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. …
Some of the valuable freshwater flowering plants, endemic to the Western Ghats, may soon wilt away if conservation measures are not introduced, say experts. The risk faced by the freshwater plants of high biodiversity and economic value was highlighted in a recent conservation status assessment carried out by the International …
23,000 acres of land has been identified adjoining Bisile forest range The information that the government is taking steps to relocate villagers to set up elephant corridor at Igur and Hongadahalli gram panchayat limits in the taluk has met with opposition and has taken a new twist by turning into …
The six villages around the site of the proposed 9,900MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) have asked to be included in the list of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs). If this demand is accepted, the fate of JNPP could very well be under threat. The gramsabhas of Madban, Mithgavhane, Sakhar, Padave, …
Unsustainable harvesting and pollution of waterbodies may force some freshwater molluscs in the Western Ghats region into extinction or throw up increased risks for their survival in the near future, experts warn. In a maiden assessment of the 77 freshwater molluscs of the region using the IUCN Red List categories …
Maharashtra has gone the Goa, Bellary way in illegal mining. And Sindhudurg, probably, tops the chart. The district at the southern-most corner of the state got the eco-tourism district tag way back in 1997. True, it has the largest green cover, but a deeper look brings out grim truths: human …
Use of chemical pesticides in plantations in the Western Ghats might have wiped out a few endemic odonate species including damselflies and dragonflies, fear experts. While assessing the conservation status of odonates in the Ghats region by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), data regarding 46 species have …
Sustainable development combined with a moderate lifestyle and widespread environmental awareness is needed to conserve what was left of India's forests and wildlife. At present, only 4.5 per cent of the country's land is covered by forests and protected as sanctuaries, according to Shekar Dattatri, a noted wild life film …
There are various stakeholders who are poising major threat to the sustainability of the forest resources. The categories of these stakeholders are the state and its agents, capitalist and private contractors and local communities. The present study focuses on the third types of stakeholders and their contest over the forest …
Precipitation has dropped owing to human-influenced aerosols: study Human activity that spews out fine particles into the atmosphere could be taking a toll on the Indian monsoon, leading to a decline in recent decades, say researchers in a paper being published online by the journal Science . With the rising …
The State Forest and Wildlife Department has submitted a 10-year Tiger Conservation Plan (2011-12 to 2020-21) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority for conservation of the tigers and the biodiversity of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. The cost of the conservation plan is estimated at Rs.58.8 crore. The plan is “to …
Industrial development and rapid urbanisation are taking a toll on the freshwater species of the Western Ghats. Close to 16 per cent of freshwater fish, molluscs, dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic plants found along the length of peninsular India are threatened with extinction due to water pollution from agricultural and urban …
The spores survived and germinated after being exposed to 115 degree C for two hours Can the mesophilic fungal spores that normally grow at 20 degree C to 35 degree C survive higher temperatures and still be able to germinate when the conditions are right? Believe it or not, laboratory …
12 Night Frog Varieties Found In The Western Ghats 3 Rediscovered After 75 Years There is hope on the green front. That is what the croaks resonating from the Western Ghats proclaim. A team of scientists from Delhi University, Bombay Natural History, Zoological Survey of India and Brussels’ Vrije University …
The Western Ghats region in the country, a global biodiversity hotspot, has opened up more of its secrets — this time a dozen species of night frogs hitherto unknown to science. S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and researchers from Bombay Natural History Society, Zoological Survey of India and …
Pilikula Nisargadhama plans Rs nine-crore conservation project As many as 40 fresh water fish species in Karnataka are under 'threat' and urgent conservation measures are needed to ensure their survival, says a study by Environment Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI). However, the number of species under serious threat due …
The Western Ghats is one of the world’s most heavily populated biodiversity hotspots providing for and supporting 400 million people. However, these diverse freshwater ecosystems face many threats because of untrammelled economic development. In most instances the development planning process does not consider the requirements of these freshwater ecosystems, mainly …
Western Ghats must be considered as ecologically sensitive to ensure sustainability of the rivers of the Indian Peninsula says this Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. See Also Report: Problems of hilly habitations... News: Green tag sought for Western Ghats. Report: The …
The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, a panel of international experts assessing the current scientific knowledge on climate, has asserted that warming of the earth's climate system is ‘unequivocal', Fr. Ignacimuthu, Director, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, said here recently. Inaugurating an international congress on “Global Warming on Biodiversity …
Area near Kodagu forests to be developed as tourism village Kanjirakolli, a village on the foothills of the Western Ghats bordering the Kodagu range of evergreen forests in Karnataka, is set to be developed as a major highland tourism destination. The village, set against the backdrop of rolling hills and …
Pune Construction activity at Lavasa, Pune — being developed by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) — has been at a standstill for the last nine months as the stop work order issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is yet to be withdrawn. The ministry is expected to pass …
