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 …
Lao prime minister Thongloun Sisoulith has ordered officials in a heavily-polluted southern province of the country to reject proposals for new mining projects in their area, citing severe damage already caused to the local environment, sources in the country said. Speaking on June 16 at a top-level meeting of officials …
The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in Mandya district, located close to Srirangapatna and about 16 km from Mysuru, is one step closer to having an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around it to pave way for greater protection. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued a draft notification for the ESZ and …
Mysuru: Justice Jawad Rahim, judicial member, National Green Tribunal (NGT, New Delhi) on Saturday said that if the state government is found guilty of violating the provisions of Forest Act or environmental laws with regard to development projects taken up at Chamundi Hills, there is a provision under the NGT …
According to scientists, the kind of pesticide, neonicotinoids, used in farms may actually harm the honeybee population. The researchers from Mainz University Medical Center and Goethe University Frankfurt discovered that the use of active systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids causes the alarming bee mortality. The study was published in the journal …
A few moments of relaxation for Chilean logger Nelson Hidalgo were shattered one day last month when 12 armed men piled out of a pick-up truck and demanded he step outside his work-site dining trailer. At rifle-point, the masked men forced Hidalgo and a handful of colleagues to the ground, …
“Drinking water shortage will become grave in Uttarakhand especially in the rural mountain areas due to climate change,” said Shatrughan Singh, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary, while speaking at a workshop on “Reviving Springs in Uttarakhand” organised by People’s Science Institute, Dehradun, with the financial support of Arghyam, Bengaluru, here today. “In …
The Environment Ministry has proposed a new policy for the management of forests that among other things proposes a green cess to promote “ecologically responsible behaviour” and called on the government to promote the sustainable use of wood. “Wood has a significantly lower carbon footprint than many of the substitutes …
Depts pass buck as forest goes barren in key jumbo corridor Constant quarrying has rendered the forest in theAnekal range barren. The ecology of the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) has taken a beating, due to the unabated stone quarrying in the area. Adding insult to injury is the confusion over …
Brazil's Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais (28.98 million pounds) for damages to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said on Friday. The ministry said in a statement the three areas on the coast of Espirito Santo state were contaminated …
‘Units failing to comply shall be closed’ Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Choudhary Lal Singh, today said the owners of stone crushers, brick kilns and hot mix plants in the State have been asked to implement pollution control measures, failing which their units shall be closed. The Minister said …
Visakhapatnam: Around 100 acres of land has been identified by the district administration at Yerrakonda near Simhachalam for setting up India's first exclusive Centre for Mangroves and Coastal Ecology under the Institute of Forest Biodiversity which is under the aegis of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). …
CHENNAI: Activists are concerned over the high mercury levels in the ecologically sensitive Pambar Shola reserve forest due to the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) thermometer factory at Kodaikanal. Sediment samples collected from two stream beds within the forest range has clocked mercury levels that are much higher than previous samples. …
The NGOs opposing “development work” atop Chamundi Hills are banking on environmental and heritage laws to stall the project in court. The protests are being spearheaded by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) and Let’s Do It Mysore, besides individuals who will also organise a candlelight vigil on June 18 at 6.30 …
There has been no improvement under the NDA government in enforcement of laws to protect the environment and interests of local communities, Centre for Science and Environment today claimed. It also warned that steps taken up by the current dispensation are in danger of remaining "mere half measures" unless immediate …
Indian business houses have a major responsibility to behave responsibly and to ensure that their exploitation of the environment does not lead to reduced well-being for people. This means that the use of resources that industry makes should be highly efficient so that unnecessary exploitation does not take place; pollution …
Construction of 40 dams in the Tapajós river basin would severely affect indigenous people and is not justifiable economically, says new report Construction of 40 major dams in the Brazilian Amazon would destroy the heart of the world’s largest rainforest, severely affect indigenous people and is not economically justifiable, says …
The UK government now fully backs a legal ban on polluting plastic microbeads in cosmetics and toiletries, environment minister George Eustice said on Tuesday. A ban across the EU could be passed as early as 2017, he said, to stop the tiny particles entering the seas and harming wildlife. Eustice …
The Environment ministry has developed a plan for considering and clearing projects that have started constructions or made expansions without obtaining an environment clearance (EC). It has issued a draft notification recently on "environmental supplemental plan" that will review and clear these projects that have violated the environment impact assessment …
Researchers used the locations of 408 known Lassa fever outbreaks in West Africa between 1967-2012 and the changes in land use and crop yields, temperature and rainfall, behaviour and access to healthcare. Scientists have successfully developed a model that can predict the outbreak of diseases that spread from animals to …
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA said on Monday that a 20 billion reais ($5.7 billion) civil lawsuit seeking environmental and property damages for last year's deadly Samarco mine disaster has been dismissed. The mine is operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture between Vale and the world's largest …
