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 …
Landsat pre- and post-dam images show the area flooded by two Madeira River dams is 69.8 percent greater than projected by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted A satellite study of the Santo Antônio and Jirau dams in the Amazon found …
The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Against Mining in the Atewa Forest Reserve, has said it will petition the International Union For Conservation of Nature, to stop attempts by Government to allow the mining of bauxite in parts of the forest as part of a 15 billion dollar arrangement with …
Toxic wastewater that surged through a dry riverbed in southern Israel at the weekend left a wake of ecological destruction more than 20 km (12 miles) long. The flood began last Friday when the 60 metre (yard) high wall of a reservoir at a phosphate factory partially collapsed, letting loose …
JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations has called it one of Africa's biggest remaining wilderness areas. Now a dispute over a planned hydropower dam in Tanzania's Selous wildlife reserve pits the country's president against conservationists who say the project could cause irreparable damage to the UNESCO World Heritage site. On Tuesday, …
Amnesty International says it is seeking to enlist digital activists to help track oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Amnesty, in a press release on Monday, called the project “Decode Oil Spill Project” which it described as a revolutionary crowd-sourcing platform to help the human rights group …
Mbombela - Atha-Africa Ventures, the Indian company at the centre of a high-stakes battle over mining in protected areas, says it is far from ready to break new ground at the contested Mabola Protected Environment in Mpumalanga. In papers before the Pretoria High Court this week, Atha-Africa said it had …
Amnesty International has launched 'Decode Oil Spills Project,' a revolutionary crowd-sourcing platform that will engage thousands of digital volunteers to help the human rights watchdog ensure justice for communities devastated by oil spills in the Niger Delta. According to a statement issued Monday by Amnesty International, its supporters from all …
The Ogoni leaders have expressed displeasure over the inability of some stakeholders to contribute their own quota of the $1 billion cleanup deal, a situation, which according to them, was also delaying the exercise. They said that it was not enough to present an Ogoni son at the front as …
This paper explores the potential of a range of peri-urban environmentalisms to come together in support of sustainable urbanisation. The present-day ‘urban,’ along with the dominant planning visions of urbanisation, lack in inclusivity, deliberative democracy, grassroots innovations, and bottom-up processes of knowledge generation. To sustainably transform this scenario, there is …
Nairobi - Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest game reserves, despite criticism from environmentalists and Unesco. The long-planned dam in the Selous Game Reserve, already listed as a Unesco world heritage site in danger, could provide 2 …
Swakopmund — The controversial N$8 billion Desert Rose project, expected to be constructed just outside Swakopmund, will go ahead as planned despite resistance from some environmentalists and concerned groups. Governor of the Erongo Region, Cleophas Mutjavikua, during his recent state of the region address stressed the project is in full …
Plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the heart of one of Africa’s largest remaining wild areas have dismayed conservationists who fear that the plans will cause irreversible damage to the Selous game reserve in Tanzania. After many years of delays and false starts, last week the president of …
A new study reveals that the loss of larger animals in tropical forests diminishes the overall ecosystem biodiversity because of subtle interactions involving those animals and the evolutionary strategy of the forests’ plants. These findings highlight the need for conservation efforts aimed at protecting these important animals. Why losing big …
Kolkata: The Calcutta high court judge who was on the bench that barred the entry of cars into Rabindra Sarobar has questioned the necessity of a road through the Lake area that serve as the lungs of south Kolkata. "Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee and I passed an order against entry …
The Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC), a subsidiary of the Avesoro Resources, has taken a significant step to install the necessary environmental safeguards to avoid emitting harmful chemicals into nearby rivers and streams used by communities living downstream of the mining operations. This corrective action follows the spillage of the …
As I enter the Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park in Jodhpur through a 17th century sandstone archway, I am transported into a magical place in the desert. The lush vegetation inside the stone walls is in stark contrast to the arid, dusty city outside. The Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park …
DESMI, which is working in partnership with its firms in Nigeria, Samdus Oil and Gas and Axflo Oil and Gas, manufactures equipment that is used to cleanse pollution from water. To ensure that the oil producing environment in Nigeria is free of pollution from toxins and free radicals emitted by …
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay N122 billon as damages to Ejama-Ebubu community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State for crude oil spillage. Justice Ali Abubakar Gumel dismissed Shell’s appeal for failure to file a competent brief of …
Pilibhit: People visiting the annual mela at the Siddh Baba (Lord Shiva) temple located inside the core area of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) are destroying the forest, the ecology and are also disturbing the wildlife. Thousands of people visit the shrine every day and dump garbage, including plastic and polythene …
Port Harcourt — The United Nations has called on people of Ogoni impacted by environmental degradation to be patient while the clean-up recommended by the global body takes off. This came as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, expressed fears that the clean-up exercise was already being politicised and called for …
