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 …
Maldives: There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. & Others dated 06/03/2017 regarding protection of Kasauli, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh from the construction activity of Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. from …
Additional Government Pleader Kavita Solanki, appearing for the government, submitted a development plan of the area showing the layout plan. The Bombay High Court on Friday appointed a two-member committee to visit the Nahar Amrit Shakti Township, located in Chandivali, and inspect whether the developer has excavated a hill, cut …
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will inspect adherence to environment protection regulations at 520 production and business establishments, industrial, export processing and hi-tech zones. These establishments could potentially cause serious environmental pollution this year. They are located in 21 cities and provinces, including Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Hải …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nanik Rupani & Anr. Vs Secretary MoEF & Ors dated 28/02/2017 regarding devastation due to hill-cutting and tree felling in Lonavala, Pune, Maharashtra. NGT restrains M/s Vikas Developers from hill cutting in the project area of …
Aurangabad: Within a less than a year of its announcement, the Eco Task Force (ETF) battalion is set to become reality in Aurangabad and the region with an aim to improve the below-average green cover on a war-footing. The battalion, which is actually a part of Eco-Development Forces (EDF) scheme …
The Western Cape High Court will on Monday begin hearing the case of Australian mining company Tormin, which is accused of large scale environmental destruction in the province. The Department of Environmental Affairs had previously attempted to hold Tormin criminally responsible for transgressing environmental laws. Tormin's mining operations are alleged …
The Elembiri community, Gbanraun, Bayelsa, which was affected by the Seibou II oil leak in 2015, said they are yet to receive any relief materials to cushion the effect of the spill . The victims of the spill told News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Yenagoa that none …
CHENNAI:It has been 10 days since the oil spill played havoc in the bay. The Coast Guard on Tuesday claimed that the clean-up has entered the final lap and Dornier aircraft were deployed to ensure there are no traces of oil in the sea. However, ecological concerns still loom large. …
In this paper we reflect on aspects of palaeoecological approaches to understanding past woodland environments. With increasing requirements for interdisciplinarity in research, and an increase in popular interest in the ‘natural environment’ such as ‘new nature writing’, we suggest that palaeoecology is potentially well situated to engage with other audiences …
DEHRADUN: Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO) has joined hands with the police department to promote environment in the state. The fear of Khaki would be used to achieve this purpose. Anil Joshi, founder president of HESCO told TOI, "HESCO held a meeting with Director general of Police, at …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The city's greenery with its ornamental plants, shrubs, bushes and trees, is definitely soothing for the eyes but a few experts believe that unless the hills are protected and developed into green zones, Vizag might run out of green space in the next decade. Although city and urban area …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Federation of Rainbow Warriors, Margao Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/01/2017 regarding Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the project of construction of International Airport on Barazan plateau in Pernem taluka of North Goa. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abdulla Sardar Vs Divisional Forest Officer & Others dated 03/01/2017 regarding illegal fishery bundhs in Budh Khali, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. NGT said that the putting up of the fishery bundh in the area is …
VC speaks on conserving sensitive areas of W Ghats Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof K Byrappa inaugurates the international conference on Environment, energy and ecology are the three key parameters for sustainable development. Unfortunately these three areas are under threat, said Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof K Byrappa. “Hence, it …
NEW DELHI: The "environmental Emergency" caused by one of the worst stretches of air pollution in Delhi and the northern region led National Green Tribunal to take the Centre and some states to task for inaction, as the year also it cracking the whip on airlines for dumping excreta in …
Impacts of climate change on individual species are increasingly well documented, but we lack understanding of how these effects propagate through ecological communities. Here we combine species distribution models with ecological network analyses to test potential impacts of climate change on >700 plant and animal species in pollination and seed-dispersal …
The livelihood of the Nenets people who live along the northern stretches of the Yenisei, Russia’s longest river, depends on two pursuits: fishing and reindeer herding. But locals have said both of those activities are under threat from an oil terminal due to be built on the Tanalau cape, near …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Recommendations of Centre for Science and Environment Committee, 05/12/2016. The important recommendations of the Sunita Narain Committee on alleged damage to ecology and mangroves by Adani Port and SEZ Ltd. at Mundra are detailed in Annexure. M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd. and Gujarat …
NEW DELHI: Ninety percent of projects got environmental clearance in the country last year as compared to nearly 54% in 2014. Informing this in the Rajya Sabha, environment minister Anil Madha Dave in a written response to a Parliament question said, "Average percentage of such projects for the period from …
