Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
Every public action and policy must be judged through the lens of transparency, equality, participatory democracy and its impact on those who are vulnerable, deprived and marginalised as well as on natural ecosystems, argues a new manifesto released by a group of environmental activists and NGOs. The manifesto, titled ‘People’s …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/02/2019 regarding mining in Aravalli in the state of Rajasthan. Chief Secretary of Rajasthan has undertaken before the Court that ground truthing work would be completed …
Ecology, distribution and diversity of Copepod collected from two salt pans of Mumbai, India, are presented. Copepods, the main zooplankton components, consisted mainly of Bestiolina similis, Acartia southwelli, Oithona sp., O. similis, O. hebes and Mesochra sp. The species distribution showed pulses and peaks with harpacticoids dominating in extreme environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dinesh Kumar Chadha Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 31/01/2019 regarding illegal mining in District Rupnagar, Punjab. A report submitted by a Joint Committee of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Director Mining, State of Punjab and the Punjab …
Perennial streams were found in regions that have greater than 70% of forest cover, showing the link between ecology and hydrology with land use A recent study has found that unplanned developmental activities and haphazard land use are reducing evergreen forest cover and perennial streams in the central region of …
Canacona: 'Dakshin Foundation' entrusted with environmental study in South Goa. Government of Goa has entrusted the study of environment in the villages of Poinguinim and Loliem in South Goa to ‘Dakshin’ a Bangalore based NGO. A team of researchers are camping at Galgibagha and interacting with locals as well as …
Organisers enlighten people on the need for protecting the Ghats A signature campaign organised by the Save Western Ghats Movement, as a prelude to its Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, received good response from the citizens in Coimbatore on Sunday. Around 2,000 people took part in the campaign at Race …
NEW DELHI: Noting that forest cover in the northeastern states of the country decreased in 2017 compared to what it was in 2015, a parliamentary panel has recommended the environment ministry to take necessary steps to arrest the declining trend. The ministry, in its action taken report to the panel, …
Climate change is no distant matter and Thiruvananthapuram Collector K Vasuki, who is also a doctor by qualification, understands it in all seriousness. Like many of us, she knows that the years to come will be a lot hotter in our tropical country and specially in our coastal State, Kerala. …
Increasing developmental pressures and rising insensitivity towards nature protection have resulted in intervention of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal towards protection and restoration of the ecology of the Western Ghats. Such developments include initiatives by the Government of India i.e., Ecologically Sensitive Areas followed by …
Over 56,000 kilometres of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats could not be earmarked as ‘no-go’ zones due to State governments’ ‘insensitivity’, a parliamentary committee has said. The panel has urged the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to constitute a committee to address the issues and …
PANJIM: The Centre for Responsible Tourism (CRT) has demanded withdrawal of the Coastal Regulation Zone 2018 notification issued by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change on December 28 claiming it is a death knell of the coastal communities. "The notification is a death knell of the coastal communities. …
Will give time to stakeholders to switch over to biodegradable products: Secy Environment In the face of growing environmental degradation and rising pollution levels, the state government is mulling to ban single-use plastics to protect the environment in Jammu and Kashmir. Reliable sources informed Greater Kashmir that the state government …
Says it is high time the Himalayan states got together to voice their environmental significance and concerns strongly. Padma Shri awardee, green activist from Uttarakhand, Dr Anil Prakash Joshi on Monday strongly advocated the need for introducing the concept of Gross Environmental Product (GEP) to indicate overall health of environment …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response as to why it should not stay the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order clearing the ambitious Chardham project, which proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Uttarakhand. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Navin Sinha …
Highlighting the importance of providing legal literacy regarding environment, Chief Justice High Court, Justice Gita Mittal today said it is imperative that people are educated about the concerns of the environment and more importantly about the legislations related to the environment. Justice Gita Mittal made these remarks at the plantation …
In a last-minute move, the government is attempting a new strategy to push through a coal mine in a formally protected Mpumalanga wetland area. This week, the Pretoria High Court was to have heard an application to review the government's hush-hush 2016 approval of a coal mine in the Mabola …
Nathaniel Tumo was astounded when an excavator arrived at his farm in western Kenya four years ago and started digging for minerals, almost bringing down his house. "They started blasting a few metres away and the stones fell on my house," said Tumo, 62, his breath laboured from living alongside …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) & Others Vs. M/s Kasauli Glaxie Resorts & Others dated 05/10/2018 regarding construction of 42 rooms hotel-cum-National Museum and Geo-park–cum-restaurant by Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. …
For many disadvantaged communities in developing countries, ecological issues are not a matter of luxury, but a matter of survival. In India, protests and social movements are expressing these worries.
