Centre issues draft notification for Eco-Sensitive Zone around Gir protected areaThe Centre has declared 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir Protected Area as an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) through a draft notification. This ...
25 Sep, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
Centre grants in-principle approval to oil and gas exploration in Assam's hoolock gibbon sanctuaryThe Union environment ministry has approved the diversion of 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam for oil and gas exploration by Vedanta G...
14 Sep, 2024, 06.36 PM IST
Centre proposes ESZ for villages on fringes of Bhitarkanika National ParkBhitarkanika is known as the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarbans and Gahirmatha is known as the world's largest rooker...
17 Jun, 2024, 04.08 PM IST
NGT refuses to vacate order prohibiting mining operations in ChittorgarhThe National Green Tribunal has refused to vacate its order prohibiting mining operations within 10 km of Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitt...
28 Sep, 2021, 02.46 PM IST
Nethra Kumanan becomes first Indian woman sailor to qualify for OlympicsThe 23-year-old Kumanan has a 21-point advantage over her nearest rival, who also happens to be an Indian -- Ramya Saravanan -- in the Lase...
07 Apr, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
OIL contacts global experts to control blowout in Assam's BaghjanOn May 27th, the gas producing well of Baghjan-5 under Baghjan Oilfield of OIL had suddenly become very active while work-over operation wa...
01 Jun, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
316 out of 651 protected areas under final ESZ notification: Environment ministry30 Jun, 2019, 04.53 PM IST
Bannerghatta National Park faces a direct threat from an exploding BengaluruAfter being a neighbour to unplanned growth for decades, this natural heritage site today reels under a threat to its buffer/eco-sensitive ...
30 Jul, 2018, 12.03 AM IST
Gujarat govt to cut buffer around 19 sanctuariesFormer director of Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said, “The ESZ should be decided on the ecology of the area and not on polit...
22 Dec, 2016, 12.02 PM IST
Government issues final notification demarcating ESZ around Okhla bird sanctuaryJavadekar said that the notification was issued within 24-hours after the wild life board cleared the process of demarcating the ESZ yester...
19 Aug, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Delhi-based realty developers rally as govt reduces eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird SanctuaryThe ministry will come out with a final notification within a week, thus bringing a huge potential relief to home buyers in the area.
19 Aug, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Relief for home buyers in Noida as ministry of environment plans to shrink Eco-Sensitive Zone to 100 metresClose to 100,000 apartments have been built or are being constructed in the area with the loss due to the hiatus estimated at Rs 3,500 cror...
19 Aug, 2015, 04.08 AM IST
Home buyers to benefit from government's move on Okhla Bird SanctuaryOnce the notification is issued, the government will allow the home buyers outside the ESZ to get occupancy certificates of their flats.
18 Aug, 2015, 09.16 PM IST
- Green ministry to give new lease of life to Goa wildlife sanctuaries in 2014
Mining and other human activities will be completely banned around four of the six wildlife sanctuaries in Goa from early next year.
31 Oct, 2013, 10.54 PM IST
- No protection to 63% of Western Ghats is perilous
The central government's in principle acceptance of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, which will exclude 63% of the area from cons...
27 Oct, 2013, 06.57 AM IST
- 27 forest land diversion proposals come up before National Board for Wildlife
At least 17 fresh proposals for diversion of forest land of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries and 10 fresh proposals for taking up no...
26 Oct, 2012, 11.08 AM IST
Greens see red over move to cut eco-sensitive zoneThe recommendation by Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee to keep safety zones around wildlife sanctuaries and national par...
04 Oct, 2012, 07.57 AM IST