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. …
VANYAJEEVIGALA JAADU HIDIDU: Sanjay Gubbi; Navakarnataka Publications Pvt. Ltd., 11, Embassy Centre, Crescent Road, Kumara Pack East, Bangalore-560001. Rs. 120. SANJAY GUBBI, a wildlife enthusiast with a formal education in environment science, has had a significant role to play in the conservation effort in Karnataka, notably in Devarayana Durga in …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry on Monday extended the moratorium on environmental clearances to new projects in the coastal Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra up to June 2011. In mid-August, the ministry had imposed a four-month moratorium on entertaining any new project for mandatory environmental clearance …
BANGALORE: The Western Ghats Task Force has chalked out a unique plan and a movement to save the source of all the rivers in the state. "The movement will commence on Thursday from the source of Kabini river in Kollegal with the members of the task force studying the source …
We conducted a survey in Kerala from December 2009 to March 2010 to document Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby) populations in fourteen sites that ranged from Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern Western Ghats to Silent Valley, north of the Palghat Gap. The total sightings of the Nilgiri Tahr over …
This paper attempts an ethnobiological investigation, performed during 2003 to 2006, to collect, identify and document information on wild food traditionally used by the indigenous people of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
Infiltration tests were conducted at three locations in the Pooppara Tribal Colony area, Idukki District, Kerala. Physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples shows that the soil type for the selected locations is sandy clay loam and is acidic in nature with low bio-manure.
Commissioned by the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel (WGEEP) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India , this paper attempts a rapid assessment of the impact of tourism growth in the Western Ghats. The paper is based on substantive secondary research , by EQUATIONS as well as …
Saying that the Western Ghats has been declared as one of the 18 biological hot spots of the world, Forest Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues has said the Goa government has declared the entire Western Ghats corridor as protected area on account of the rich bio-diversity in the region.
District-wise breakdown of the major projects Thane Ancillary development of Navi Mumbai airport, green areas released for housing and commercial exploitation Raigad Navi Mumbai airport MahaMumbai SEZ. Area: Thrice that of Mumbai Five thermal power plants 10 km from one another Chemical industries hub Ratnagiri Madban: Location of the Jaitapur …
Nagercoil: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International year of biodiversity in its 61st session in 2006 to help create awareness of the importance of biodiversity through activities and events.
E.M. Manoj 2,100 flowering plants identified; seven of them are fresh discoveries KALPETTA: A recent study of the Wayanad part of the Western Ghats has once again proved that the biodiversity of the region is still not explored fully, with even higher plants waiting to be discovered. In their latest …
Local Politicos Active In Operating Mines As Toxic Dust Chokes State Bicholim (Goa): As the famous sun-soaked Calangute beach gets decked up for yet another Christmas and New year parties, villagers of Shirgao situated a few kilometres away try to find new ways to escape the halo of toxic red …
T. Nandakumar Thiruvananthapuram: A proposal mooted by the Fisheries Department to release Indian Major Carps in reservoirs in Kerala has met with strong opposition from conservationists and environmental activists who fear it may lead to the eventual extermination of indigenous species and whittle down the aquatic biodiversity in the Western …
The State Government is contemplating to enact a legislation to permanently ban mining in the Western Ghats. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of members of Western Ghats Task Force with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday. Task Force Chairman Ananth Hegde Ashisar said imposing …
KOCHI: Experts at a symposium on urban biodiversity organised by the Department of Zoology at St. Albert's College here on Thursday recommended a concerted effort by all stakeholders to protect the rich biodiversity of the country. In his lecture on the
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), which was selected by the United Nations as the partner organisation to celebrate International Year of Biodiversity in India, supported by the National Biodiversity Authority, the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, the University of Kerala and a Delhi-based NGO Navdanya, …
The Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii is a rare and little known species endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range of Southern India. Information about its distribution and occurrence is largely lacking. This paper collates information about Nilgiri Marten presence in the Palni Hills in Tamil Nadu state and presents new …
The omnipresent existence of human-nature relationship all over India has been grossly neglected as a tool for conservation management. The sacred groves, patches of forests conserved due to associated religious faith have been described by foresters, travelers, anthropologists, ecologists for more than two hundred years from different parts of the …
Large carnivore conservation is akin to a multi-billion dollar riddle. Scores of researchers, activists, bureaucrats, politicians, livestock herders, and hunters each hold a clue to the solution, but cannot seem to be able to agree on how to bring it together. The large carnivores themselves are far from cooperative be …
