several kilometers.’ On Thursday, Gadgil, made a presentation of his report, which has been lying with the Ministry …
New Delhi: If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of forests, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and wildlife corridors, would be out of bounds for all mining activities, not just coal excavation. The ministry’s draft lists criteria for identifying forest patches …
New Delhi: If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and wildlife corridors, would be out of bounds for all mining activities, and not just coal excavation. The ministry’s draft lists criteria for identifying …
MUMBAI: The state government plans to denotify nearly 100 sq km of protected area (PA) that forms part of the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats. The privately-owned land, home to as many as 25 villages, is currently under cultivation and recognized as non-forest land, said officials. The National …
Expediting the proposal on Uttar Pradesh's first lion safari in Etawah, the State Wildlife Department has completed the Master Plan of the project. The department is working hard to make the safari operational in a month. “The Government has sanctioned Rs 5 crore. We have readied the Master Plan and …
PANJIM: Despite raps from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Goa's State Forest Policy is yet to see the light of day, even after the process to finalise it began way back in April last year. The draft which was put up for public scrutiny received tremendous response with a …
AHMEDABAD: The state forest and environment department, in a notification issued on Thursday, has reiterated that it is mandatory for all projects in the 10-km area of wildlife sanctuaries to obtain clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBW). It stated that for projects which require environment clearance and the …
And it’s time to take on an elephantine challenge. Nearly 3,000 surveyors — armed with notebooks, pencils and area maps — will fan out across all the 24 districts of the state from Friday to tally the dwindling population of Elephas maximus indicus or Indian elephant, which has been listed …
Forest Department Says It Does Not Want To Lose Sympathy Of Locals Rajkot: Gujarat’s forest department is facing a strange dilemma. Officials would like to book people who harass the Asiatic Lion in Gir and surrounding areas so that they can teach the pranksters a lesson and set an example. …
In 2010, Assam had set a trend by giving forest officials the licence to fire on poachers without fear of criminal proceedings. And Maharashtra, says Assam’s Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, had taken copies of the Assam provisions for framing its new measures. When poaching went up a few years ago …
The environment ministry denied on Monday that it had effected any changes in the way forest clearances were granted in wildlife areas and said they would continue to be routed through the National Board of Wildlife's standing committee. Sources in the environment ministry also said that the group of ministers …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) will examine threadbare the environment ministry's proposal to categorise certain coalfields as "inviolate areas" when it meets on May 30. It will also seek answers from the ministry on whether it can constitute more forest advisory committees for granting faster green clearances besides relaxing norms …
Bhubaneswar: Forest and environment minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Tuesday said that a legislation on biodiversity is soon to be considered by the State Legislative Assembly. Addressing a workshop on ‘Biodiversity conservation in Odisha: Challenges and Opportunities’ organised by the Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC), Bhubaneswar to celebrate the International …
It is a tiny piece of heaven on the Odisha coast. The Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary is where the world's largest living reptile, the estuarine crocodile, is thriving amidst sylvan surroundings after having been brought back from the brink. But now there is trouble with the reptile population booming, posing a …
PANJIM: The sword hangs over 44 mines as the clock ticks on the report on buffer zone for wildlife sanctuaries and national park which is due to be submitted on May 31. Indications are that the government appointed committees, are likely to propose three to five kilometers as buffer zone …
