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 …
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has proposed to take up a Rs 100-crore project to restore six critical elephant corridors in the state which have been fragmented by human habitation. The proposal comes against the backdrop of a grim reality ---the man-elephant conflict assuming such proportions that hunger-struck wild jumbos are …
“We have refused permission unless we do an on-site inspection and see the actual situation,” said the Conservator of Forests The Delhi Government is all set to go for massive cutting down of trees to pave the way for flats for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) at Bawana, promised under …
Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under threat will be at risk from climate change and have been wrongly omitted from conservation planning, an international study said on Wednesday. The Amazon rainforest was among the places where ever more types of birds and amphibians would be threatened …
Goans for Dabolim Only has demanded that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar along with all the legislators visit Mopa and see for themselves the destruction that will be caused to the ecology and the natural habitat if the airport becomes a reality. The Chief Minister along with all the MLAs should …
AHMEDABAD: Experts and conservationists believe that a project on the lines of Project Tiger has to be launched in order to save the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) that is threatened with extinction. Prerna Singh Bindra, member of the National Board for Wildlife, said that Conservation India (CI), a wildlife conservation …
Forest Department suggests need for creation of more artificial water source. The Forest department has prepared proposals for the total habitat improvement in Sathyamangalam forests, which has become the fourth tiger reserve in the State two months ago. Spread over more than 1.40 lakh hectares, the Sathyamangalam jungle has a …
New Delhi: India’s Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTTC) in Nepal signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to foster closer professional zoo relationship as well as to protect and conserve threatened wildlife and habitats. Under the MoU, the agencies will work to promote …
The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world. The scientists from Britain, Australia and Colombia said plants, amphibians and reptiles were most vulnerable as …
UN-Habitat and the Nepal government jointly launched the ‘Green Homes: Promoting Sustainable Housing in Nepal (2013-15)' project today. The European Union is funding Euro 1,015,525 to the project that will be implemented primarily in the cities with wider impact to other municipalities, said UN-Habitat in a press statement today. The …
The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups. The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to the deadline for a preliminary proposal on the critical habitat of loggerheads in …
With rising incidents of death of wildlife, particularly elephants, by speeding trains, the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) has identified vulnerable stretches of railway tracks across the country that pose a major threat to animal movement. West Bengal and Odisha have the maximum stretches of railway tracks passing through …
The Australian government will provide Rs 130 million to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu. The latest funding is in addition to earlier Australian funding of Australian $ 1,000,000 in 2012 for disaster preparedness in Balangoda, Batticaloa, Kalmunai and Ratnapura. The …
Australia's iconic marsupial is at risk from shrinking habitats, road traffic and dog attacks – and increasingly, global warming Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, land clearing …
The Anuradhapura Urban Council has embarked on a Pivithuru Purawaraya (Clean City) city development programme, with the aim of creating a pleasant and environment friendly locality. The project, a brain child of Mayor H.P. Somadasa is sponsored and supervised by the Sakthi Volunteer Organization. Mayor Somadasa said that the main …
The Maharashtra government will table the over 690-page report of the Adarsh inquiry commission before the state cabinet. So far, the state has spent around Rs3.65 crore on the commission, which was set up in January 2011. “The commission’s findings on the terms of reference may be put before the …
New Delhi: Most people think of leopards as predators that live in forests except for a few that occasionally stray into human settlements. Breaking that myth, a new study has found that a large number of these big cats may be residing in human habitats, quietly sharing space with people …
Rapid cropland expansion is the main cause of biodiversity loss in tropical countries, a study by UNEP's (the UN Environment Programme) World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has found. The study, published in PLOS ONE last month (9 January), highlights maize and soybean as the most expansive …
The environment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The move comes after concerns were raised within the National Board for Wildlife about lack of legal cover for elephant reserves …
Several species of Asian birds are likely to lose their habitat due to climate change, says a research published in the journal Global Change Biology. Researchers from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), the UK-based BirdLife International and Durham University have contributed to the study which says that 45% and …
Nepal has begun a three-month-long census of its tigers which were declared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species in 2010. The census simultaneously kicked off Monday in five conservation areas, which include three national parks (Chitwan, Bardiya, Banke) and two wild life reserves (Shuklaphanta …
