The proposed inter-disciplinary study to find causes behind the high incidence of kidney disease in pockets of Badamba and Narsinghpur blocks of the district will now be clubbed with similar studie

The Kerala Assembly on Thursday adopted a substantive motion proposing that the Madhav Gadgil Committee report recommending measures for conservation of the Western Ghats should be implemented only after wider consultations, and with public participation.

The impractical proposals in the expert panel report should not be approved. A practical approach incorporating the developmental needs of the people and localities should be adopted while taking measures for protection of the Western Ghats.

After crossing several deadlines and three years of waiting, the UT's master plan 2030 was submitted to the UT Administrator during a meeting held on Wednesday between UT Officials and UT Administr

Increasing protests against land grabs is one of India’s most pressing development challenges, said experts from international organisations working on natural resources, ecology and livelihoods.

The traditional rainwater harvesting system of lower hill areas is being neglected by the government.

Says there is not enough water to generate the power claimed

Chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) Madhav Gadgil said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday that the Athirappilly hydel project was undesirable, not just on environmental, but on technical and economic grounds also. During an interaction with the media on the sidelines of an international conference on Conservation of Forests, Wildlife and Ecology, he said the WGEEP report had termed the project undesirable on the basis of inputs provided by the River Research Foundation.

A Comprehensive Environment Management Plan (CEMP) for the mining affected areas in the districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka has been prepared to facilitate socio-economic and

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has given priority to restoration of water bodies while preparing a Comprehensive Environment Management Plan (CEMP) in the mining-affe

Days after separatist leaders raised protests against a reported plan to construct a metalled road through north Kashmir forests for pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine, the Supreme Court on Thurs