Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Ahmedabad Surat landfills among worst three methane hotspots in India" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.02.2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of a news item titled "Ahmedabad Surat landfills among worst three …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bombay Environmental Action Group Vs Prism Johnson Ltd & Others dated 24/04/2023. Bombay Environmental Action Group, the petitioner has challenged the judgment of the Bombay High Court, whereby Prism Johnson Ltd was permitted to cut 12575 mangrove spanning approximately …
Compliance report on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/10/2022. The matter related to taking remedial steps for protection of ecology of Western Ghats and delineate it as an eco-sensitive area. The Ministry vide …
Between 1992 and 2015, nearly 148 million hectares (Mha) within biodiversity hotspots – biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions – worldwide underwent land‐cover changes, equating to 6% of the total areal extent of hotspots. Forest losses in hotspots amounted to 54 Mha (–7% of the forest area present in 1992), …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs Union of India dated 28/09/2020. The issue for consideration is the remedial steps for protection of ecology of Western Ghats, which is an eco-sensitive area. The NGT observed that there was demand for more and more exclusion …
Canacona: 'Dakshin Foundation' entrusted with environmental study in South Goa. Government of Goa has entrusted the study of environment in the villages of Poinguinim and Loliem in South Goa to ‘Dakshin’ a Bangalore based NGO. A team of researchers are camping at Galgibagha and interacting with locals as well as …
The present study was carried out to assess floristic diversity, community composition and regeneration status of different forests in Nanda Devi National Park after prohibition of human activities in 1983 with a view to understand the impact of ban, and provide a basis for assessing subsequent changes on plant diversity …
Right in time for World Tiger Day on July 29, chief minister Manohar Parrikar confirmed the presence of India’s national animal in the jungles of the state. Responding to his BJP colleague Rajesh Patnekar in the legislature, the CM wrote: “Recent camera trap survey has confirmed at least five tigers …
SHILLONG: Union minister of science and technology, earth sciences, forests, environment and climate change, Harsh Vardhan, who inaugurated the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) Meghalaya at Upper Shillong here on Saturday said the northeast is a treasure house of plants, animals and microbial resources and is amongst the …
Urban migration among the youth and erosion of ties to nature have led to a decline in awareness about preserving the sacred groves Since times immemorial, ‘Devrais’ or ‘sacred groves’ in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats have been nurtured by local communities residing there, who draw upon traditional knowledge to conserve these …
MANGALURU: Results of a scientific study in India to evaluate the environmental impact of small hydropower projects (SPH) showed that SHPs, despite being touted as a clean energy option, are not without their harmful effects, and affect the flow of rivers, causing altered fish composition, and reduce the number of …
Considered as a hotspot for biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin, Lebanon is currently witnessing anarchic urbanization and unprecedented destruction of its natural habitats. Unregulated urbanization is also compounded by the surge in Lebanon’s population due to the unabated influx of Syrian refugees since 2012. This work aims to define Important …
PANAJI: Before environment consciousness could sweep through Goa, in 2001, an organization made a quiet entry into the state, starting a movement of sorts among school children, making them aware of the biodiversity hotspot, environmentally fragile region they live in. Setting up of the branch of the Centre for Environment …
Maharashtra's own valley of flowers, the UNESCO world natural heritage site at Kaas in Satara district now faces a new threat — vandals. Since December-end, the plateau, which is a bio-diversity hotspot and sees the flowering of rare and endemic flora, has seen instances of forest fires, the latest of …
The Steel Authority of India (SAIL), the Jharkhand government and the Ministry of Steel had all opposed the Centre's draft plan on mining in the Saranda forest that proposed 'go, no-go zones and biodiversity hotspots', documents reviewed by DNA showed. After accepting the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education's …
Non-native plants invade some tropical forests but there are few long-term studies of these invasions, and the consequences for plant richness and diversity are unclear. Repeated measurements of permanent plots in tropical montane rain forests in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in Jamaica over 24 to 40 …
Empirical two-part models describe the relationship between conservation spending, human development pressures and biodiversity loss and can inform sustainable development strategies by predicting the effects of financing decisions on future biodiversity losses.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in …
This exercise, which environmentalists are calling a wonderful opportunity to help save degrading ecosystems and protect lesser-known biodiversity hotspots Would you want to help protect a lake, a sacred grove of trees, or a wetland in your area? It could even be a lesser known one, but a biodiversity hotspot …
Forest panel finds studies about the impact on flora and fauna in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang valley not up to the mark The Environment Ministry’s expert committee on forest clearances, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), has held back clearance for the 3,097MW Etalin hydroelectric project (HEP), Dibang valley, Arunachal Pradesh, after …
Giving more credence to the rising impact of climate change in the biodiversity hotspot of Wayanad, researchers have found that endangered frog species are moving up the mountains to cope with rising temperatures and drier conditions that have set in in their relatively low-altitude mountain habitats. Experts said endangered bush …
