Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna is proposing to convert the 22-kilometre Yamuna riverbank stretch into a biodiversity zone, seen by experts as a radical ecological solution to the dying river. The lieutenant-governor (L-G), also chairperson of the Yamuna Development Authority, has asked the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) to …
Having declared the year 2010 as the Year of Tourism, the Sikkim Government has drawn up a plan incorporating as many as 13 local festivals in the list of popular events to be staged next year to woo tourists from across the country and abroad. Officials of the tourism department …
In 2002 the World Summit on Sustainable Development assigned to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) a target for 2010 of significantly reducing the rate of biodiversity loss. If we hope to chart positive trends in biodiversity conservation, then cities must now make a pivotal contribution. (Correspondence)
The Gonds, like all aboriginal people, are animistic, for whom nature, from where they derive all their sustenance, is everything, hence a power to pray to and also appease. However, it was Lingo, their first mentor, who inculcated in them any sense of values, gave them the philosophy of life …
This article highlights 14 endangered species of plants of medicinal importance available in Manipur in Northeast India. The taxonomic classification, habit and habitat, parts used, active ingredients/principles, medicinal uses, threats and IUCN status of these endangered species are also given.
This project paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors to provide an additional Grant financing from the Global Environment Facility in the amount of US$7.49 million for the India Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Project (UDWDP) ID PO78550 which in turn draws on the positive experiences from the Integrated Watershed …
The objective of the Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project for India is to develop and promote new models of conservation at the landscape scale through enhanced capacity and institution building for mainstreaming biodiversity conservation outcomes. Negative measures include: loss of grazing lands due to afforestation programs on grazing …
This draft final report on Social & Environmental Assessment of Little Rann of Katchchh Landscape details the problems faced by Katchchh due to breaking down of the interdependence among the communities that inhabit the landscape, with serious socio-economic and ecological consequences. Reveals that traditional systems of managing CPRs have broken …
The Government of India has received credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) towards the design and implementation of a new project titled the Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvements Project (BCRLIP). The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), India, is …
The main provisions of an Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework (IPPF) have been integrated into the project design, specifically through the Environment and Social Management Framework (ESMF), and the Participatory Process Framework (PF). The PF, applies to, and informs, all project components and activities included under BCRLIP. The PPF incorporates key …
Natural plant resources yielding both timber and non timber forest products (NTFP) have gained ground in the present global scenario for rural and urban upliftment for poverty alleviation and amelioration of national income respectively.
By Shankar Sharma The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is entrusted with the responsibility of protecting our forests, rivers and environment so that a sustainable and healthy lifestyle is achievable for our people. Protecting the ecologically precious and highly sensitive natural resources such as Western Ghats and Himalayas …
Says environment and growth are not mutually exclusive HYDERABAD: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has warned that the country
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is inviting parties to participate in the peer-review of the first and second meetings of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change. Established by the CBD Conference of the Parties, the AHTEG on biodiversity and …
BHARAT DOGRA WHILE environmental issues have come to the forefront of election campaigns in some western countries, this is yet to happen in India. However, a welcome initiative that was taken at the time of the recent Lok Sabha elections in the Western Ghats region in this direction deserves attention …
Pteidophytes do not form dominant vegetation anywhere on the earth surface now, but have been replaced by the seed bearing plants. Their occurrence in several small patches relays the message of richness. During the present study, 24 species of Pteridophytes were reinventoried from Vilavancode, Kalkulam and Thovalai sacred groves of …
Investigations were carried out in 26 sacred groves of the district of Bankura of West Bengal during 2006 to 2007. 114 plant species were recorded from those groves including 102 dicots and 12 monocots. The major tribal groups in those areas are Santals and Koramudis; others are Bedias and Mahalis. …
Bhutan's nature conservation policy aims to integrate nature conservation and economic development. This policy is guided by a Buddhist attitude that places coexistence with nature over exploitation of nature for economic gain. We looked at how nature conservation policy affected everyday life and economic activities of local communities and what …
