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 …
SHIMLA: While entire government machinery is busy in "saving' the ecology of 13050 feet high Rohtang pass especially after seeing the tough stand of National Green Tribunal (NGT), other ecological sensitive areas like 21000 feet Kinner-Kailash of Kinnaur district are lying neglected with no mechanism in place to stop the …
Construction of venues and snow-making may damage mountains that help protect city from dust, smog and drought, concern group says Outdoors enthusiasts have expressed concern that alpine sports venues might be built inside a nature reserve in suburban Beijing after the city was named host of the 2022 Winter Olympics. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government not to issue any permission for fragmentation of the Mangar forest, as it falls under the Aravali range. The order was issued after a city-based NGO filed a petition seeking prohibition of construction in the area. "The state government or …
Khartoum- Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Hassan Abdul Gadir Hilal announced the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Environment and the Nile River State in the field of agricultural fence to ward off the rain and remnants of mining, calling for the need to monitor environmental …
The Maharashtra government plans ‘vulture restaurants’, providing carcasses of cattle for the birds to feed on at specific places, especially during the breeding season. Distressing evidence recorded for the first time by still cameras installed in nests of white-rumped vultures, on big trees in the Western Ghats, shows chicks of …
Ahead of its deadline for taking a final decision on the issue of Western Ghats by August end, environment minister Prakash Javadekar is set to hold a round of meetings with near 70 MPs from the stakeholder states. Javadekar will chair a meeting with the MPs from the Western Ghats …
A maritime court in the coastal city of Qingdao has said it will hear a landmark case brought by a nonprofit organisation against U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips and China's CNOOC Ltd, the official China Daily reported. The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation will not claim compensation, but is …
A parliamentary panel has recommended introduction of environment as a compulsory subject in schools in Jammu to create awareness among students. The department related parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests also said that effective steps should be taken for disposal of waste during Mata Vaishno …
KENDRAPADA: The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change recently declared 192 villages around the Bhitarkanika National Park and the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapada district as eco-sensitive zone (ESZ). The ESZ status aims at preventing ecological damage caused due to development activities around the Bhitarkanika, touted as the …
The first worldwide study of animals and the seeds they eat has overturned a long-held assumption - that large animals mainly eat large seeds. The finding by UNSW Australia scientists has implications for conservation showing that a wider variety of plants than is often thought could be at risk if …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated environmental and public health indicators in an online database, making information about the current and historical condition of the nation’s environment and human health more accessible to the public. This is an online update to EPA’s Report on the Environment. Users can …
A world-class cluster of national parks encircling Beijing, constituting an ecological system of national parks and forest wetlands will be built in Beijing, Tianjin and North China's Hebei province by 2020, The Beijing News reported on Wednesday. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry explained the world-class ecological system as …
New findings published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography examine a worldwide study on animals and the seeds they eat, including a long-held assumption that still holds true: larger animals mainly stick to larger seeds. But just what does this mean for the environment? Researchers at UNSW Australia noted …
New York political leaders on Monday renewed their push to outlaw microbeads, the personal care plastic additives blamed for polluting waterways, and urged a statewide ban even as Congress considers prohibiting them across the nation. At least seven states, including Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin, have banned the beads, found …
SHIMLA: Around five years before National Green Tribunal (NGT) stepped in to save the fragile ecology of Rohtang Pass from heavy influx of tourists and their vehicles, Himachal Pradesh government had in 2010 tried to regulate tourism activity at mountain pass but decision taken in the two meetings held at …
HSBC says a Chinese environmental ministry official indicated Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (Soil Ten Rules) may be released in 2H15 with total investment of over 5.7 trln yuan ** The plan is currently under review by the State Council ** China may release rules to fight soil …
CHANDIGARH: More than 100 fish were found dead, floating on the surface of a man-made lake at Dhanas on Sunday morning, putting aquatic life under severe risk. Local residents said they had observed dead fish in the water for the past one week. Even as the dead fish have not …
`No Adventure Sports If They Aren't Eco-Friendly' Model Town may yet see Naini Lake thrive. Most of those who have been living here for 30 years or more have memories of lotuses blooming, frogs hopping, turtles swimming in the water and a variety of fish in the lake. But as …
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a review meeting with State Environment and Forests Ministers here on Tuesday to review the progress of demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats region and discuss the further course of action in keeping with the recommendations of the 2013 Kasturirangan …
The UN has called for a blanket ban on logging and mining in Tasmania’s world heritage area and demanded the Tasmanian government rethink its new management plan for the vast wilderness. The 21 countries on Unesco’s world heritage committee have ratified a draft decision that the government must “ensure that …
