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. …
A panel of experts has recommended capping iron ore mining in Goa to between 20 and 25 million tonnes a year for the next five years, nearly half of what the state produces and exports today. But the committee wants another high-powered committee to arrive at a more ‘evidence-based’ threshold …
Kamaljith Singh Bawa, founder and president of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), and winner of this year’s Gunnerus Sustainability Award (a Norwegian research prize awarded biannually), said the heritage status granted to the Western Ghats pointed to the importance of conservation and management of our …
Ministry got around 1,500 comments, says Jayanthi Natarajan A committee of experts will soon collate the comments received for the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, said Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests. The Ministry had received around 1,500 comments for the panel’s report, Ms. Natarajan told The …
The ministry of environment’s decision to get Prof. Madhav Gadgil’s report reviewed by a separate panel has drawn up criticism from unexpected quarters. Tim Badman, heading the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) World Heritage Programme, has issued a statement that international monitoring took place to ensure that the …
Amid debates over conservation of Western Ghats, which have been added to UNESCO’s list of iconic places, a World Heritage advisory body has recommended international monitoring to ensure that the 39 bio-diversity hot-spots in the region are properly preserved. The demand from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) came …
The government has decided to form a high-level committee to review the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report and possibly find ways to implement what the new committee recommends. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said that the new panel, yet to be constituted, would have representatives from …
Not To Implement Unesco Report Which Is Mandatory For Heritage Tag New D elhi: The government has warded off pressure from Unesco to implement the controversial Western Ghats report as a pre-condition to the ‘World Heritage’ tag. Western Ghats sites have been declared as World Heritage but without any additional …
Minister for Forests, Sports and Cinema K. B. Ganesh Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government proposed to take up programmes to regenerate forest cover. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for forest, the Minister said that the Department was undertaking regeneration of natural vegetation …
Prof. Madhav Gadgil, who authored the first report on the impact of mining on the Western Ghats, has blasted the government for their decision to set up a second panel to review its findings following criticism by Kerala and Karnataka state governments. The move, Prof. Gadgil believed, could not have …
New Delhi: The government has decided to set up another committee comprising central and state government experts to review the controversial report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) after several states vehemently objected to the recommendations. The decision was taken by environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan in concurrence with …
With environmental activists criticising that the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag on 39 areas in the Western Ghats does not mean more protection to these ecologically fragile properties, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said the government was in the process of forming a “special mechanism” for these heritage sites …
Heritage tag will attract more visitors Ecotourism activities in the World Heritage Sites of the Western Ghats may be streamlined after assessing the carrying capacity of the individual sites. While inscribing the 39 serial sites of the Ghats, the World Heritage Committee has asked India to initiate “proactive responsible tourism …
The State government is in no mood to give the Western Ghats-Unesco tag matter a rest. It has raised serious contentions against the Centre for taking the matter into its own hands and renominating the Ghats in this year’s Unesco Convention at St Petersberg, Russia, ignoring the ‘stiff opposition’ by …
Bangalore: From Lena Pillars nature park in Russia to the Lakes of Ounianga in Chad (Central Africa), from Sangha Trinational in Cameroon to Chengjiang fossil site in China, the nations are celebrating this week after being honoured with the prestigious Unesco World Heritage Site (WHS) tag. But Karnataka has been …
76 projects commissioned, 300 are being implemented The Western Ghats, which has made it to the coveted list of World Heritage sites, is facing a serious threat from mini-hydel projects in Karnataka. According to K. Ramesh, a senior officer of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL), 76 mini-hydel projects have …
Even as 39 protected areas across the Western Ghats made it to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, India is trying to separate the issue of the heritage status from the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), headed by Madhav Gadgil. The International Union for the …
As the cluster of 39 sites in the Western Ghats received the World Heritage Site tag on Monday, experts have questioned the logic behind listing the already-protected patches and not giving representation to some of the most sensitive areas like Konkan and Goa where mining and other development activities pose …
“It should be subject to rigorous prior impact assessment” The World Heritage Committee (WHC), which inscribed the Western Ghats as a World Heritage Site, has asked India to ensure that infrastructure development in the area is in tune with the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention. The suggestion came …
In a development that may be considered a shot in the arm for environmentalists, the Additional Civil Judge (senior division) has ordered a permanent stop to iron ore mining at Kemmannugundi in the Chandradrona Hills of the Western Ghats. Additional Civil Judge (senior division) Manjunath Nayak on Monday ordered a …
India's 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations. The Western Ghats mountain chain is recognised as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity. The chain's forests, which …
