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 …
The state government has finally declared the 'Goa state forest policy - 2009' even as the green cover has shrunk drastically and is further threatened by mining and development activities. The policy seeks to blend the basic principles of the national forest policy ( NFP 1988) with the state's needs. …
A National seminar on the FRA was organised by the Council for Social Development on 26–27 April, 2010. Most of the participants reported that all of the key features of this legislation have been undermined by a combination of apathy and sabotage during the process of implementation. In the current …
The recent removal of encroachments around Kaziranga triggered strong protests by the Kaziranga Jeep Safari Association and other stakeholders. The efforts of the Feb. 16: The efforts of the environment and forests ministry declare Kaziranga national park, which has the world
The Union government is reviewing its landmark initiative, the Forest Rights Act, four years after enacting it and two high-level groups submitted their assessment in the first week of January. But the environment ministry is in no mood to accept Forest Rights Act review finds out Down To Earth. The …
Jammu, Feb 1: A meeting of the Executive Committee of Channi Himmat Residents Association was held under the chairmanship of its president V.K.Grover in which situation arising out of disruption caused in anti encroachment drive of Green Belt and its restoration launched by the J&K; Housing Board and various State …
Jammu: With 14,539 hectares of forest land having been encroached upon in the state, Forest Minister Mian Altaf Ahmed, while releasing the J&K; State Forest Policy 2010 here today, not only laid emphasis on the protection of forest cover, but also announced that the Forest Protection Force (FPF) would be …
Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir government has abandoned the Rs 740 crore integrated watershed development project after the World Bank sought a disclaimer from the Union government that the aid plan would not recognize India
KOCHI: A committee to look into instances of man-animal conflicts in the State and suggest mitigation measures will be formed soon, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has said. He was speaking at a Farmers' Mela, organised by the Institute of Genetic and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, here on Monday. Mr. Viswom said …
A special report by Down To Earth on Koyna sanctuary situated in Satara district, Maharashtra, where the windmills and resorts replace wildlife with government's help. Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help.
Electricity wires hang dangerously over a bituminous road. Unending rows of gigantic windmills look down from where, perhaps, a tiger should have kept an eye on its territory. Instead of birds, turbines create a humming noise. Trees are hardly in sight and one has to be lucky to spot wildlife. …
LUCKNOW: The state government's move to provide relief to the tribals and forest dwellers by withdrawing cases lodged against them by the police and forest department for petty offences has been caught in a `legal tangle'. While cases filed under forest laws are being summarily disposed of by the forest …
Chunks of Intanki National Park in Nagaland are sold for Rs 2,500 a hectare as the forest department looks on. Read this Down To Earth Report on encroachers’ settlements in this national park.
From the moment we drove into Intanki National Park, tucked in the southwestern edge of Nagaland, I kept gaping at the canopy overhead to catch a glimpse of the circus artist of the wild—hoolock gibbons. Unique to Northeast India, the mighty little ape can swing at a speed of 55 …
Ajmer: The state forest department has initiated steps to prevent grabbing of forest land for illegal constructions by constructing walls on the borders of forests. The plan is to construct six to eight feet walls as part of an eco-restoration programme. In Ajmer city alone, 3,000 encroachments were detected in …
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 3: Just a week after the BTC Forest Department took a tough stand against illegal encroachers in Chirang Reserve Forest under Holtugaon Division in Kokrajhar, the district administration also clarified that no one would be allowed to live in the reserve forest. Agriculture and WPT&BC; Minister Pramila Rani …
P. Venugopal Initiative to tackle encroachment effectively Bid to remove boundary-related confusions Project likely to take up to 3 years for completion THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Forest Department is working on a major programme to have the boundaries of all the protected areas in the State fixed using global positioning system …
Human-wildlife conflict is widespread in today’s South Asia and the wider world. Forty-seven elephants, seven leopards and two tigers have been killed in the last twenty months in the forests of northern Bengal. The deaths of elephants were caused in most cases by speeding trains. The problem of human-animal conflict …
