In the realm of gardens and green spaces, copperhead snakes excel at camouflage. Their striking reddish-brown bands seamlessly blend into t...

Bat houses offer shelter for bats, a vital role in conservation efforts. While bats do eat insects, including mosquitoes, this is not a gua...

The National Board for Wildlife has approved 32 defence projects. These projects involve land diversion from protected zones. The projects ...

The National Board for Wildlife has deferred oil exploration approval in the eco-sensitive zone of Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, p...

Globally, India ranks third in the net gain in average annual forest area between 2010 and 2020. During the session, India said it gives hi...

The decision was taken by the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF & CC), raisin...

In its September 4 meeting, the standing committee observed that the project was not specific to the capital city and wondered why it could...

State-run implementing agency Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP) has proposed improvement of 95 km length of state highwa...

The ambitious river-linking projects will be implemented only in those states which favoured it while those opposed would be left out, govt...

The Prakash Javadekar-led ministry has decided this will apply to all new industrial, mining and developmental activities and even linear p...

The FSI has, at the request of the ministry, conducted an assessment to determine how much of the forests should be kept out of bounds of m...

The projects include border roads, fencing, border out posts, floodlighting, surveillance infrastructure, power infrastructure besides othe...

The CEA recommends setting up of Bihar's first 4,000 MW ultra mega power project at Kakwara in Banka district without any environmental iss...

The ministry's draft lists criteria for identifying forest patches where mining should be banned following the GoM on coal's decision to ju...

If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national...

Two major private airlines are allegedly being used in smuggling of endangered species, a high-level meeting chaired by environment ministe...

A report of the department of economic affairs has recommended that parts of the environmental clearance process be outsourced by the gover...