Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
SIXTY-NINE vultures and 22 vulture nests are left in Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Junagadh district of Gujarat, revealed a state-wide census of vultures in the last week of May. Activists hope the finding will derail building a ropeway through the sanctuary for pilgrims visiting the Jain temples atop Girnar mountains. …
Figures are shocking, and alarming too. Nearly 346 leopards have disappeared from the Himachal’s forests, including protected areas, in the last 14 years. At least 171 of them may have died a natural death or due to injuries, but a large number of these were killed by poachers, or by …
A Group of Experts has submitted a detailed assessment of the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, recommending three potential sites for reintroduction. The cheetah, which is a flagship specie of the deciduous dryland/grassland ecosystem, became extinct in India in the 1960s. The word "cheetah" derived from the sanskrit …
Between 1998 and 2008, the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife considered 244 cases for diversion of protected areas. It approved diversion covering 2.88% of the area proposed, while rejecting a shift in a smaller area (0.87%). The rest of the area proposed for diversion still awaits a …
RS 50L FINE FOR ENCROACHERS, STIFFER PENALTY FOR POACHERS, MORE POWERS TO THE FOREST DEPT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES PROPOSED TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY
The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill 2010 prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. This is to further amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 & strengthen the existing provisions for penalties, traps, criminal procedure etc. A Bill to further amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. This Act may …
The Delhi government finds itself in a piquant situation over the implementation of the Tribals and Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act. The Act came into force in January 2008, but much searching and a special committee for Delhi later, it has been decided that there are
In 6 Yrs, State Has Signed 102 Deals With Cos For Production Of Steel, Power Etc Raipur: A tussle between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over an elephant reserve has reached the Prime Minister
THIN morning mist shrouded the Thunakadavu valley in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, which is nestled between the Anamalai hills of Tamil Nadu and the Nelliyampathy hills of Kerala. The honking of great hornbills, the whooping calls of Nilgiri langurs and the splashing of blue-finned mahseer in the reservoir indicated that …
Janjheli (Mandi): The very existence of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary is under threat as the wildlife wing has proposed to take out 110 villages from the sanctuary
The environmental NGO in the state has requested Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to cease the encroachment in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary.
Agartala, May 6: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has reiterated that the State Governments should follow the guidelines regarding prior environmental clearance for undertaking any construction and developmental project in the northeastern region. Officials here today said under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the MoEF …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court hearing the allegations of violations of forest protection laws in the multi-crore Orissa mining scam on Monday recommended that the state government should strictly enforce the law prohibiting mining within one km radius of a wildlife sanctuary. The CEC, which concluded …
The Karnataka Biodiversity Board has identified 16 fish sanctuaries for preservation of the local fish species in those regions, according to Mr Anant Hegde Ashisar, Chairman of Western Ghats Taskforce of Karnataka. In an informal chat with presspersons on the sidelines of a workshop on
