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Uttarakhand CM directs action on rising human-wildlife conflictUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered enhanced measures to combat rising human-wildlife conflict. Increased vigilance ...
Over 2,500 people died in five years in human-elephant conflicts: Govt dataHuman-elephant conflicts led to 2,853 human deaths over the past five years, peaking at 628 in 2023, according to government data. Odisha r...
Kuno cheetah deaths: Government identifies potential sites in MP, Rajasthan for cheetah accommodationThe environment ministry and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) have told the Supreme Court that apart from the Kuno National...
Nine elephant corridors are being identified for Kaziranga National Park and Tiger ReserveA meeting was held at the office chamber of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Minister, Atul Bora in which Environment and Forest Minister Pa...
Panel of experts being sent to help Odisha govt manage forest fire: Environment ministerAnnouncing it on Twitter, Javadekar also said he met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and other parliamentari...
Narendra Modi’s bullet train fails to get green signal from state wildlife boardProposal submitted too late, say members; other projects including tunnel beneath SGNP cleared.
Odisha gears up for nesting season of Olive Ridley turtlesThe preparations for safe nesting of the rare marine species have been reviewed by the government officials and the departments of forest, ...
Gujarat swallows its pride, may agree to translocate Gir lions to Kuno SanctuaryThe development comes amid reports of lions from Gir stepping into human habitations, turning man-eaters and being moved to captivity.
Agasthiarmalai Reserve gets Unesco honourAgasthiarmalai Biosphere Reserve is among the seven reserves, such as Beaver Hills in Canada and Balmbangan in Indonesia, added in the Unes...
Students clean Odisha beach to facilitate mass nesting of turtlesSchoolchildren cleaned about 4km-long beach from Gokharakuda to Podampeta in Odisha - the famous mass nesting site for the endangered Olive...
NGT raps UP over encroachments in Corbett Reserve, forms panelThe apex court had directed the UP Irrigation department to vacate residential colonies in Kalagarh and hand it over to Uttarakhand governm...
Sashastra Seema Bal to deploy plain-clothes commandos on Indo-Nepal border"The force wants to get maximum cooperation from locals residing near these transit and trade routes to keep a tab on smugglers and wildlif...
Government begins steps to implement environment panel recommendationsPanel has envisaged a similar institution with "corresponding functions" at state level in name of State Environment Management Authority (...
Green forum slams rhino horn trimming proposalThe state government's proposal to trim rhino horns to curb poaching has given rise to severe criticism and protest from various quarters.
- CEC asks Odisha to expedite renewals of mining leases
A SC panel has advised the Odisha government to expedite renewal of mining leases and give priority to development of infrastructure in min...
- Solar fencing to stop man-elephant conflict
Odisha government has decided to make solar fencing in Ganjam to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district.
- Western Ghats sites get help from Unesco
The World Heritage Committee has decided to allow the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to provide additional information pertaini...
- Clean Ganga project underway to up dolphin population
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to get down to cleaning the Ganges river in order to revive the freshwater dolph...
- Reworked policy on mining to be unveiled soon
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is expected to consider soon a reworked policy on the issue with an aim of striking a balance betwe...
'States yet to take steps to protect tigers'Notwithstanding the decline in the tiger population in the country, state governments have shown "little interest" in implementing the step...