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 …
Sanctioning Authority, SEIAA, Is Headless The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman’s post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is …
The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman's post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the …
The National Green Tribunal has given an ultimatum to the Union ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to come out with a plan of action on how it will implement the Kasturirangan committee report by March 24. The NGT order came after MoEF said that states like Kerala and Karnataka …
Toughening its stand against the Union and State governments over the Gadgil and Kasturirangan panel reports on Western Ghats, the Paschima Ghatta Jana Samrakshana Samithi has urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue the final notification in favour of the people living in the high range regions, …
Centre urged to reject ‘anti-farmer’ recommendations The State Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union government to reject the “anti-farmer” recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee, besides totally exempting thickly populated centres and agriculture land while identifying Ecologically Sensitive Areas, taking into consideration the apprehension of the people. …
Chandy To Hold Talks With Union Minister Veerappa Moily Today Assuaging the concerns of those staying in the high ranges, the Prime Minister’s Office informed the state government on Thursday that a final decision on Kasturirangan committee report would be taken only after the ministry of environment and forests incorporated …
Kottayam: The Church of South India(CSI) Madhya Kerala Diocese demanded implementation of Madhav Gadgil panel report on Western Ghats without affecting the livelihood of farmers. Speaking after inaugurating the conference on ecology held in connection with the third jubilee memorial convention of the diocese, bishop Thomas K Oommen said: “It …
Poet Sugathakumari said the people of the state should reject the Kasturirangan committee report and support Madhav Gadgil’s Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel report which stands for sustainable development and long-term conservation of environment. Sugathakumari was speaking at a meeting organized by the Western Ghats Joint Action Protection Council in …
The three-member expert committee seems to have gone soft on planters and estate owners exempting plantations from ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) which may proves disastrous for ecological conservation in the long run. Environmentalists point out that the Kerala’s green canopy is not just because of forests areas but it also …
It may be left for the next govt to take a call on the Kasturirangan panel's recommendations With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s second term in office nearing a close, the controversial Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats appears to be …
Exercise follows disclosure by Gadgil that 1,700 illegal quarries operate in State Ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s disclosure on illegal quarries in the Kerala part of Western Ghats has resulted in the Department of Mining and Geology planning to compile a list of quarries in the State. The Directorate of Mining and …
Madhav Gadgil, eminent ecologist, has alleged that 1,700 illegal quarries are operating in the crest line of sensitive areas of the Western Ghats in Kerala. Dr. Gadgil, who had chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, the report of which led to an uproar in the State, was speaking at …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday described the Gadgil panel report on the Western Ghats as the “roadmap” for conservation of the ecologically-sensitive hills and hoped it could be resurrected for a “dispassionate debate” once the heat and dust of the next Lok Sabha elections settled. Speaking at …
Environmentalists Back Gadgil Committee Report On Western Ghats Conservation Kannur: At a time when the Centre has conceded to Kerala’s demands on Western Ghats by withdrawing its inprinciple acceptance of the Kasturirangan committee report, many environmentalists are harping on implementing the suggestions of the Madhav Gadgil committee report for its …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram today to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of Endosulfan-affected …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of …
Say Ghats reports not sacred; want people to have the final word The Gadgil panel report should be implemented after it is debated in the grama sabhas and necessary changes made to it. This was the view that emerged after a day-long programme organised by the Western Ghat Protection Forum, …
Kumaraswamy says government has failed to enlighten the people on Ghats report The ongoing protests against the Kasturirangan committee’s report on the conservation of Western Ghats in Kerala could be driven by political and economic interests, and will affect the State’s prospects in the long run, according to B.M. Kumaraswamy, …
Environmentalists, farmers, political leaders and representatives of the church who attended a seminar held here on Saturday on ‘Kerala and the Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats’ came down heavily on the findings of the report for different reasons. While environmentalists found fault with the report for diluting the original proposal …
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has demanded the withdrawal of the Kasturirangan Committee report on the Western Ghats. It called upon the Centre to implement the Madhav Gadgil Committee report instead and protect, preserve and enrich the biodiversity for ecologically sustainable development. ECOLOGICAL HEALTH The demand was made in a resolution …
