Paryavaran Mitra, a nationwide initiative to create a network of young leader from schools across the country, by the Union ministry of environment and forests has announced the launch of Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar 2013. A statement released by Paryavaran Mitra here said that, Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar was a recognition of …
Union Minister of State for Environment, Ecology and Forests, Jairam Ramesh observed that it was impossible to put a halt on development projects being taken up in some of the forests in the country. Speaking at a public consultation on National Mission for a Green India organised by the Centre …
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A blueprint for the implementation of the Green India Mission, which seeks to enhance the forest cover of the country, will be available by August-end, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Tuesday. "Green India Mission document will be finalised by April-end. We will put it in public domain and consultations will …
The Green India Mission that seeks to enhance forest cover in the country would be formulated after public consultations to make it participative, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today. "By this month-end, Green India Mission will be made public and to make it truly inclusive and participative, we will hold …
MUMBAI: The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991 does not require any amendments and this should remain as a base document to further strengthen the fragile coastal areas across the country. This is one of the key recommendations made by coastal communities across the country that is part of …
Action plan for provision of safe drinking water in rural areas for 2010-11 is yet to be prepared due to delay by the National Key Resource Centres, identified for capacity building of the different stakeholders related to provision of potable water at State levels. The Department of Drinking Water Supply …
Public consultation with fisher folk and local community on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) held at College of Fisheries, Mangalore, will be convened on February 27 at College of Fisheries. The programme was postponed because of poor turn up of fisher folk on Saturday owing to the bundh called by Sri …
Ahmedabad: City-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) commissioned by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will be organising public consultations with fishermen and local communities to strengthen Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) at Rajkot on Monday. The consultation will have majority of stakeholders from coastal community, fisher federations, NGOs and related …
Centre for Environment Education Bangalore and College of Fisheries Mangalore will organise a public consultation with the fisher folks and local community on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) at College of Fisheries on February 13 from 10 am to 1 pm. Addressing a news conference, College of Fisheries Department of Aquatic …
Ahmedabad: Setting at rest the speculations over the commercial approval of Bt brinjal, Jairam Ramesh, minister of state for environment and forests (MoEF), said a final decision on the approval of Bt brinjal was yet to be taken. He said the doubts and concerns raised over the issue would not …
BANGALORE: The public consultation on the issue of allowing commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in Bangalore scheduled for January 23 will be held at the Good Shepherd Auditorium on Residency Road. The consultation at Bangalore is part of the nationwide consultations being held by the Union Ministry of Environment and …
Ahmedabad: A roundtable on the Copenhagen climate change meet (Cop-15) was organised at city-based Centre for Environment and Education (CEE) on Friday. Representatives form CEE, who were part of the NGO delegation from India, said that none of the top polluters of the world seemed to be agreeing on respectable …
Himanshu Kaushik & Megha Nayar | TNN Ahmedabad: Darpan Vishnav, a physics graduate from Christ college, Rajkot along with 15 other students, is keeping a close watch, real-time, on the developments in Copenhagen. They are all students of the newly-launched two-year MSc course
Megha Nayar Ahmedabad: While the world continues to discuss and debate upon the happenings at the Copenhagen conference, some 20-odd students pursuing their Masters at the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) are busy dissecting global climate change initiatives in the city.
