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 …
The only wildlife sanctuary in India named after a non-human primate, the Hoolock Gibbon, the Gibbon Sanctuary was going to adopt a project to connect both sides of the forest separated by the railway line to cross by the Hoolock Gibbons. But the experiment is now not working to the …
The Goa forest department is groping in the dark over the death of a tiger reported from Mhadei Wild Life Sanctuary dotting Goa-Maharashtra. The investigation, which began after a photograph of a tiger trapped and dead appeared in some media, has not seen much headway even after the arrest of …
Unabated encroachment in vast tracts of reserve forests (RFs) has posed a danger to long-term conservation prospects in the State. Official figures alone put the encroached area at approximately 3,396 sq km. Another 159.69 km of forests under protected areas (wildlife sanctuaries and national parks) continue to be under encroachment. …
Birds no more: Eight bird species have vanished from the 25 sq km Salim Ali sanctuary in Ernakulam district, Kerala, said a study by Nirmala College in Ernakulam. Changes in their environment, teak plantations for example, may have caused this. The study also recorded the number of bird species increased …
Residents File PIL Against Memorial Megha Suri & Neha Lalchandani Noida: When the Mayawati government started building a wall along four adjacent parks next to the Yamuna riverbed opposite Sectors 14-A and 15-A early last year, residents had thought it was just meant to protect the area. The parks, however, …
While the forest department had published new maps of sanctuaries in the state, the proposal for rationalisation of these protected wildlife areas has not been cleared by the Centre so far. The final clearance will be subject to the report of the team visiting the state from April 16. The …
Maharashtra wants to denotify Maldhok bustard sanctuary IN A closed-door meeting on February 20, the Maharashtra government and the state wildlife board agreed to reduce the size of Maldhok sanctuary
This study aims to document the medicinal plants, their uses and the various formulations in Shershong village, which falls under Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary.
water feud: Acting on a petition against the Kalasa-Bhandura diversion project, the Karnataka high court has issued show cause notice to the state government and the Union ministry of environment and forests. The project will divert 7,560 million cubic metres of water from river Mandovi to river Malaprabha and displace …
New Delhi: Supreme Court may have banned all mining within 5 Km of Delhi but countless fresh cuts in the Aravalis around Pali and Anangpur stand witness to how the coveted blue stone that go into making plush houses in the city still come from these ravaged mountains. On paper …
Precarious situation prevails in the Chimminy, Peechi and Periyar forest areas K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: Forest fire has become a major environmental concern in the State with many of the wildlife sanctuaries facing the threat of outbreak of wildfire. A precarious situation prevailed in the Chimminy, Peechi and Periyar forest areas. …
Mumbai: Wildlife experts are fuming over recent decisions made by the Maharashtra State Wildlife Board (SWB), alleging that the board has been acting against the interests of wildlife. The board met hurriedly on February 20, without prior notice to members and without issuing an agenda. Forests minister Babanrao Pachpute chaired …
We discuss separate and integrated approaches to building scalable solar power plants and wildlife sanctuaries. Both solar power plants and wildlife sanctuaries need a lot of land. We quantify some of the requirements using various estimates of the rate of solar power production as well as the rate of adding …
Mumbai: While Mumbai was waking up to a lazy Sunday morning, 500-odd birders had already hit birding hotspots like Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Sanjay Gandhi National Park and even Fansad Wildlife Sanctuary. The fifth edition of Mumbai Bird Race, organised on February 22, has set a record of maximum number of …
MUMBAI: Wildlife enthusiasts, including amateur bird-watchers and ornithologists, are busy revising the differences between a Ruddy Turnstone and a Desert Wheatear for the fifth edition of the HSBC Mumbai Bird Race to be held on Sunday. With more than 80 teams already having registered, the total participation has crossed 450 …
Thousands of carcasses of Olive Ridley sea turtles are lying at the Satabhaya beach under the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, one of the largest rookeries of the species, in the ongoing turtle nesting season. Foul odour from dead turtles has polluted the whole of Satabhaya region, said Satabhaya sarpanch Sasmita Das. …
