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 …
To prevent the pachyderms from straying into human habitations The Forest Department has completed the work of identification of land, demarcation and removal of exotic weeds to facilitate tilling of the lands for creating fodder resource inside the reserve forest to prevent wild elephants from straying into human habitations. Elephants …
Birds Continue To Fall Prey Despite Arrest Of 9 Men Ahmedabad: The forest department claimed to have cracked the case of the poaching of 64 lesser flamingos in Venasar village in the Little Rann of Kutch when its officials arrested nine people on January 4. They had even recovered the …
AGARTALA: With the increasing incidences of man–monkey conflicts over the year in different parts of the state, the Tripura government has mooted the intension to set up a Primate National Park in southern part of the state with an exclusive enclosure for monkeys. According to report, the state forest department …
The government is working towards achieving zero waste stage in residential habitats in urban and rural areas. The Cabinet decision on Friday to provide subsidy to residential flats to set up waste treatment units is part of the strategy. However, waste treatment would become obligatory by law or guidelines in …
India has been ranked at the 125th in terms of tackling pollution and natural resource management challenges, according to 2012 Environmental Performance Index prepared by Yale and Columbia Universities. The 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Pilot Trend EPI (Trend EPI) rank 132 countries on 22 performance indicators in ten …
Leh, Dec 22 : The Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh Rigzin Spalbar today convened a meeting of Council to discuss various important issues concerning further promotion of tourism industry. Addressing the meeting, the Chief Executive Councilor, said that this year a record number of tourists visited Leh and if we …
Traditional farming methods are crucial for protecting a number of threatened bird species in the developing world, including bustards, cranes, ibises and vultures, a study has found. Livestock grazing and features associated with arable farming — such as hedgerows — create environmental conditions that certain birds currently depend on for …
A large number of people living in urban and rural areas of the country, have no access to basic civic amenities, reveals National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011, a copy of which is available with Daily Times. The survey reveals that over 36 percent people in the country are living in …
A nuclear-powered rover as big as a compact car is set to begin a nine-month journey to Mars this weekend to learn if the planet is or ever was suitable for life. The launch of NASA's $2.5 billion (1.6 billion pound) Mars Science Laboratory aboard an unmanned United Launch Alliance …
Coal mining poses a serious threat to tigers in Chandrapur region of Maharashtra near the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and must be reined in, says a report by the Fact Finding Mission of Greenpeace India. The mission consisting of wildlife experts Praveen Bhargav and Biswajit Mohanty and environmental lawyer Rahul …
Conservationists and wildlife tour operators warned Monday that moves to restrict tiger tourism in India to protect the endangered big cats would have the opposite effect. "Banning tiger tourism would be a disaster," said Belinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. "Tourism acts as a conservation tool …
Many questions on tiger conservation have sprung up with the first clear pictures taken by “camera trapping” of a tiger moving in the forest track between Kerwan dam and Kathotia on Bhopal’s southern periphery early in the morning on November 2. After sighting pug marks, the forest authorities used the …
Despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s Rs 150-crore revamp plan to bring Byculla Zoo up to international standards by 2014, animal lovers in the city believe untrained staff and security issues will continue to pose a problem to the animals’ wellbeing. The BMC’s revamp project aims at constructing a world-class, …
GUWAHATI: State Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided to carry out the conservation breeding of the five endangered species Rhino, Golden Languer, Golden Cat, Sherrow and Grey Peacock Pheasant in the zoo. In conservation breeding, animals are left to breed in human controlled environments with restricted settings such as wildlife …
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's (CPCL)'s plan to replace the existing crude pipeline from Chennai Port to its refinery in Manali with a bigger pipe has hit a roadblock. The Environment Ministry has refused the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance to CPCL's crude pipeline project, citing threat to habitation. CPCL proposes …
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's (CPCL)'s plan to replace the existing crude pipeline from Chennai Port to its refinery in Manali with a bigger pipe has hit a roadblock. The Environment Ministry has refused the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance to CPCL's crude pipeline project, citing threat to habitation. CPCL proposes …
Allocation for development of wildlife habitats cut by half Kerala has been denied Central funds for the rehabilitation of villages in protected areas for its failure to implement the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. The State has not followed the guidelines of …
The government has responded to the citizens’ initiative to preserve Santragachhi Jheel as a habitat for migrant waterfowl by washing its hands of the responsibility, only offering technical help to those trying to welcome the winter guests. At a meeting with the district forest officer of Howrah on Thursday, forest …
BEYOND USUAL SUSPECTS A case for neglected species in wildlife research and conservation For most of us wildlife is represented by large mammals like elephant, rhino, lion and tiger, may be birds like hornbill, raptors, peafowl and waterfowl and awe inspiring reptiles like marine turtles, crocodiles, python and king cobra. …
Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the world's most liveable city, a world-wide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped the Global Liveability Survey's ranking of 140 cities world-wide, ahead of Canada's Vancouver which dominated the rankings for almost a decade …
