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 …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Union government to come clean on whether it intends to conduct a new survey in the Western Ghats to identify the “No Development Zone” in the sensitive area, two weeks after it submitted that it will not implement the recommendations of Madhav …
The Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) district committee has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to reconsider its decision to scrap the Madhav Gadgil Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. Recently, the MoEF informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it had not processed the report …
City-based environmental activists and experts have said that recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee on protecting an area of 60,000 sq km in the Western Ghats are more important than the ones made by the K Kasturirangan panel. Both the committees were formed during the tenure of United Progressive Alliance …
Environmental Fraternity Throws Its Weight Behind City-Based Ecologist's Recommendations To Protect ESAs In 12 Dists Social crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept and implement the Western Ghats' Ecological Expert Panel report prepared by the committee headed by noted environmentalist Madhav Gadgil. In his first …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar continues to remain evasive on the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil report on conservation of Western Ghats. On Thursday , the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not process the Gadgil report, instead proceed with the …
Environmental experts and the ministry of environment and forests don't see eye-to-eye on the recommendations made by the two panels on the Western Ghats. Most greens have backed the recommendations made by the Madhav Gadgil committee that had farreaching ideas about how the ecologically fragile landscape of the Western Ghats …
Goa Foundation has decided to contest before the NGT a MoEF decision to reject the Madhav Gadgil report (Western ghats ecology expert panel report), on the Western ghats. Claude Alvares told TOI on Thursday that if Goa Foundation does not get a favourable ruling from the NGT, it will move …
PUNE: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is processing only the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, which effectively means that the earlier report prepared by a panel headed by renowned city-based environmentalist Madhav Gadgil has been rejected, according to the legal counsel for the Goa Foundation that …
State has conveyed to Centre its stand on HLWG report Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said the Kerala government does not want the report of the K. Kasturirangan-led High-Level Working Group (HLWG) on Western Ghats implemented in it its original form. He was briefing reporters at Ramanilayam here on Wednesday …
After being directed to take a clear stand, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it was “not processing” Madhav Gadgil’s Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report for any further action. In an affidavit filed in response to a petition …
Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil today alleged that the state's BJP government has "suppressed" his report assessing the impact of mining on environment in Goa. "State government had commissioned a committee led by me to prepare a report on assessment of mining impact on environment in Goa. We had submitted the …
Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil has appealed for a ban on introduction of genetically-modified (GM) crops in the ecologically fragile Western Ghats and said that the successive committees of experts to review the situation in the region would have no impact unless action was taken on the ground. Speaking at a …
Noted ecologist and Western Ghats expert Madhav Gadgil said the usage of earthmoving machinery for creating terraces for cultivation must be avoided in ecologically sensitive areas like Malin. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had included Malin village in Ambegaon taluka in the list of ecologically sensitive areas …
Noted social worker Medha Patkar on Sunday said that the experts of geological survey of India alone can't determine as to what are the reasons for the Malin landslide tragedy and attributed the tragedy to greedy development model being followed by Union and state Government. Addressing a press conference along …
Despite home to a rich biodiversity, transformation of the landscape owing to high human population density might have "affected" the ecosystem of the Western Ghats, government today said. "The Western Ghats is not only home to the rich biodiversity but also supports a population of approximately fifty million and also …
Goa's development will come to a grinding halt, says the Chief Minister The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to States in the Western Ghat region including Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka to conduct physical survey of eco-sensitive areas in the region afresh and submit their proposal for …
COIMBATORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his NDA government at the centre should reject the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee on Western Ghats and implement those that were earlier tabled by the Gadgil committee, said renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil, who chaired the Gadgil committee, while addressing a gathering at an …
KOLHAPUR: Environmentalists from the southern Maharashtra have demanded that the existing laws should be effectively used to protect the ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats. They have also warned that the further deterioration of the forests in Western Ghats will lead to the unbearable climatic conditions in coming years. The environmentalists spoke about …
Amid reports that the Centre may review its decision on Western Ghats, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his intervention in solving issues concerning implementation of green reports to protect the ecologically sensitive ghats. Chandy, who met the PM at his office, …
In a last-ditch attempt to ensure that Kerala’s concerns on the implementation of Western Ghats repots are effectively addressed, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will likely raise the issue surrounding the Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. With Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar making it clear that the …
