NHAI takes up study to widen Pollachi Road
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is studying the feasibility of widening the 268 km stretch of NH 209 (Dindigul to Coimbatore and Coimbatore to Karnataka border via Annur) into a four-lane
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Gorakhpur N-plant protest: Farmer falls seriously ill
Fatehabad: A farmer sitting on a dharna in front of the local mini-secretariat against the acquisition of his land for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village was taken seriously ill due
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Reforestation in 2,000 hectares
The Forest Conservation Department (FCD) has carried out reforestation in about 2,000 hectares of forest land during 2011, FCD Conservator General H M Hitisekara told the Daily News. He said that special
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Uma polluted forests?
Forest officials of Uttaranchal plan to take action against BJP leader Ms Uma Bharati for violating wildlife laws by landing in a helicopter in a protected area without prior permission from
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Green group amends rules in mill land war
The Bombay Environmental Action Group's (BEAG) victory at the high court changed all rules. The BEAG filed a PIL by challenging the development of the mills lands. This has been a real setback for
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Tilaiya project of RPower gets Cabinet clearance
MoEF advised to treat it on a par with PSU project The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has cleared Reliance Power’s 4,000-MW ultra-mega power project (UMPP) at Tilaiya in Jharkhand. It has advised the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to take necessary steps to treat it on a par with Central Government undertaking project for the purpose of rules for compensatory afforestation.
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Cancel Environmental Clearance for POSCO Project
A protest was organised by 14 groups under the banner of Delhi Solidarity Group at Paryavaran Bhavan today to protest the Environmental Clearance given to POSCO project in Odisha in violation of the Honorable
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Expediting Nod for $12-B Posco Project: Sharma
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreign direct
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MGNREGA works and their impacts: a rapid assessment in Maharashtra
This paper presents the results of a survey of over 4100 works created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and over 4800 randomly selected users across 100 villages
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Madras High Court order dated 3/12/2009 on the animal (Elephant Corridor)
Madras High Court order dated 3/12/2009 on the animal (Elephant Corridor).
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Water: 'All is not well, yet no corrective steps being taken'
The water table is dipping. Pollutants in ground water are increasing. But the Punjab government is sitting pretty. No effort is beign made to work on the subject of water and waste water management
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IT kiosks to be set up in 1 lakh villages
People living in far-flung villages will soon be able to avail themselves of a slew of services ranging from procuring land records to getting caste certificates for jobs at the click of a mouse. The
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Man-elephant conflict alarming in North Bank
Pressure is building up on human beings and wildlife amid a landscape known for its unparalleled biodiversity. In extensive tracts of fertile land close to Tezpur, Assam, a peculiar conflict of
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Moily to Focus on Forest Clearance System
Govt seeks to move away from a command and control system to one based on self monitoring After whittling the clearance backlog, Environment Minister Veerappa Moily is now focusing on another demand of industry—a predictable and structured forest clearance system.
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Climate change and disaster risk management: towards a resilient South Asia
Natural hazards are no strangers to a majority of South Asians. The region is periodically afflicted by inundated deltas, parched plains, flooded urban sprawl, severe droughts, cyclone-hit crops, and eroding
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Medicinal plants curing animal diseases
Medicinal plants are playing an important role in curing animal diseases. Bangladesh is enriched by medicinal plants. Fertile land, favourable climate and heavy monsoon rain are the prime reasons
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Beyond the Maoists
Redefine growth so that forest people become beneficiaries.
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Conversion: the immutable link between forestry and development
Leading European Union (EU) members are pressing either for agreement to a
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Species feeling the heat: Connecting deforestation and climate change
This report profiles more than a dozen animal species and groups impacted by changing land and sea temperatures, shifting rain patterns, exposure to new pathogens and disease, and increased threats of predation.
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Clean development mechanism project design document form for small-scale afforestation and reforestation project activities
The purpose of the small-scale A/R CDM project activity are: to earn carbon credits from growing of trees to be planted, under the CDM provisions of Kyoto Protocol; to help in mitigation of global warming by planting trees for sequestration of atmospheric