Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2023)

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

Development projects should look beyond low-hanging fruits to bring about actual change

Bihar needs to strengthen and enhance capacities of Gram Panchayats to realise the gains of a decentralised planning

NGT seeks report on damages due to sand mining in Jaipur villages

Illegal sand mining affecting health and environment in and around 5 villages of Jaipur’s Katputli tehsil, villagers claim

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2019)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2019)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2019)

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

Goa government turns focus on illegal mining in forests

Letter from revenue officer of Sanguem taluka complaining about illegal mining in forestland rang the alarm

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2024)

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

Over half of global mines and their impacts are undocumented: Paper

Authors advocate for comprehensive inventory of mine sites and exploration zones to assess social & green impacts

Aravallis broken beyond repair

Illegal mining has ravaged the mountain range in the past few decades. Down To Earth investigates the loss and traces the legal developments in …

Uttarakhand: as problems pile up, youths see wisdom in migration

The ecologically-sensitive state is crying for government interventions on several fronts

Dream run over

Aparna Pallavi finds out why residents of Goa’s prettiest village cannot wish away mining which they hate

Goa's dark side

Hidden from public eye, miners and politicians are ravaging Goa's forests and drinking water reservoirs, finds Sugandh Juneja

Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG

Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2024)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 8, 2024)

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

Citizen participation in Ghana’s gold mining sector: A ray of hope for 'galamseyers'?

Mining registration in Ghana is expensive, cumbersome, encouraging illegal mining

Why the land and mining mafia in the Aravallis can’t be touched

Political protection, unclear land status keep law and order at risk  

Mining's impact on Bonai's forests, people

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2023)

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Deforestation, urbanisation, illegal mining, waste dumping leave Cauvery battered and bruised

Decades of degradation has led to an unprecedented crisis for the 15 million who live on the banks of the river. Down To Earth travels along the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2019)

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

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 22-March 1)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 19, 2023)

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

These satellite images of Indian rivers highlight environmental impacts of sand mining

In India, sand mining grew after the rapid urbanisation brought on by the economic liberalisation in the 1990s