The Centre has declared 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir Protected Area as an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) through a draft notification. This ...

The remark was made by the top court which was hearing Jharkhand government's pleas challenging the Centre's decision to auction coal block...

The latest draft, issued by the environment ministry on October 3, is exactly the same what the Centre had proposed in the February 27, 201...

NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the move will 'help curtail unnecessary procedure' and orders will be passed quickly.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has urged the government to review a 2012 order declaring a watershed area in the state as...

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has urged the government to review a 2012 order declaring a watershed area in the state as...

While entire government machinery is busy in “saving’ the ecology of 13050 feet high Rohtang pass especially after seeing the tough stand o...

This is just one of the reasons being bandied about in villages to drum up opposition to the notification declaring 37% of the area in the ...

In a relief to over 40 villages of Goa, the state government-appointed committee has said only 50 villages fall under eco-sensitive areas (...

The government will send the report to MoEF by June 15, which will be considered for final notification of the eco-sensitive zones.

The cabinet set up a committee to identify and declare by January 31 eco-sensitive zones around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

A total of 99 villages in Goa fall in eco-sensitive area covering 1,461 sq kms. When this demarcation was done no reality was taken into co...

An experts' committee constituted by NGT on restoration and beautification of Yamuna has recommended legal recourse for the river.

In case of Kachchua wildlife sanctuary in Varanasi, the state has recommended 'zero' metres for eco-sensitive. The problem is where to shif...

Amidst growing concerns over damage to ecologically sensitive and heritage sites, the state government on Friday decided to set up a body t...

Maharashtra is in the process of declaring areas around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries as eco-sensitive zones.

Forest Rights Act seeks to secure tribals, but latest guidelines seek outright eviction or regulation of even day-to-day activities by a ba...