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 …
the issues of environment and ecology are intricately embedded in the socio-economic milieu in India. The coexistence of a substantial number of forest-dependent tribals and the mismanagement of resources is the reason for this. Poverty, and an indifferent bureaucracy add to the complexity of the situation. So what should be …
green activists are up in arms against the ongoing work on the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka. They have stalled work on the project's transmission line which cuts through the Western Ghats, posing a threat to the precious flora in the area. Local residents and green activists under the …
IN PRESENTING the two films - Thar: Secrets of the Desert and The Village Republic - Anil Agarwal defines the basic concept of the series as studies in the organic relationship between ecology -and culture *. There is a direct link between the cultural and ecological diversity of India. In …
Dilip M Salwi, who has devoted more than 25 years to the cause of popularising science, has authored a number of science-based books for children. Among the more popular ones are Our scientists, A Passage to Antartica, Robots are Coming, Story of Zero, and Science in the 21st Century. His …
NESTLED 7,000 feet above sea level - in a northern offshoot of the Western Ghats called the Palani hills - lies the scenic hill station of Kodaikanal. This mountainous region is a major watershed for the plains below. The forests of the region trap rain water and release it slowly …
THE Centre for Ecological Research (CER) was set up at Kyoto University in April, 1991, to "promote fundamental research in various ecological topics, and provide facilities for the collaborative utilisation by ecologists throughout Japan and the rest of the world." In December 1991, the Indian Academy of Sciences -brought out …
Fencing the Forest: Conservation and Ecological Change in India's Central Provinces 1860-1914 draws on archival and printed sources to shed new light on the ecological dimensions of the colonial impact on South Asia. The changing responses of rural forest users and the fortunes of the land they lived on are …
On the one hand, Goa, the Western tourist's paradise, has earned valuable dollars, but on the other hand its ecology has suffered. This much talked about problem is the subject of Gargi Sen's new film. Says Sen, -The target of the film will be the large scale centralised tourism industry …
Orans are tracts of village land believed to be protectea by local deities, They are much more than just 'sacred groves; they are the ecological core of the area, supporting a storehouse of biological diversity, both in terms of numbers of individual species and micro-ecologies or communities. Thick trunks and …
THE unprecedented increase in population, and the even greater increase in the scale of human activity, largely in this century, have been brought about by the growing mastery of science and its applications. This has led to prosperity, improved standards of life, and opportunities have expanded beyond anything that the …
IN SEPETEMBER 1995, the presidents of the five republics which constitute the watershed of the Aral Sea - Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan met in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan, the autonomous republic of Uzbekistan (the worst affected by the tragedy). This was the fourth meeting of the presidents …
Muynak, which once lay on the coast of the Aral Sea nearly 70 km away from it. And since there is no road salty, toxic desert that has replaced the former seabed, it is no difficult to reach the Aral Sea from there. But a few determind fisherfoik still commute …
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It has inspired poetry and ignited trade wars. First it was used for medicinal purposes. Later, it became the world's most popular beverage, and even a ritual in Japanese marriages. Of the 2 varieties, black and green, the former represents 95 per cent of the world's production. The Irish are …
IMAGINE a tea garden which resembles a dense forest. Animals abound, sacred fig trees bloom, and water is aplenty. This is Jinuoshan, a hilly region in China"s South Yunan district. The Jinuo, China"s smallest ethnic group, with a population of 18,000, cultivate the broadleaf Pu"er tea, Carnellis sininsis var assamica …
A RECENT publication of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) discusses TEK - Traditional Ecological Knowledge - and its functioning in the tropical countries. It identifies 3 broad categories Of TEK. The first is the knowledge about specific components or aspects of plants, animals, soils and environmental …
THE Himalayan national park in the Kulu district of Himachal Pradesh has been chosen for a Rs 6.5 crore World Bank-aided project to conserve its existing biodiversity. The park, which covers an area of more than 700 sq km, provides sanctuary to some 300 species of birds (including pheasants and …
ETHICS is a relatively unheard of issue in the field of international environmental politics. This is troubling because the ethical angle explains the dynamics of transnational environmental affairs. The silence on the subject of justice is mainly because of the intellectual traditions of international relations, ie, realism and liberalism. A …
What are the most serious environmental problems facing Russia at present? More than 15 per cent of Russia's territory is ecologically unsafe. The poor quality of drinking water and radiation are the main problems, along with air and chemical pollution. Some 75 per cent of Russia's waterbodies are highly contaminated …
Even as environmental groups in the USA maintain silence over the concerns of the southern countries, European groups have taken the lead to initiate debates over the present unsustainable consumption patterns and lifestyles of Europe. One of the pioneering attempts in this direction was made by Friends of Earth (FOE), …
