The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This report contains two Performance Audits i.e. performance audit on Contract Management of Road Works in Public Works Department and performance audit on Protection of Forest and Wildlife in Rajasthan, a compliance audit on Implementation of Rajasthan Farmers Participation in Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 2000 and six individual paragraphs. …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue within three weeks the final notification on the Eco-Sensitive Zone around the Okhla Bird sanctuary. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that once the final notification is announced by MoEF, all …
A presentation of the draft of the zonal master plan for the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone was made in the secretariat here on Monday. Chairing the monitoring committee formed for this purpose, the chief secretary Rakesh Sharma said that the Bhagirathi River Valley Development Authority (BRVDA) had already been formed in …
BHUBANESWAR: More than 70,000 hectare (ha) in Khurda and Cuttack districts have been proposed to be brought under the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary which abuts the Capital City and acts as its oxygen mask. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the draft …
There's a wizened figure hunched over a chulha in rural Uttar Pradesh. She stokes the fiery coals, coughs intermittently, and her eyes stream with the exertion of cooking over coal night after night. The same image is replicated across most parts of India with minor alterations. According to a 2012 …
The environment ministry has set February 15 as the deadline for states to finalize no-go areas for industry around the 600-plus national parks and sanctuaries. If the states fail to meet the deadline, the Centre will impose a 10-km stretch around these zones as eco-sensitive areas, where development projects would …
AHMEDABAD: The city may finally get much-awaited eco-friendly systems for disposal of construction debris and animal carcasses. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has invited bids for the two projects, which will require investment to the tune of Rs 500 crore, to be executed under the public-private partnership model. "Private operators will …
From organising door-to-door campaigns to spearheading plantation drives on campus, students across India are at the forefront of many interesting eco-friendly initiatives. Their aim and motivation is to work towards making the world a better, safer, and greener place. Eco warriors fight back Green Challenge at IIT-Bombay's annual festival promises …
Exploring the prospects of the ecosystem services approach for natural resource management and poverty alleviation in India, this paper points out that it is vital to have an understanding of the political economy of negotiations over natural resource use. An appreciation of the synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services is …
Punjab government is now rushing to launch Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s pet project—Medicity at Mullanpur—before the electoral code of conduct is put into place. Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), which is also entrusted with land acquisition for the project, is in the final stages of wrapping up the …
The environment master plan (EMP), being prepared by the government to secure a $ 2 million development policy loan from the World Bank, will address issues pertaining to 18 major sectors, virtually covering the whole gamut of development activities, to lay down the road map for sustainable growth of the …
KALPETTA: The eco-tourism centre at Tholpetty near Mananthavady, a growing tourism destination under the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, will be reopened for tourists on Wednesday. The centre had been closed for tourists since June 7, 2010 on an order of the Chief Wildlife Warden. An eco-development committee meeting at Tholpetty on …
Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area.
Creation and subsequent expansion of Protected Area (PA) network has often deprived local people of their usufruct rights and displaced communities from their traditional lands. This 'isolationist' approach has resulted in severe conflicts between local people and PA authorities. Poverty and lack of alternative livelihoods for forest based communities, along …
Similipal Biosphere Reserve of northern Orissa is one among the seven such reserves of India that form a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The overall objective of the Biosphere Reserve programme was to deal with one of the most important questions of reconciling conservation of biodiversity, quest …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: Union minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh unveiled an ambitious Rs 25-crore plan to develop Dandi as a green zone and ecofriendly tourist destination. But, the fact is that this town, which shot into limelight when the Congress celebrated 75 years of the Dandi …
With an aim to rejuvenate Gandhian principles and values and to immortalise the historical salt march undertaken by the Mahatma in March-April 1930, the UPA government has launched a unique Rs 25-crore green project for Dandi and the surrounding villages to transform the area into an eco-friendly tourist destination. The …
Dandi: The Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative (Gandhi) memorial project was launched in Dandi, some 50 km off Surat, in coastal areas of Navsari district on Wednesday by Union minister of forest and environment Jairam Ramesh at Dandi. The project worth Rs 25 crore has been taken up …
