Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/11/2016. This application has been moved to pass directions to permit the NHAI for carrying out the necessary construction of the bridge adjacent to existing bridge including their approaches from 0.001km …
The Asian Development Bank and the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) undertook a study on eco-compensation regulations development in the country, on which this publication is based. The study examined the PRC’s theory, practice, and legislation governing eco-compensation in selected ecological areas to …
CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala on Monday decided to give a momentum to its ambitious Action Plan on Climate Change to prepare the coastal state to face the adverse impacts of the phenomenon. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the decision while inaugurating a workshop here on ‘Climate Variability in Kerala: …
The need of the hour is ecological management of rivers looking at them as living, dynamic systems which needs to be people centric Parineeta Dandekar is the associate co-ordinator of SANDRP and member of Freshwater Fisheries Specialist Network, IUCN. Since time immemorial, rivers have held a coveted place in the …
Global wildlife could plunge to a 67 per cent level of decline in just the fifty-year period ending this decade as a result of human activities, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016. The report shows how people are overpowering the planet for the first time in Earth’s history and …
BHOPAL: State wetland authority has sought more time from the central zone bench of National Green Tribunal to file its reply on actions taken by stakeholders to regulate activities at Bhoj Wetland Ramsar site. The authority was supposed to file its report on "Conservation of Upper lake" on Wednesday. Green …
Climate change could aggravate threats posed by land use changes Vembanad Lake, the hub of backwater tourism in Kerala and the largest wetland system in the country, may cease to exist in another 50 years as climate change aggravates the complex threats posed by land use changes, according to a …
LONG AN – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Intel Products launched a joint effort to restore habitats in the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve last week, with the goal of planting more than 12,000 native trees this year. The project aims to restore the degraded forests, providing habitats …
Donana National Park, part of southern Spanish wetland used by 6 million migratory birds, could dry out completely unless the Spanish government tackles the threat of dredging, mining and intensive farming, a report said on Thursday. The World Wildlife Fund said Spain was failing to safeguard the 54,000 hectare (209 …
Rampant dumping of waste and encroachments on Arthala Lake located close to Hindon River in Ghaziabad on Thursday came under the lens of the National Green Tribunal which sought response from the Centre and UP government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
Versova residents are happy that Kapil Sharma's case has prompted officials to look up and take steps. Residents of Versova, who have been continuously raising the issue of systematic destruction of mangroves over the years by bungalow owners at SVP Nagar, are elated that Kapil Sharma's case has finally ensured …
To check organised crime that endangers environment and public health The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) is all set to launch a new initiative, Environmental Risk Vigilance (ERV), targeting organised crime that erodes natural resources, endangering environment and public health. In a circular dated August 25, VACB Director Jacob Thomas …
It has always been an open secret, discussed and debated after the December floods last year. But now it has emerged that as the city expanded, more than 150 water bodies, that were part of a flood mitigating system in the city and its suburbs, were encroached and turned into …
Titled 'Environmental Risk Vigilance', the initiative is envisaged to take stock of activities in connection with various aspects of environment including air, water, land, soil, minerals, wetlands and mangroves. Looting of natural resources and indulging in environment degrading activities like clearing of mangroves or unpermitted filling of wetlands, for pecuniary …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anand Arya & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding state of wetlands in India. According to the Applicant there are nearly 7,53,647 hectares of wet land as per National Wetland Atlas and out of it 5,54,960 …
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest agricultural land-retirement program in the United States, providing many environmental benefits, including wildlife habitat and improved air, water, and soil quality. Since 2007, however, CRP area has declined by over 25% nationally with much of this land returning to agriculture. Despite this …
Integrated water resource management serves as a foundation upon which the planning and implementation of climate resilience is being pursued in Bhutan. Water has been sculpting Bhutan’s landscape for millennia, flowing down from majestic alpine mountains to the narrow valleys and deep gorges that make up the country’s iconic landscape …
The wildlife wing of Forest Department in Rajasthan has floated an innovative programme to invite experts, entrepreneurs, technical graduates and interested persons to take up time-bound assignments as part of an internship which will enable the participants to provide critical inputs on policy and regulation in the natural resource management …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dhrubo Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, West Bengal & Others dated 22/08/2016 regarding water bodies/low lands which are located on the west side of the Makardah village (Howrah District, West Bengal) stretching upto Ankurhati village which …
DADARA, INDIAOn a cloudy day in July, in a remote village in northeastern India, Charu Das excitedly imitates the awkward movements of a stork with her hands. In a few months, the greater adjutant stork—called hargilla, which means "swallower of bones" in Sanskrit—will descend on this hamlet, situated in Assam's …
