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 …
Wood samples excavated from wetlands lead researchers to carbon sinks Even as more wetland and coastal areas are reclaimed in the name of development, palaeontologists have excavated evidence of evergreen forests that were submerged in swamps, marshes and coastlands of Kerala. A series of studies, based on excavations of wood …
The Madiwala lake will be developed as a biodiversity park in five years. The brains behind the revival of the Yamuna banks are now working to rejuvenate Madiwala Lake to make it a model biodiversity park in five years. On the recommendations of the Karnataka Jnana Ayoga (Knowledge Commission), the …
Willingness to do something for the betterment of society is the need of the hour, eminent writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair has said. He was speaking after receiving the V.C. Padmanabhan Memorial Annual Awards for Excellence 2016 here on Friday. “The award for me as a writer gives immense joy and …
Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi’s comments on Thursday, accusing the environment ministry of showing “lust to kill animals”, snowballed into a major stand-off between the National Democratic Alliance’s two Cabinet colleagues to the delight of Opposition parties. Ms Gandhi’s outburst came after the Rhesus Macaque (monkey) …
Brazil's federal police accused on Thursday mining company Samarco, a joint venture between Vale SA and BHP Billiton, of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst last November, saying the company had ignored clear signs the dam was at risk of collapsing. Police said Samarco had skimmed on …
Undertakes Ecological Sensitive Index mapping coastline and river banks; will understand coastal resources at risk due to oil spills PANJIM: In a bid to understand the coastal resources that would be at risk as a result of perennial oil spills, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has initiated a study …
The Indian contingent from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commemorated World Environment Day, marked on June 5, by launching an afforestation drive, according to UNIFIL. (Source: Website) The Indian contingent from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commemorated World Environment Day, marked on June 5, …
Dam removal in New England is not only an important aspect of river restoration but it also provides an opportunity to enhance the magnitude and rate of river re-connection, and improve watershed resilience in response to human impact on the environment, if a broader strategic removal approach is implemented throughout …
River dolphins, giant otters, turtles, fish, birds and monkeys are all at risk if 246 Amazon dams go forward — mostly in the Tapajós basin and Andes headwaters. An international team of biologists has studied the past and current impacts on biodiversity of 191 existing Amazon dams, and the potential …
Art of Living on Monday refuted the allegations that its three day mega event had damaged Yamuna floodplains and hinted that it may approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's order which asked it to pay Rs 5 crore as compensation. Art of Living claimed that there has …
Gurgaon: Around 51,000 hectares of land in Haryana have been classified as natural conservation zones (NCZ) by the state's five NCR districts, more than double the 22,000 hectares marked in the first draft that drew criticism and was rejected. The fresh draft has also put another 11,000 hectares of land …
Recipients of environment awards Anand Kumar (west division - individual), Dr Chandra (Malnad division - individual) and Lingaraj V Niduvani (North division - individual) at an event organised at Kanteerava Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said Karnataka had lost almost 15% of its forest and tree …
BEIJING - A total of 19 groups and 33 individuals became the first winners of China's environmental prize, the ecological civilization award, on World Environment Day on Sunday. The winners were from provinces and regions including Sichuan, Xinjiang,Zhejiang and Tibet. The award event will be run by the Ministry of …
China has released an ambitious plan to make 90 per cent of its polluted agricultural land “safely usable” within four years, as it addresses a longtime problem that affects food security and public health. A survey published in 2014 estimated that 20 per cent of China’s arable land was contaminated …
As President Muhammadu Buhari plans to flag off the long-awaited clean-up of Ogoniland on Thursday, Amnesty International has called on the government not to allow multinational oil giant, Shell, to abdicate its responsibilities in the pollution of the area. A statement by AI on Tuesday said Shell was yet to …
A new approach to farming is needed to safeguard human health and avoid rising air and water pollution, high greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, a group of 20 leading agronomists, health, nutrition and social scientists has concluded. Rather than the giant feedlots used to rear animals or the uniform …
A planned dam on one of Kerala’s most beautiful rivers has made multiple trips to the court and MoEF over the last 25 years. Now, days into the new LDF govt, it has divided communist partners CPM and CPI. Within a week of the LDF government assuming office in Kerala, …
Environment degradation is affecting Katanga’s ecosystem, a Southern Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say. Water conditions are deplorable from the intense pollution caused by several metal mining companies. Katapula river, located 30 km from Lubumbashi, flows in the Katanga region. Most of its fish are dead. Their death …
Chennai: The Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has granted a permanent injunction restraining the authorities from constructing a Coast Guard station at Sadraskuppam, near the Kalpakkam atomic plant. The tribunal said the proposed construction flouted the environmental norms under the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) notification. A Iyappan of …
Almost one quarter of China will be covered with forest by 2020 if the country succeeds in its mission to build an "eco-civilization", according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme. The report Green is Gold, released on Thursday at UNEP's headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, looks at the …
