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 …
Kolkata's Urban Sprawl Quadrupled, Vegetation Nosedived In Just 30 Years The city has lost over a quarter of its green cover between 1980 and 2010, more than any metro in the country. During this period, its urban sprawl has increased 4.3 times — from 72.66 sq km to 314.3 sq …
For evaluating climate change impacts on biodiversity, extensive experiments are urgently needed to complement popular non-mechanistic models which map future ecosystem properties onto their current climatic niche. Here, we experimentally test the main prediction of these models by means of a novel multi-site approach. We implement rainfall manipulations—irrigation and drought—to …
SHIJIAZHUANG - Hebei, north China's worst-polluted province, has set a string of ecological restoration goals for rivers, lakes, mines, forests and underground water. The province, which surrounds Beijing and Tianjin, will plant 530,000 hectares of forest by 2017 and raise forest coverage from 28 percent last year to 32 percent, …
Ecological light pollution comprises direct glare, chronically increased illumination and temporary, unexpected fluctuations in lighting. The sources of ecological light pollution are very various and found in nearly every ecosystem in the form of sky glow, illuminated buildings and towers, streetlights, fishing boats, security lights, lights on vehicles, flares on …
The Water Initiative Odisha (WIO) has said the Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) being set up by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) at Lara on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border would have a “devastating impact” on the Mahanadi, local ecology and people’s livelihoods in at least six gram panchayats in …
Global wildlife populations have declined by more than half in just 40 years according to “Living Planet Report 2014” produced by World Wildlife Federation in collaboration with Zoological Society of London & the Global Footprint Network. The biggest recorded threat to biodiversity globally comes from the combined impacts of habitat …
Allegation that boats seized are returned after a few days The indiscriminate mining of white clam shells from the Vembanad Lake and the alleged apathy of authorities concerned in preventing the practice are bound to affect the ecological balance of the region as well as the livelihood of several fishermen. …
The release of radioactive materials due to the Fukushima nuclear accident has raised concern regarding the biological impacts of ingesting radioactively contaminated diets on organisms. We previously performed an internal exposure experiment in which contaminated leaves collected from polluted areas were fed to larvae of the pale grass blue butterfly, …
The Supreme Court’s order terming all coal-mines allocated in India since 1993 as "illegal" has put big investments from industry giants in jeopardy. While the biggies wait to see what the fate of the mines allocated to them would be, here is a look at the most controversial mining projects …
Illegal dumping is a primary source of rubbish on Australian beaches, according to the world's largest survey of coastal rubbish. The survey, carried out over three years by the CSIRO, Earthwatch Australia, TeachWild and petroleum giant Shell, dispels the idea that the rubbish on Australian beaches is due to ocean …
A plan to improve the Great Barrier Reef’s water quality and conserve species such as turtles may not be enough to stave off a United Nations “in danger” listing for the ecosystem, environmentalists have warned. The draft Reef 2050 long-term sustainability plan, a joint strategy by the federal and Queensland …
Since the recognition that allopatric speciation can be induced by large-scale reconfigurations of the landscape that isolate formerly continuous populations, such as the separation of continents by plate tectonics, the uplift of mountains or the formation of large rivers, landscape change has been viewed as a primary driver of biological …
Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) said news about the Yusmarg as an alternate ‘firing range’ to Tosamaidan has once again become an issue of controversy. In a statement, KEA Chairman Mohammad Yasin Khan said it is great concern that tourist destinations are being used for ‘firing range’ which isaffecting the ecological …
A water company has been fined £250,000 for polluting a brook in Newbury. Thames Water was also ordered at Reading Crown Court to pay costs of nearly £7,000 after untreated sewage flowed in to Chase Brook in Berkshire. The Environment Agency brought the case after sewage "severely impacted" wildlife in …
Global wind speeds have decreased 5–15% over the last 30 years and are expected to continue decreasing in the future. However, little is known about how wind affects species and their interactions within communities. The researcher experimentally tested the effects of wind on predator–prey interactions using soybean aphids and predatory …
Unfortunately, this is the ugly truth of the Himalayas. The heap, which includes biodegradable plastic, can be found just four kilometres from Shimla in the reserved forest of Lalpani. And this is not an isolated pocket either. The amount of plastic and other bio-degradable waste in the Himalayas is growing …
Scientists have warned about the precarious state of the world's primary forests, as a new study shows that say just 22 percent of these forests are located in protected areas, equivalent of only five percent of the original ones. Brendan Mackey, Director of the Climate Change Response Program at Griffith …
Over the years, the city has lost nearly 100 species of native shrubs, trees and grasses due to various factors, including sewage contamination of water bodies, increased demand for biological oxygen, and introduction of alien species Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory. …
Mexico's environment secretary said on Tuesday that Grupo Mexico gave false information about a toxic spill at its Buenavista mine in northern Mexico, a day after the environmental authority said it would file a criminal complaint against the company. In a statement on Aug. 12, Grupo Mexico said that "unusual …
