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 …
Manas Dasgupta DANDI (GUJARAT): Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh launched the Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative project in the historic coastal village in south Gujarat on Wednesday. It was at Dandi that Mahatma Gandhi launched his salt Satyagraha 80 years ago. Mr. Ramesh …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Centre has embarked on yet another ambitious project to build a green memorial at Dandi to immortalise the salt march by Gandhi in 1930. With an aim to rejuvenating Gandhi principles, a Rs 25-crore green project will be launched at Dandi on Wednesday to …
Ahmedabad: The city and new Raipur have been chosen by the European Commission promoted body called International Co-operation for New Town Exchange (ICNTE) to showcase some of the best municipal practices before member nations. The two cities would be the sole representatives for the country at the convention. The ICTNE …
PALAKKAD: The government will implement a special scheme for continuing the Eco-restoration Programme at Attappadi, said Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty. The programme which is currently being undertaken by the Attappadi Hill Area Development Society (Ahads) and funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, is set to end in …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has failed to carry out its plans to reconstitute eco-development committees (EDCs) in the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of the State to ensure better accountability. As a result, many of these committees continue to function in an irregular manner, disregarding the directives of the department. …
To Develop Alang As Eco-Friendly Spot Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: After deciding to develop a mini-Japan in Dholera special investment region (SIR) as a feeder township for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the Japanese have shown interest in developing a Rs 5,000-crore eco-township project at Dahej. Planned on a 500-acre …
The Good Earth Subhash Arya's underground alternative to air-conditioning has fought cynicism and inertia and is nowbeating the heat. The office of the Commercial Taxes Department in Jaipur is the only building in the desert state of Rajasthan to have a earth tunnel cooling system. Constructed by the Rajasthan State …
Sarikah Atreya Fifteen years of relentless environmental protection measures of the small Himalayan State of Sikkim today received a resounding endorsement from the Centre with the Union Tourism Minister, Ms Kumari Selja, declaring Sikkim as an
Dec. 3: The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) will plan and implement all projects to make it more eco-friendly, said the vice-chairman, Mr V.N. Vishnu. Participating as chief guest at the one day workshop on
‘Gender, Ecology and Development’ is a fast emerging area of academic and policy importance, especially in the context of developing societies. Beginning with a discussion in the international context, this paper looks into the attention paid to gender concerns in development in their links with environmental issues. Conceptual framework for …
SHILLONG: Sohra is all set to become the eco-tourism and crop production centre with Isreali assistance. The State Government is making all out efforts to restore the beauty and greenery of Sohra which is famed for receiving the highest rainfall in the world. Israeli company Argos (Agri-Projects) Limited has been …
This document addresses three of the four Biodiversity Conservation Components in terms of providing policy and methodological guidance on eco-development, including ecotourism, and mitigation of humanwildlife conflicts. This is complemented by a conceptual framework and action plan for their practical application in Satkosia Gorge, the sanctuary where participatory micro-planning processes …
GANGTOK, July 22: The State Government has declared the State highway from Ravangla to Namchi via Damthang and the approach road to Samdruptse in South Sikkim as an Eco-Highway. A seven-member committee, headed by State Forest Secretary, has been constituted to oversee the newly-declared Eco-Highway in South Sikkim. The committee …
Ahmedabad : A mountain of filth will soon get transformed into an oasis. In an ambitious plan, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is developing Pirana dumping site into a green zone. They are also considering setting up an entertainment zone in the area. The project is on the lines of Gorai …
JAIPUR: The Sierra Club has announced its first Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Achievement Award for India jointly to Barefoot College, Tilonia, Rajasthan, and Ecosphere Spiti, in Himachal Pradesh. The new award recognises community initiatives to promote green economic development, adaptation of renewable energy alternatives and organisational leadership in a …
Biotic pressure on Protected Areas (PAs) in developing countries is primarily to satisfy the fuelwood requirements and is one of the factors affecting their conservation. For studying the fuel consumption pattern and the potential of PA conservation through a change in fuel-mix, a fuel consumption survey was conducted during 2002 …
