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 …
Poaching is reportedly increasing everyday in the forests handed over to the community in Darchula with the objective of conserving the national forest. There are a total of 275 community forests in Darchula, including 163 under the district forest office and 112 under the Apinappa conservation area. However, the forest …
Mindless earth and sand lifting along the embankments built on both sides of the main canal under the Teesta Irrigation Project continue unabated, making the dykes vulnerable to collapse at anytime. If any of the embankments collapses, several thousand hectares of agricultural land in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari …
Days after the MB Shah Commission report on illegal mining was tabled in Parliament, two companies that hold mining leases in Orissa have approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the report on grounds that it had indicted them without giving an opportunity to be heard. The two petitioners …
Locals fear hills may collapse in winter due to scarcity of water, which is a consequence of such illegal stone-lifting Stone extracted from Ali Kadam is loaded on trucks to take those to different parts of the city Photo- Dhaka Tribune Unscrupulous businessmen are lifting stones in various locations of …
The ban on mining of iron ore in Goa will continue as the Supreme Court on Monday extended the time by a month for submission of the report by the panel which was asked to suggest the annual cap on volume of iron ore to be extracted. "Unless we deliver …
The ban on iron ore mining in Goa will continue as the Supreme Court on Monday granted another month to the panel which was asked to submit a report suggesting the annual cap on the volume of iron ore to be extracted "Unless we deliver judgment, no mining can resume. …
The Centre may issue showcause notices to companies like SAIL, Tata Steel, Essel Mining, JSPL and OMC, which hold 75 leases where illegal mining of iron and manganese ores was found by the Shah Commission. The step would be in addition to legal action being initiated by the Odisha government …
After his pleas went unheard over illegal mining near coast and forest, Ramsinh Barad, 42, an elected member of the Dhamlej village Panchayat in Sutrapada taluka of Gir-Somnath district has threatened to immolate himself in his village on March 2. Barad says that he has notarized his affidavit and submitted …
South African rescuers were trying to reach more than 200 illegal miners reported trapped underground in an abandoned gold shaft in a suburb just east of Johannesburg on Sunday, an emergency services spokesman said. Werner Vermaak of ER24 emergency services told Reuters rescuers were communicating with a group of about …
The killing of seven rhinos in the state within a span of a month-and-a-half has proved once again that poachers can still strike the one-horned pachyderm at will and almost with impunity. Of the seven rhinos killed since January this year, six were from Kaziranga National Park alone and one …
Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao asserted on Thursday that the anti-corruption ombudsman and not the State government will decide who will head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to investigate illegal mining in Karnataka. Referring to the ongoing discussion in the government on naming the SIT chief, Justice Rao …
This document summarises the conclusions of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade held from 12-13 February 2014. It sets out the political commitment reached, and the actions agreed, by the international community, in tackling the illegal wildlife trade and its impacts. Read the text.
Argues that state vigilance is well equipped to conduct enquiry The Odisha government has rejected the Shah Commission's suggestion for a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the mining scam, arguing that the state vigilance is well equipped to conduct the enquiry. “It is not a fact that …
A new mystery has come to light that Nepali territory has been used as a transit point for illegal trade of wildlife besides drugs and fake currency. It has been revealed after the Cobra Two Operation launched by Nepal Police in key customs checkpoints, routes and border areas. The Central …
A new mystery has come to light that Nepali territory has been used as a transit point for illegal trade of wildlife besides drugs and fake currency. It has been revealed after the Cobra Two Operation launched by Nepal Police in key customs checkpoints, routes and border areas. The Central …
The Karnataka Cabinet today decided to form a Special Investigation Team under anti-corruption ombudsman Lokayukta to look into illegal mining in the state. "We have decided to set up SIT under Lokayukta to look into illegal mining in Karnataka," Minister for Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra told reporters after a …
The White House announced a new ban on sales of elephant ivory within the United States on Tuesday, part of a plan aimed at cracking down on trafficking of wildlife that is threatening some species, including the African elephant, with extinction. The United States has banned imports of ivory since …
The number of cases are quite high compared to minerals rich Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and neighboring Gujarat At a meeting of the coordination-cum-empowered committee on mineral development and regulation held in January, the Centre had expressed serious concerns over the high number of illegal mining cases and on the …
Government has sent out 146 notices to leading iron and steel makers which were allegedly involved into illegal mining Shah Commission says Rs 60K cr lost to illegal mining in Odisha Minerals worth about Rs 60,000 crore were illegally mined in Odisha during 2008-2011, Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry …
