Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in Newspaper ‘The Hindu’ dated 04.02.2023 titled “19 families shifted after houses in J & K village develop cracks” dated 20/09/2023. The issue relates to the damage caused to 21 structures in Doda district of Chenab Valley …
Wild growth of invasive alien plants such as Senna spectabilis (calceolaria shower), Lantana , Eupatorium and Parthenium is posing a threat to wildlife and indigenous plants in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a major habitat of Asiatic elephants in the country. …
The enactment of the Wildlife Protection Act in 1972 safeguarded Nilgiri tahr, the State animal of Tamil Nadu, from extinction. Yet, there remains a serious threat to their habitat, which prevents the population of mountain goats from increasing, wildlife enthusiasts say. “The habitats of Nilgiri tahr are under tremendous pressure …
An Ordinance further to amend the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (Act No. 12 of 1977). This Ordinance may be called the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014.
Monarch butterflies are dying off fast, with 90 per cent gone in the last 20 years, and they urgently need endangered species protection, a coalition of environmental and health groups said. The cause of their decline is the rapid loss of milkweed, the plant on which they feed and breed, …
AGRA: A sanctuary may soon come to the rescue of the dwindling peacock population in Mathura. The district Forest Department and some NGOs are chalking out a plan to develop a natural habitat for the national bird in the forests near Mathura, Kosi Kala, Vrindavan and Govardhan. District forest officer …
The dwindling number of habitat as a result of massive deforestation has increased the trend of tigers entering human settlements in search of prey in recent times. Over the past five years, 21 people living near the Chitwan National Park (CNP) and buffer zones have lost their lives to tiger …
The accelerated and unsustainable exploitation of the Earth's primary natural resources has become a major threat to apes in Africa and Asia, a major United Nations environment conference heard Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN environment assembly, conservationists said infrastructure development and extraction of natural resources - including …
Ironically, the same property that makes it so suitable as the figurehead for the World Cup also makes it easy to bag up and barbeque. The combined forces of illegal subsistence hunting and habitat destruction have rendered this remarkable species vulnerable to extinction, according to the IUCN. Initially, conservationists were …
Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the brink of a sixth great extinction, a new study says. The study looks at past and present rates of extinction and finds …
The iconic World Trade Centre, Colombo (WTC) is now a ‘True High Performance Green’ Building as it was bestowed with the Gold Certification of Green Rating System from Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL). Another momentous achievement was WTC being the first to receive the Green Certification under ‘Existing …
An innovative guide for wind farms is to be produced by the Scottish Government, industry and charities to help protect bird life. The Scottish Windfarm Bird Steering Group, made up of the Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage, RSPB Scotland and Scottish Renewables, has already spent more than £50,000 on a …
A project launched in the Far-Western region of Nepal, to provide clean and energy efficient cooking stoves to 150,000 households has become the country’s first of its kind as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme. Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State …
NASHIK: The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) and the Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus), birds once found in abundance in the region, are feared to be extinct, while seven other avian species have been marked as "highly endangered". These two species are grassland birds and declining grassland habitat could be the …
Landmark research shows 29% of honeybee colonies died in winter of 2012-13, with summer losses also high at 9.7% A landmark study has revealed the UK is suffering one of the worst rates of honeybee colony deaths in Europe. In the cold winter of 2012-13, 29% of honeybee colonies in …
Quino checkerspot, native to Mexico and California, shifts to higher altitude and chooses new species of plant for laying eggs A butterfly species whose population collapsed because of climate change and habitat loss has defied predictions of extinction to rapidly move to cooler climes and change its food plant. The …
Almost a quarter of Europe's bumblebees are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitats and climate change, threatening pollination of crops worth billions of dollars, a study showed on Wednesday. Sixteen of 68 bumblebee species in Europe are at risk, the Red List of the International Union for …
Singapore on Wednesday topped an international survey of the best cities in Asia for expatriates while the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was named the worst. Japan took all the other spots in the Asian top five, with Tokyo in second place followed by Kobe, Yokohama and Osaka, according to the annual …
Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014, which assessed 178 countries across the world. The EPI assesses nine parameters, including Health Impacts, Air Quality, Water and Sanitation, Water Resources, Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Biodiversity and Habitat, and Climate and Energy. Nepal stands 115th on Health Impacts, 177th …
India ranks 155th out of 178 countries in its efforts to address environmental challenges, according to the 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). India performs the worst among other emerging economies including, China, which ranks 118th, Brazil, at 77th, Russia, at 73rd, and South Africa at 72nd. A bottom performer on …
Even though we may celebrate increased number of tigers in the country, there is disturbing news on conservation front. A report released by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, says that tiger occupancy area in the country shrunk by 12,000 sq km, or more than …
