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No violation of enviornment norms at Kashang-I
Hindustan Construction Company, executing civil works at 65 MW Kashang-I in Kinnuar, has denied violation of environment norms at the project site, and instead asserted that it has nothing to do with the violations as alleged by the villagers. The company bagged the civil contract through an open tender process and was concerned only with execution of the civil works at the first stage of the p
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Check dams to curb man-animal rift
35 Dams Constructed Provide Perennial Waterholes For Wild Animals Thiruvananthapuram: An eco-friendly initiative by the forest department deep inside the forest areas of the state is slowly turning into a perennial waterhole for hundreds of wild animals, this summer. The state forest department, to counter the drought inside the forests, has constructed around 35 check dams across many rivers which originate from the Western Ghats, blocking the flow of the water before letting it flow down into the villages bordering the buffer zones of the Ghats.
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Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report regarding illegal mining near river Ken, Banda district, 19/06/2023
<p>Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board report in compliance of directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide order dated April 19, 2023.</p> <p>The matter is related to illegal mining
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Coastal Zone Management plan in Mundrothuruthu Gram Panchayat, Kollam, Kerala, 01/04/2015
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Quilon Educational Trust Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 01/04/2015 regarding Coastal Zone Management plan in respect
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No to hydel project
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has refused environmental clearance to the 500 mw Bodhghat hydroelectric project on the Indravati river in the Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh on
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Our forest our rights: implementation status of Forest Rights Act – 2006
The Forest Rights Act 2006 recognises and secures Community Rights/Community Forest Resources of the communities, in addition to their Individual Rights. The Act came into force from 2008, after FRA rule
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INDIA
• For effective development and utilisation of its natural resources, the Orissa government intends to draft a mineral policy soon. Along with this, the state also wants to formulate a gems
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Villagers revive forests
FOREST degradation around a Nepali mountain village has been reversed in a span of 10 years despite an annual population growth rate of 2.5 per cent. In 1980, grazing and fodder collection was a
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Green spots to be reclassified as industrial zones
In a move that will bring down the city's green cover to a mere 3%, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to reclassify several green zones as industrial zones in the suburbs.
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Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga
"Help save rhinos,' a poster appealed. A photograph of a severely-bloodied rhino loomed out of it. We were at Jakhalbanda, a regular halt for buses taking visitors to the Kaziranga National Park. It
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Tree fellers turn forest guardians in Bangladesh
Ahad Miah has come a long way from his tree felling days. He is now one of the custodians of the Lauachhara protected forest, working shoulder to shoulder with government appointed forest guards.
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Hearing in the midst of mining a mockery?
Raigarh: Dhaurabhata is a small village on the edge of a coal mine. Today, it will play host to an unusual public hearing. Its people, and those from nearby villages, will gather to express their views not on a proposed coal washery, but one that already exists.
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Controversial pay out
Japan bank sanctions Rs 560 cr loan for Orissa forestry sector
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Amended ESA maps: State seeks suggestions from panchayats
Drastic Reduction Seen In Areas Marked Eco-Sensitive By Kasturi Panel The Kerala state diversity board has sent the areas-specific details of amended maps of villages classified as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as per the Kasturirnagan committee report to respective panchayats for suggestion and comments.
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MADAGASCAR
Sun-kissed sands and fisherfolk cracking coconuts at the edge of palm-fringed villages - this could very well be another day in Paradise! But the truth is that Madagascar's ecology is just living on
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The range of rage
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force start a plantation on a forest already protected and nurtured by the people
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OSPCB indicts Hindalco for crop damage
The Regional Officer of Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), Anupam Behera, has indicted aluminium major Hindalco for emission of fluoride from its Smelter Plant at Hirakud which resulted in crop
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Submission of Form-1 alongwith Techno-Economic Pre-feasibility Report for obtaining Terms of Reference (TOR) for Nirma Cement Project
<p>Submission of Form-1 alongwith Techno-Economic Pre-feasibility Report for obtaining Terms of Reference (TOR) for Nirma Cement Project (1.5 MTPA Clinker or 1.91 MTPA Cement and captive power plant (50 MW) near village Padhiarka, Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat.</p>
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Jairam Ramesh to flag off new bamboo regime
<p>On 27th April 2011, Maharashtra will rewrite history as Mendha Lekha will become the first village in India to exercise its community right to harvest bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).</p>