In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
People at CRZ consultation meeting with Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh at Fr Agnel Auditorium, Verna, took the Kamat-led Government to task over alleged illegalities in mining and protecting builders lobby. Though the consultation meeting was convened to discuss the plight of CRZ-affected people, most fishermen and …
The Congress in Orissa on Friday stepped up its pressure to force chief minister Naveen Patnaik to order a CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam that rocked the entire state recently. Senior Congress leader and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Das, while demanding a CBI probe into the mining scam, alleged …
Strict action will be taken against violators: Collector RAMANATHAPURAM: The Collector T.N. Hariharan has warned that strict action would be taken against those indulging in illegal sand mining. Responding to farmers
A government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state
China has been accepting vast quantities of discarded televisions, computers, printers, and other equipment from abroad since the early 1990s. E-waste processing, a burgeoning cabin industry in coastal parts of China, may end up dwarfing other examples of contamination, scientists argued at a symposium. The roster of substances liberated during …
Illegal fishing is depleting the seas and robbing poor nations in Africa and Asia of resources, but a lack of global cooperation is undermining efforts to track rogue vessels, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The Pew Environment Group, a Washington-based think-tank, has found that a United Nations scheme to …
VILLUPURAM: A team of officials detected an illegal black granite quarry being operated at Semangalam in the Vanur block, during a surprise check on Wednesday. A release here stated that when the team, led by S. Krishnamurthy, Deputy Director (Geology and Mines), spotted the quarry operating on a piece of …
Aug. 25: Illegal sand transporters have focused their attention on the sand dunes along the banks of river Penna in the Anantapur district. The Penna river passes through Peddapappur, Yellanur, Putlur and Roddam mandals and is the main source of drinking and irrigation water in these mandals. But illegal sand …
The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different donor-funded afforestation projects, which mainly plant exotic trees of commercial value. The majority of the donor-funded projects in the past or the projects the government and development partners plan to implement shortly are about planting …
How much would a two-headed snake fetch? While the Dharwad police say that it could fetch nearly Rs 80 lakh in the international market, their first information report (FIR) states that it could be sold for just about Rs 10,000. Six persons comprising two separate teams were arrested by the …
Special Correspondent BHUBANESWAR: Seven government officials and a mines operator were arrested by the Vigilance Department of the State Government on Wednesday for their involvement in illegal mining in Keonjhar district. The accused were produced before a Vigilance court at Balasore during the day. The court remanded them to judicial …
SALEM: Collector J. Chandrakumar asked the officials from the Mining and Revenue departments to work in close co-ordination to prevent illegal mining in the district. Participating at a meeting held here recently, the Collector cautioned that stern action would be initiated against persons who were found involved illegal mining of …
Aug. 6: A record 77 MLAs from the Telugu Desam, TRS and Left parties were suspended from the Assembly for a day on Thursday. They were suspended for disrupting the proceedings and insisting on a House Committee on the Obulapuram mines. The entire Opposition barring the Lok Satta demanded a …
Taking a tough stand in the face of many issues of illegal mining highlighted in the House Minister for Environment Aleixo Sequeira today declared that air and water consents of illegal mines would be withdrawn within seven days. He made the statement during Question Hour on Thursday as Curtorim MLA …
KRISHNAGIRI: A forest watcher was injured in firing by an unidentified gang in the reserve forests near Krishnagiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of Sunday. A gang suspected to be involved in poaching small animals and smuggling sandalwood from the reserve forests was spotted by forest watchers and …
Soft shell turtles are among the most threatened groups of freshwater animals that are in need of urgent conservation attention. In Kerala (South India), two species of freshwater turtles, the Indian black turtle or Indian pond terrapin, Melanochelys trijuga coronata (Schweigger, 1812) and the Indian Flap-shelled turtle Lissemys punctata punctata …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Just about twenty days after the city zoo lost its huge sand boa, the Government Ayurveda College Research Centre at Poojappura too has lost its red sand boa. The boa was smuggled out of its cage - under lock and key - from a room, which was also locked, …
Residents of Maussakele area are perturbed about illegal gem mining taking place in Maskelioya, which is the main river that feeds the Maussakele reservoir. They warned that the Maussakele reservoir is being endangered with silting due to the illegal gem mining that has been going on for some time with …
