Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has said the National Green Tribunal cannot settle the issue or any application on climate change as it is a subject of international conventions and protocols. The MoEF has in a short affidavit filed in response to an application on climate change said, “The …
Karnataka HC dismisses petitions filed by UAS-D Vice-Chancellor and Registrar. The Karnataka High Court has ruled that there is a prima facie case for prosecuting the heads of the University of Agriculture Science, Dharwad (UAS-D), for signing agreements, allegedly in violation of the Biological Diversity (BD) Act, with a private …
First State to form BMCs The government has formally declared the constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees in all the 978 grama panchayats, 60 municipalities, and the five Corporations in Kerala, signalling the shift to a broad-based system for the conservation of biological resources. Addressing the media after a Cabinet meeting …
Institutionalised mechanism forbenefit sharing mooted As India gets ready to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) arising from utilisation of genetic resources, scientists and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) experts point to the dangers of opening up the country’s rich biodiversity for exploitation by foreign powers without …
This latest report focuses on the threats to biodiversity, status of implementation of the National Biodiversity Action Plan and progress achieved towards meeting the 2010 biodiversity target. India takes its commitment to preserving biodiversity very seriously. This is not only because of India
Eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan has called for setting up an Indian trade organisation as a national counterpart of the WTO. Addressing an "International Conference on Natural Rubber Extension and Development,' organised by the Rubber Board, he said there was need to segregate the support extended to farmers for their …
