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 

Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …

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 …

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 …

Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon

It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …

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 …