The rescue and relief operations in landslide-hit areas of Kerala's Wayanad entered its seventh consecutive day on Monday. As per the State...

In Bhagirathi ESZ, forest and protected areas constitute about 98% of the area and villages occupy 1.6% of the total land. Close to interna...

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...

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

Certain areas around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary on the Delhi-Noida border are proposed to be demarcated as eco-sensitive zone, prohibiting an...

The three-member committee report recommends a 1.2 km area between the northern boundary of the bird sanctuary and the DND flyover as the e...

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

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

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

"A myth is being spread that all development work will come to a standstill in the 100 km-stretch from Gomukh to Uttarkashi," said Ramesh.

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...