Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Harsh for development of Mansar lake JAMMU: Increasing man-animal conflict was the serious concern of almost all members in State Assembly today during the discussion of grants on Forest and allied departments during second sitting today. Right from Ch Zulfkar to Engineer Rashid all members showed concern over growing man …
Kokrajhar: The Indian Confederation of Indigenous Tribals People (ICITP), North East Zone, expressed serious concern that the Bodoland Territorial Council is no exception to the threats faced by the forests of BTC and Assam, as a result of the ongoing illegal influx from Bangladesh and other neighbors in the State. …
GUWAHATI, March 18 – Expressing grave concern over the unabated destruction of the State’s forests and the resultant loss of biodiversity and damage to the environment, public activist Prof Deven Dutta has stated that the Kaziranga-centric model of conservation pursued by the State Government was spelling doom for a vast …
Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya (SPS), the NGO which brought the large-scale illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka out into the open, has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions for scrapping of all mining leases in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. SPS also sought a CBI probe into the criminal conspiracy …
Jammu: More than double the forest land has illegally been encroached upon in the Jammu region as compared to Kashmir, admitted the state government. In a written reply to a starred question of Panthers Party MLC Sayeed Rafiq Shah, Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Mian Altaf admitted that a …
Silchar: People close to Minister Siddeque Ahmed had allegedly evicted a number of families and unlawfully grabbed forest land measuring nearly 1000 bighas at Bilbari Forest beat under Patherkandi Forest Range. Ahmed’s men had also allegedly burnt down a good number of trees and chased away the poor people who …
JAMMU: Admitting that unscrupulous elements have been making attempts to encroach upon land in and around major cities of the State, Government today said that about 19 lakh kanal State, Forest and Kahcharai land is under encroachment across the State. In response to a question of CPM MLA, Mohd Yousaf …
Rampant felling of trees without any resistance from the forest department have unsettled the habitats of birds and animals SILCHAR: Serious concern has been expressed at the unabated deforestation in the valley of Barak, threatening the flora and fauna. The recently concluded international seminar organized by the Department of Ecology …
DFO, Tehsildar, cops among land grabbers JAMMU: Over 270 kanals of land worth crores, belonging to Forest department, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and State Revenue department has allegedly been grabbed by some persons including a few influential persons with the political patronage in Sidhra and Dwada area, near Golf Course …
KOKRAJHAR: Keeping an eye on the wanton destruction of forests and illegal encroachment in the reserve forest land of Bodoland, former members of rebel groups under Ex- BLT Welfare Society, Surrendered National Democratic Front of Boroland (SNDFB) Welfare Association involving the NDFB (Progressive) and NGOs have decided to protect the …
Silchar, Feb. 23: The habitat of birds and other animals like leopards, tigers, goral and deer in the Barak valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi is fast shrinking because of erosion, encroachment and felling of trees. Devashish Kar, professor of life science department in Assam University, said random felling …
If court puts a cap on iron ore mining in Karnataka, it will be a severe blow to steel industry's expansion plans The Central Empowered Committee’s (CEC) final report on illegal mining in Karnataka submitted to the Supreme Court recently has sent shockwaves through the iron ore mining and steel …
SIVASAGAR: The Panidihing Reserve Forest which spread over 33.9 Sq km in Demow Circle of Sivasagar District was illegally occupied by the encroachers like cow and buffalo rearers and fishermen since late 1970’s. After long reports of complaint for more than three decades by nature lovers and concerned citizens, the …
Contradicting the claims of the Centre which blame the Naxals for the loss of forest cover, the latest report of the AP forest department says that around 130 sq. km. of forests have vanished in a year. The state report says that the loss of forest cover is due to …
‘Concerted efforts necessary to prevent human-elephant conflict' A day-long sensitisation programme under the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity and Greening Project for members of Village Forest Councils and anti-poaching watchers was organised by the Nilgiris North division of the Forest Department here on Friday.Listing the objectives and use of such programmes, District …
Report (Final) of the CEC regarding the mining leases surveyed by the joint team in districts Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur and related issues. Full report available in the CSE Library.
The objective of this paper is to analyse and share a critique of forest sector governance in Nepal, particularly with forest law enforcement. This paper will also explore types of illegal practices and examine the degree to which forest law enforcement is contributing to or hindering effective forest governance in …
The environment department's agenda for 2012 has several shades of green. After almost 18 years, the department has finally undertaken to demarcate the extent of the southern Ridge. This part of the Ridge is the most encroached upon since its boundary has never been defined. In the next 5-6 months, …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Right to Information Movement (MRTIM) would be holding a public hearing on the RTI findings relating to the activities of the cement plants based in Jaintia Hills district at Don Bosco Youth Centre on Thursday at 11 am. The public hearing comes at the time when the …
SHILLONG: While admitting that the issue of alleged encroachment of the cement plants in Jaintia Hills into the forest areas is a serious matter, Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the Government would not hesitate to take action against the cement plants if it is established that they …
