Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
PARIS: With nations across the globe looking for innovative approach to monitor ecological challenges, India on Monday launched its long term ecological observatories (LTEO) programme here on side-lines of the on-going climate summit. This nation-wide initiative will scientifically monitor natural landscapes. The idea of this move is to identify and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Manoj Stone Crushing Co. Vrs. SEAC & Ors. dated 03/12/2015 regarding projects coming up in the eco-sensitive zone of Western Ghats especially stone crushing industry. The Environment Department may place on record the authenticated copy of the eco-sensitive zone …
A new species of tree frog was discovered and another species of bush frog was rediscovered by a team of researchers during their recent exploration in the Western Ghats. The discovery, published in the latest issue of International Taxonomic Journal Zootaxa , is a joint effort by a team comprised …
It will cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats region, says expert The Yettinahole project, if implemented, will not only cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats region in Karnataka, but also open a new front of disputes with the Krishna and Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunals, cautioned S.G. Mayya, retired …
Female butterflies are better than their male counterparts at mimicking noxious and unpalatable butterflies, which helps them avoid bird predators, according to a study by scientists of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, and the National University of Singapore. They achieve this mimicry by changing their wing coloration and …
Recording preference of elephants for natural water bodies, the study by Wildlife Conservation Society India Program cautions that practices like creating waterholes without research on impacts may be counterproductive for conservation. The research evaluated elephant distribution during dry season in Bandipur and Nagarahole National Parks and adjoining forests in the …
Maharashtra government has submitted a report to the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF) which, according to a report by a leading daily, suggests that ecologically sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats has been reduced from 17,340 square km to 6,719 sq km. The news report also …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpad Vs. Union of India & Ors.dated 05/11/2015 regarding transfer of cases to the National Green Tribunal.
Files second set of objections to Kasturirangan panel recommendations While the panel has recommended that sand mining and quarrying be banned in ESAs in the Western Ghats, the State has sought that the recommendation should be reconsidered. The State has filed its second set of objections to the Ministry of …
The study examines the distribution and factors regulating the sloth bear in a fragmented hills of Meghamalai in Western Ghats through occupancy framework. Indirect evidences were sought over 133 grids of 4 sq. km size between December 2011 and December 2012. Indirect evidences were recorded in 58 of 133 sampled …
R.R. Hanchinal, chairman of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, has said the bio-diversity of the Western Ghats region, which can be a useful gene-pool for crop improvement, should be conserved. Mr. Hanchinal was speaking at the first convocation ceremony of the University of Agricultural and Horticultural …
Around 500 students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have launched a campaign to save the Western Ghats. They have demanded that the Centre hold wider consultations on the draft notification of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG), also known as the Kasturirangan Committee report, which reduces the Ecologically …
Jhatkaa.org has launched an online campaign as part of its Save Western Ghats project and create public awareness about the Kasturirangan committee report. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Ecology and Climate Change, on its website, has issued the final notification inviting public opinion on demarcating ecologically sensitive areas …
The first ever comprehensive butterfly survey held in the Munnar wildlife division has spotted as many as 206 new species. The three-day survey, conducted by the Kerala Forest Department in association with the Travancore Natural History Society (TNHS) and the Kottayam Nature Society (KNS), came to a close on Sunday. …
It has been 15 days since researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and members of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) demanded security from the State government for conducting a survey of encroached lake beds in Bengaluru City, but nothing has been done so far. During the visit of …
KERI: A pair of endemic Southern Birdwing butterflies in mating posture has been photographed in Bhuipal by Suryakant Gaonkar. The Southern Birdwing (Troides Minos) is a large and striking Swallowtail butterfly that is endemic to peninsular India and is seen mainly during the days after rainfall recedes. Villages of Sattari …
The Sahyadri Sanchaya has criticised the State government’s move to conduct a social assessment survey of the Yettinahole project and has termed it irrelevant. In a press release, the Sanchaya has stated that the government had made a wrong move by taking up the project in the first place, which …
MANGALURU: Even as the Karnataka Cabinet on Monday decided to conduct Social Impact Assessment (SIA) study through revenue department, activist Niranjan Rai slammed the decision as "a bogus one". Dr Rai, who is the convener of Nethravathi Nadi Thiruvu Virodhi Horata Samiti (NNTVHS), told TOI that the decision taken by …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has directed the Ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to clarify within two months whether the moratorium on mining activities in six talukas in the ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) of Sindhudurg district, is continuing or has been lifted. A state-level expert appraisal …
KOLHAPUR: The Koynanagar, Humbarli and adjoining villages in the lush green forests of Koyna wildlife sanctuary have seen bustling construction activity over the past year despite the Bombay high court ban on new constructions in the area. The HC had ordered a status quo in the protected forests of Koyna …
