Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing

People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …

Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources

A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges  

10 reasons why Sri Sri Ravishankar should not be conducting the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain

The activity cannot be termed as a benign activity and shall have a permanent footprint on the floodplain, say experts

An evening in Paris

Over two weeks and two extra days, the Paris climate conference delivered everything the world expected. Impassioned speeches. Hectic, sleep-…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Government notifies new solid waste management rules

These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years  

Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it

Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …

पर्यावरण मानकों को पूरा करने वाले थर्मल प्लांट को दिया जाए इंसेंटिव: सीएसई

सीएसई ने कहा है कि 65 फीसदी थर्मल प्लांट 2022 तक पर्यावरण मानकों को लागू नहीं कर पाएंगे

Inter-ministerial panel for FRA: A giant step backwards, say experts

Forest experts raise concern over the Union environment ministry assuming central role in matters originally meant for the tribal ministry 

Private funds for Madhya Pradesh forests: Beware of legal concerns, warn experts

MP government plans to hand over 37,420 sq km degraded forest to private companies for afforestation

New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power

‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t

विशाखापट्टनम गैस लीक: लापरवाही बरती तो फिर हो सकता है हादसा: पर्यावरण मंत्रालय

मंत्रालय के अनुसार एलजी पॉलिमर प्लांट में बाकी बची स्टाइरीन मोनोमर को 20 डिग्री सेल्सियस से नीचे के तापमान पर रखना जरुरी है, ताकि ...

Environment ministry notifies construction & demolition waste management rules

Construction and demolition waste is not a waste but a resource, says Prakash Javadekar

COVID-19: MoEF&CC extends validity of environmental clearances till June 30

Experts urged the ministry to reissue draft of notification on environment impact assessment also

Mass protests in Mumbai, Dehradun against Centre’s attempts to undermine forest rights

Demonstrations follow T S R Subramanian Committee report recommending measures to fast-track environmental clearances

Compensatory afforestation: 70% data with ministry incorrect, writes top forest officer

Inspector General of Forests AK Mohanty sent letter to all states, alleging discrepancies

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

Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected

Blowout, fire could have been prevented by OIL, said eight-member committee of experts 

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 17-21, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

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

Three OIL exploration proposals up for consideration in Assam even as Baghjan smoulders

While clearance for Baghjan was opposed by locals during public hearings, such dissent will amount to nothing with the three proposed projects

Leaking Oil India well that caught fire yesterday should have been flagged earlier

Serious observations were made about Oil India project near Dibru-Saikhowa national park

Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order

As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …

Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later

Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas