Don’t allow new roads in sanctuaries, says MoEF expert panel

National Board of Wildlife accepts recommendations of panel on guidelines for roads in protected areas

India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment

Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment

Environment ministry seeks to curb shoddy EIA reports

Project developers made responsible for data and content in environmental impact assessments

Centre suspends green clearances to Goa mines

Conditions for restoring clearances not spelt out

Supreme Court stalls Centre’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs in India

Project to bring African cheetahs in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary was initiated in 2010

Green tribunal suspends environment clearance of Scania sponge iron plant in Raigarh

Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held

Supreme Court refuses to lift stay on sand mining in Andhra Pradesh

Asks state government to approach MoEF for environmental clearance

Wetlands and lakes will now be protected under single new conservation programme

National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems will include a national-level directive on criteria for lakes and wetlands

Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy

Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity

Mansagar's fate hangs in balance

Supreme Court to decide legality of leasing Jaipur lakefront for tourist facilities to generate funds for lake conservation

Sand mining lobby uses tricks to evade MoEF scrutiny

Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance

Gir lions get a second home

Supreme Court orders shifting of some lions to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur sanctuary to protect their gene pool

Ban on construction work at Maheshwar dam lifted

This despite Jairam Ramesh himself accepted rehabilitation was slow

Bamboo a minor forest produce: Ramesh

Forest departments had been refusing the control over bamboo by forest dwellers

Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC

More climate models needed for improving future projections: scientists

Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general

Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal

MoEF notice to halt work on lion safari project in Etawah

Notice to Uttar Pradesh says project in reserved forestland for commercial purpose is illegal

CAG raps environment ministry over ‘illegal’ appointments

Central Pollution Control Board created or upgraded posts without approval of finance ministry

Maharashtra to propose five wetland sites for recognition as Ramsar sites

MoEF will screen the sites independently to decide whether they are eligible for nomination

Green tribunal reserves order on Jindal's Raigarh power plant

Company broke up its expansion project into two components after MoEF suspended terms of reference for earlier proposal

Tribal affairs minister asks Andhra chief minister to cancel bauxite mining leases

Says the leases violate Constitution

Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories

Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel

Kawal sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh declared tiger reserve

State government claims rights of the forest communities will be protected

Real estate invades Dadri wetland

Bil Akbarpur is not included in the list of wetlands by district authorities

Environment ministry approves mining near Vaishno Devi shrine

Trikuta wildlife sanctuary to be denotified