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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Nimmala Ankaiah Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 02/08/2016 regarding activities not permissible under ESZ Notification in the lands falling within the Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) limit of Pulicat Bird Sanctuary …
A virtual Noah's Ark of wild beasts and livestock has been relocated to save them from a massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles in a region that is home to exotic animal sanctuaries and horse ranches. Officials and volunteers at the Wildlife Waystation in the northern Los Angeles suburb …
GHAZIABAD: The National Green Tribunal has stayed work on elevated road in the area falling within 'bird sanctuary' land. The green panel in its order dated 18 July said that project of such a magnitude needs clearance under Environmental Clearance Regulations 2006 and till then work at Khasra number 1450 …
Panaji : The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Thursday issued a show cause notice to the starred hotel-cum-casino anchored near Dr Salim Ali bird sanctuary in the River Mandovi in connection with an alleged violation of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) 2011 notification. The complaint filed by Kashinath Shetye …
Over 137.76 sq km of forest land grabbed in 4 national parks and 5 wildlife sanctuaries of the State; Assam second after Madhya Pradesh in terms of forest encroachment Around 137.76 sq km of forest land in four national parks and five wildlife sanctuaries of the State are under encroachment. …
Bhubaneswar: The Centre has approved the state government's proposal to declare boundary periphery areas of Sunabeda and Debrigarh wildlife sanctuaries as eco-sensitive zones (ESZ). Official sources said the Centre will soon come up with a notification in this regard. Once declared an ESZ, demarcated areas beyond the sanctuary boundary will …
MORIGAON (Assam): As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati. The floods have also damaged around 50 per cent infrastructure of the Sanctuary which is the …
Aurangabad: A high-powered committee of Union government recently gave in-principle approval to the long-pending proposal of declaring 500m area around the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone, prohibiting commercial activities in the buffer area. However, the committee categorically spared the farmers residing in the zone area by allowing them to …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited Vs Deputy Conservator of Forest, Thane Forest Division dated 08/07/2016 construction work of 765KV D/c (Hexa) Aurangabad – Padghe Transmission Line in the area coming within 10 Kms from the boundary …
The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has its jurisdiction over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Daman and Diu. Despite Goa being the smallest among the three States in this jurisdiction – smaller in size than some districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat – 45 percent of the cases filed in …
Last Thursday, on June 23, the provincial governor of South Kivu formally approved the boundaries of the Itombwe Reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the last strongholds of the Grauer’s gorilla. Conservationists have cheered this move. The Itombwe massif is home to more than 750 species of …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania's decision to halt a multi-million dollar energy project to protect a wildlife sanctuary and farming land is a "victory" for vulnerable local communities, a global aid agency said. The $569 million bioelectricity plant threatened to evict more than 1,500 villagers from their …
The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in Mandya district, located close to Srirangapatna and about 16 km from Mysuru, is one step closer to having an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around it to pave way for greater protection. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued a draft notification for the ESZ and …
Wildlife experts in Malawi will next month start moving up to 500 elephants to a sanctuary that they hope could eventually serve as a reservoir to restore some elephant populations in other parts of Africa where the threatened species has been heavily poached. The massive relocation, slated for completion next …
Baltimore's National Aquarium will create the first U.S. dolphin sanctuary and transfer its eight Atlantic bottlenose dolphins there, the aquarium said on Tuesday. The move comes after five years of study and as the U.S. public has grown increasingly uneasy about keeping dolphins and whales in captivity, National Aquarium Chief …
In a rare victory for landless villagers in Africa, more than 1,500 people have been spared eviction to make way for an energy plant after the Tanzanian government halted the project citing concern for wildlife in a nearby sanctuary. The bioelectricity plant was to be built in Saadani National Park …
Wildlife authorities in Thailand on Monday raided a Buddhist temple where tigers are kept, taking away three of the animals and vowing to confiscate scores more in response to global pressure over wildlife trafficking. The Buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi province west of Bangkok has more than 100 tigers and has …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Eco-sensitive Zones, 03/05/2016. The State-wise details of proposals for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone around National Parks and Sanctuaries received are at Annexure. So far, the Ministry has approved/notified 257 ESZ proposals covering 404 Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zones. Of …
The Union Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change has approved the declaration of 275 zones around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the country as 'ecologically sensitive', including six in Gujarat. Union Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar gave this information in the Rajya Sabha in reply to …
Elephant poaching in northern Tanzania's wildlife sanctuary, Tarangire National Park, has gone down for the past two years, a senior park official said on Sunday. Park tourism officer Geoffrey Mboma said that killing of elephants in the park for their tusks has been largely contained, and between July 2014 to …
