Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC
Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers
New MoEFCC notification on fly ash includes solar, wind power plants for reclamation
Manufacturers raise concern as price of fly ash bricks to be decided by CPWD’s schedule of rates
Can’t do without support: Wildlife Institute chief writes to environment ministry
The Union finance ministry on September 30, 2020 recommended that MoEF&CC ‘disengage’ from five autonomous institutions, including&…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2020)
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CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench
CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act
As told to Parliament (March 31, 2022): Gir’s lion density is 15.20 individuals per 100 sq km
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Kalahandi Gram Sabhas write to NCST, invoke atrocities act against Jharkhand DFO
DFO illegally seized consignment of kendu leaves being transported from Odisha to West Bengal, federation of Gram Sabhas alleges
Joshimath sinking: National highway construction in 100-km range of border now has riders
Environment ministry issues new SOP for national highways earlier exempt from environmental clearance
Union Budget 2022-23: Why CSE advocated single-window clearances
Parivesh portal to be expanded with a target to clear projects with a 360-degree assessment
Power ministry asks MoEF&CC to dilute emission norms for coal-based power stations
The norms have been awaiting implementation since 2017 although they were first notified in 2015
Pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala shows institutional indifference to wild animals
It is not tough to see how serious the Union and state governments of the country are about wild animals
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
CAG flags MoEFCC projects costing Rs 4.47 crore for procedural lapses
Two projects failed to take-off due to lack of monitoring and non-signing of agreements between parties
Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement
The committee will also act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India
Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015
Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea
Botanical gardens failed to conserve threatened plants despite Rs 48 crore budget: CAG report
‘Unfruitful’ expenditure of Rs 73.35 lakh on demonstration project by MoEF&CC observed
How FRA helped India’s forest communities during COVID-19
Stories of hope have been reported from across the tribal areas of how communities survived due to FRA even as attempts have been made to dilute it
Kerala’s Kadars continue fight for assertion of their community forest rights
Their Gram Sabhas have passed resolutions under the Forest Rights Act as work has progressed on the Anakkayam Small Hydro Power Project
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2020)
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 …
As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre
Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management
PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar
Bustard conservation: No agreement on underground power lines, ban on new projects
Putting power lines underground not feasible; too late for new projects in Bustard habitat to be stopped, stakeholders said
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)