The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea against the environmental clearance for the Kozhikode-Wayanad tunnel. The court stated the project i...

The tribunal had on October 8 issued notice to NOIDA authority and the Centre on Arya's plea challenging the August 19 notification on ESZ.

The National Green Tribunal has directed Assam government to clear its stand on how it has permitted large-scale hotels to come up in Kazir...

Governemnt has sought public comments on whether to declare an area up to 12 km from the boundary of the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve as ...

"We are trying to do as much as possible provided we get clear proposals from the states. We will notify more than 60 (eco-sensitive zones)...

Last year, around 40 sanctuaries and national parks were notified as 'eco-sensitive zones'. There are over 600 sanctuaries and national par...

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

National Green Tribunal directed Uttar Pradesh government to file a fresh proposal on the eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary an...

The cabinet approved eco-sensitive zones within 100 metres of Kaimur wildlife sanctuary, Mirzapur; Okhla bird sanctuary, Gautam budh nagar;...

ttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured him that the central government w...

In an important development which may have severe implications on the mining industry, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF)...

The district level committees have started the notification of eco-sensitive zones around the protected wildlife areas, and have been issue...

The move came after the state govt was given a "last chance" to send a site specific proposal to identify eco-sensitive zone.

The Madhya Pradesh government has proposed 15 eco-sensitive zones around its wildlife sanctuaries and parks, where illegal commercial activ...

Acting on the government directives, the state forest department will speed up creation of eco-sensitive zones.

In order to finish the longpending issue of declaring eco-sensitive zones around various protected forest areas in the state, the departmen...

Government-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), a unit involved in eco-tourism, is planning to raise permanent structures at its resort o...