In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
PANJIM: In what can be seen as good news for the mine owners in the state, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has declared that the moratorium on renewal and granting of new mining leases in Goa would be reviewed on December 31, 2012. Union Minister for MoEF, …
KEONJHAR: Restrictions will be imposed on plying of heavy vehicles in bordering areas of Odisha and Jharkhand to curb mineral theft. This was revealed at the second inter-state co-ordination meeting between higher officials of Odisha and Jharkhand governments at Keonjhar on Tuesday. Principal Secretary, Home Department, Upendranath Behera, said the …
Nepal, Bhutan and India have agreed to work together to allow the free movement of animal species and address problems of poaching, overgrazing, forest fires and the spread of livestock diseases by developing biodiversity corridors along Mount Kanchanjunga. Rich landscape around the Kanchanjunga range includes 15 protected areas spread across …
Chandigarh: With the Punjab and Haryana High Court banning sand mining in 241 quarries of less than five hectares across the state, the prices of minor minerals have rocketed. In the past two days, the price of sand has gone up by Rs 500-Rs 700 per 100 cubic feet. Sand …
Perturbed over illegal transportation of minerals through forest and other routes, Odisha and Jharkhand are planning to impose restriction on plying of heavy vehicles in border areas and mapping of such routes indicating places where low height barricades need to be erected or trenches dug. Efforts to curb illegal mining …
Ranchi, Aug. 19: The curious case of Palamau’s missing tigers, from over 38 in 2003 to a paltry six in 2012, has finally caught the attention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh whose office has sought an explanation from the Jharkhand forest department that has steadfastly stonewalled queries on poaching and …
Even as decks are being cleared for recommencement of iron ore mining in Karnataka, following the clearance from a Supreme Court panel, the Karnataka government has initiated the process of allotting fresh mining lease to Arcelor Mittal India. Arcelor Mittal has proposed to set up a six million tonne per …
Getting right donor at right time remains a far cry here as superstitions, non-declaration of brain-dead patients make 1000s die for want of donors As many as 1.25 lakh Indians died in road accidents last year, but only less than 20,000 of them had donated their organs — such as …
The illegal mining investigator Justice MB Shah Commission has asked the state government to provide the survey and demarcation maps of 29 more iron ore and manganese mines in the state. “Out of 195 mines, the Commission has received the survey and demarcation of 148 mines. As mentioned in the …
In a big blow to the Punjab government, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday ordered complete and immediate ban on mining in operational quarries of upto five hectares in the state. Making it clear that in case of any illegal mining, the Deputy Commissioner concerned will be held …
Royal Bengal tigers have been under threat from habitat destruction, illegal trade for body parts, natural calamities and angry villagers, but their cubs are now facing a new danger -- poachers. Three frail tiger cubs lying in an iron cage in a Dhaka zoo are the first live cubs to …
AHMEDABAD: The illegal trade of turtles in markets of Ahmedabad continues to mushroom unabated. Last year, the trend was to bring home the Red-eared slider of Singapore, this year it is the native Indian roofed turtle or Pangshura tecta. The turtle, endemic to the Ganges, is terrestrial and lives in …
Plagued with rampant illegal mining, the Goa government has decided to implement an information technology-based system to prevent its valuable resource being exported illegally and evading royalty. The draft mining policy, tabled on the floor of the House during the recently concluded state Assembly session, has assured a 'Mines Management …
Bangalore After a three-year gap, the Karnataka government has initiated the process to recommend new iron ore mining leases, a move that could speed up the launch of large steel projects by ArcelorMittal and Tata Metaliks in the state. “We have started the process by surveying land in Bellary and …
PANJIM: The Directorate of Mines and Geology will begin issuing notices, from next week, to all the 40 mining leases, whose delay in converting from concessions to leases was condoned by former Congress-led government. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has already announced cancellation of all these 40 mining leases, granted illegally …
MARGAO: Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the government would soon constitute a six-member Committee of Chartered Accountants to go into the illegal extraction of ore. Speaking at the conference of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at a starred hotel in Benaulim on Monday evening, Parrikar said that …
Rampant illegal mining conducted in Sandur taluk of Bellary district has caused an enormous damage to the environment, health of human beings and animals over the last decade, a recent study has revealed. According to a study conducted by Cerana Foundation, a Hyderabad-based non-government organisation, air pollution had affected crop …
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has alleged that the illegal mining business in the state is still going on and the mining mafia has got the patronage of the influential persons in the ruling party. Congress state president Kantilal Bhuria alleged that government employees posted at mining sites to check illegal …
S R Hiremath, convenor of Samaja Parivartana Samudaya (SPS), has claimed that the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court to examine aspects of mining in the State, has offered a biased view favouring mining companies. At a press conference, he said “Initially, excellent reports on illegal mining …
The European Union Council Regulation on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing states that, exports of fish and fishery products from those countries which do not comply with its articles would be rejected by the EU from 1 January 2010 onwards. Since the EU is the major seafood market for developing …
