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WETLANDS DEMARCATION
Courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected: SCThe Supreme Court has emphasized the importance of protecting water bodies as a vital resource for drinking water. It directed all states a...- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- Keralam to seek exclusion of inhabited areas, farms, plantations from ESA: MinisterKerala will demand excluding inhabited areas and farmlands from the proposed Ecologically Sensitive Area. The state is finalizing its respo...
- Mapping, demarcation of J-K wetlands to be completed by March endThe mapping and demarcation of wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir is ongoing and expected to be completed by March. The Forest Minister stated t...
- Implement Vishwamitri river action plan in 3 months, NGT tells authoritiesA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that Vishwamitri river is one of 351 identified polluted river stretches,...
- Maradu flats demolition: Restoring the faith of homebuyersIt could have been avoided if there was a detailed coastal zone map, which clearly identified such areas in municipal areas and panchayats ...
- CMFRI, ISRO sign MoU for mapping smaller wetlandsAn MoU has been signed between the CMFRI and ISRO's Space Applications Centre to develop a mobile app and a centralised web portal with a c...
- 40 million people at risk from rising sea level by 2050: GovernmentA National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) has been established to promote research and development in the area of coasta...
- Central body for conservation of wetlands to get extension beyond February 13
- Yamuna revival a sinkhole of big ideasProfessor CR Babu, who has been actively involved in the riverfront development project said that there was an urgent need for policing the...
- Bird-watchers' paradise Gharana wetland dying a slow deathThe wildlife protection department was in possession of only five acres of marshy land in the wetland while the rest was being occupied by ...
- Bird-watchers' paradise Gharana wetland dying a slow deathHe said the wildlife protection department was in possession of only five acres of marshy land in the wetland while the rest was being occu...
- Krishna river banks not to be cleared without clearance: NGTThe direction came after advocate Sravan Kumar submitted photographs showing bulldozers engaged in ground clearance.
- Krishna river banks not to be cleared without clearance: NGTThe National Green Tribunal has directed the Andhra Pradesh government not to carry out any operation of clearing of land near the floodpla...
- Panel appointed by Environment Ministry suggest 1.2 km eco-sensitive zone for Okhla Bird SanctuaryThe 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...
- Sharad Pawar to assess environment ministry's report on 'No-go' mining areasThe government has set up a nine-member Group of Ministers headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to assess the environment ministry’s...
- MoEF draft seeks to keep miners away from ‘Inviolate Forest Areas’The ministry's draft lists criteria for identifying forest patches where mining should be banned following the GoM on coal's decision to ju...
- Forests off limits for all mining?If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national...
- Orissa plans bill to regulate fishing in Chilika LakeIn a bid to put curb on irregular fishery practice and check unsustainable method of fishing including shrimp culture inside famous Chilika...
- Eco laws to be bent to squeeze in SEZsNEW DELHI: The government proposes to amend the country's environmental laws to allow Special Economic Zones, the new great white hope of e...
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