Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order

The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …

EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC

The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce 

संरक्षित क्षेत्रों की 500 हेक्टेयर वनभूमि 68 परियोजनाओं को दी गई

2019 में नेशनल बोर्ड फॉर वाइल्डलाइफ की स्थायी समिति ने संर�…

पर्यावरण प्रभाव आकलन अधिसूचना के प्रकाशन पर 7 सितंबर तक रोक

अदालत में दाखिल एक याचिका में कहा गया है कि अधिसूचना का …

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November) 

EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7

A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

आदिवासियों के लिए खतरनाक साबित होगा यह संशोधन!

खास रिपोर्ट: कोरोना महामारी के बीच महाराष्ट्र में व�…

On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official

In the shadow of the tiger, its co-predators are suffering  

Hyenas, dholes, wolves, jackals and sloth bears’ ranges are shrinking and a tiger-centric policy cannot revive them, a new report shows

Desecration of nature responsible for COVID-19: Manipur High Court

The court was listening to a PIL when it made the statement  

From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees

DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …

FRA helps Dhenkanal tribals gain land rights

Their ancestors were brought in as workers nearly a century ago by the former princely state

वनाधिकार के 5.5 लाख दावे समीक्षा के बाद खारिज

यह जानकारी 14 राज्यों ने जनजातीय मामलों के मंत्रालय को दी…

More than Rs 25 crore for Asiatic lions unspent despite 331 deaths

Positions of forest guards, veterinarians and foresters are lying vacant and a vaccine is yet to be developed

DTE Exclusive: Govt report blames half of Gir lion deaths in January-May this year on diseases

The other half died of natural causes, snake bite, electrocution and by falling into wells

States reject 543,432 FRA claims in suo motu review

West Bengal has rejected around 92 per cent of all the reviewed claims

Migration reduces transmission of pathogens between species: UN Report

The migration behaviours of several species is changing because of man-made factors like climate change and habitat loss  

Climate change can affect diseases transmitted by insects, vectors: UN report

Humans are changing zoonotic disease systems and increasing their impact through habitat encroachment, human population pressure, the report said&…

Locust swarms: How can they be warded off?

All ammunition currently in use against locusts can have serious health and environmental impacts

Locust swarms: How the other plague is affecting several states

Locusts have returned to India in just two months and are spreading to new territories. Has climate change added another layer of stress and …

Locust swarm invasion: The wind factor

Desert locusts are age-old threats. But now something is changing in the way they spread and reproduce

Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline

Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …

Locusts invade Delhi-NCR

Insects spotted in Delhi’s Aya Nagar and Vasant Kunj areas in addition to five places in Gurugram; expected to move deeper into Delhi

पहली बार दिल्ली पहुंचा टिड्‌डी दल, आगे भी है खतरा

केंद्रीय टिड्डी चेतावनी संगठन के मुताबिक, एक बार टिड्�…

Southwest Monsoon 2020: Good rains now bring bad news

Excess rainfall in central India is the new normal as India grows warmer. This can also make locust attacks a perennial problem