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 …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has registered eight cases against illegal cutting of trees in different sectors of the capital during the last four months. Talking to APP, the CDA spokesman, Asim Khichi, said besides registering cases the civic agency also confiscated the stolen wood. The CDA has decided to …
The National Green Tribunal principal bench has ordered the respondents State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority Uttarakhand, Director of Industries through Joint Director (mining)/ chief mines officer geology and mining unit, Dehradun and Ministry of Environment and Forests to respond to the application submitted by Himalaya Environment and Employment Cooperative Society …
Tree plunderers have long been cutting down valuable wood-oil trees, locally known as Garjan, from different reserve forests of the district. The concerned forest department has not been paying proper heed to prevent the misdeed. Consequently, the century-old trees, worth hundreds of crores, are facing extinction. Interestingly, Cox’s Bazar forest …
Citizens and environment conservation bodies have condemned the unprecedented destruction of 17,000 trees in the capital, which have been uprooted, damaged, or simply sold off. They have demanded to stop chopping off trees because environment of the federal capital was under threat. Honorary chairperson of a non-government organization, Subh-e-Nau, Shahida …
The apex court, in its order last month, cancelled all the mining leases in Goa which were not renewed after 2007 and at the same lifted an 18-month-old ban on iron ore extraction in the coastal State Goa Government has said it will adopt a transparent mechanism to award mining …
To control illegal mining of coal, stone and other precious material, a meeting of all the departments and administration officials concerned took place on Saturday in North Chotanagpur division chaired by Commissioner Surendra Singh Meena. In the meeting, it became clear that every departmental head tried their best to throw …
Despite the fact that there is a complete ban on mining and quarrying in the Neugal river and other tributaries of the Beas, large-scale illegal mining and quarrying is going on unchecked in Palampur. Illegal mining is not only creating environmental imbalances, but also causing huge loss to the state …
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has sought a temporary ban on export of iron ore by the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), saying that the Supreme Court’s interim stay on mining in Odisha would deepen the crisis and lead to more steel imports. The apex …
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday said his Government would take appropriate measures to meet the situation arising out of the ban on rat-hole coal mining in the State by maintaining a judicious balance between environment and livelihood. The Government would form a committee which would examine the problem …
Taking up a petition against illegal mining in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the state government to find a permanent solution to legal auctioning of quarrying sites. HC asked the Punjab advocate general and the counsel for petitioner, Rajvinder Singh Bains, to put their heads …
When middlemen for Chinese traders approached Yusuf Diallo to cut timber from his farm in Guinea-Bissau, he says he knew he had no choice. Soldiers had simply threatened his neighbours when they refused. A clearing dotted with dozens of stumps now marks where lush tropical forest once stood outside his …
Myanmar's forests are the final frontier for the logging of tropical hardwoods in mainland Southeast Asia. Until a few weeks ago as many as a hundred timber trucks a day rolled through Marip Brang Mai's village in Kachin State, northeastern Myanmar, a couple of hours' walk from the country's border …
Psst. Want ivory? Or maybe a lilac-headed amazon parrot? The online trade in endangered species is growing in Australia despite the efforts of shopping websites and law enforcement. The number of endangered animals and products offered for sale on Australian websites has more than doubled since 2008, a survey by …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday will hear on what steps the state government has taken based on its order to ban rat hole mining besides steps taken to regulate mining activities in the state. During the hearing the state government would also submit its arguments and justifications on …
A recent statistics show that the Kathmandu Valley is still a major hub for trading and smuggling of body parts of endangered wild animals. According to the data of Kathmandu District Forest Office, 75 persons involved in wildlife crimes were rounded up till mid-April of the current fiscal year (2013/14) …
The KHADC has decided to appeal to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to repeal its earlier order to ban rat hole mining in Meghalaya. “We are in the process of filing an appeal. We are likely to file the appeal on the day of the hearing of the tribunal on …
The special investigation team (SIT) has completed investigations into one of the three illegal mining cases and is expected to file a chargesheet in the Frost International Ltd case by the end of this week. SIT has already arrested suspended mines director Arvind Lolienkar, suspended mines department draughtsman Robert Gonsalves …
Move could force steelmakers to source the raw material from overseas The Supreme Court ordered on Friday the temporary closure of nearly half of the iron ore mines in top producing state Odisha due to non-renewal of years-old leases, in a blow to local steel mills that depend heavily on …
Hong Kong on Thursday began destroying nearly 30 tonnes of ivory seized from smugglers, in the world's largest such operation that marks a significant step in combating the illegal trade in elephant tusks. The operation, which involves incinerating a stockpile seized since 2003, comes after a government committee on endangered …
Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday. After a two-year investigation, the environmental campaign group says it has uncovered evidence of systematic abuse and a …
