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 proceeds from the e-auction must be retained in separate fixed deposits Supreme Court today gave the go-ahead on Monday for the auction of around 11.46 million tonne of iron ore already mined in Goa, potentially doubling the country's exports this year to top market China. The proceeds from the …
No government could implement projects such as the proposed airport at Aranmula disregarding public sentiments against it, especially in aspects of nature conservation, food security and socio-human capital stocks, Madhav Gadgil, ecologist and chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said. Prof. Gadgil, who was in the …
The e-sand system, expected to effectively end unauthorized sand-mining and sale in Malappuram will be introduced in the district from November 10. The online sand distribution system was formally inaugurated on November 2 by industries minister P K Kunjalikkutty, but the service will be available across the district only from …
The illegal killing of rhinos in South Africa, home to about 90 percent of the world's population of the endangered animals, is rising toward a record as poachers increasingly target private game farms. Bloomberg's Franz Wild reports. (Source: Bloomberg) “Extreme poverty encourages poaching,” Chissano said in an interview in the …
Farmers having cultivable lands irrigated by water from Karuppanadhi dam are a worried lot Farmers having cultivable lands that are irrigated by the water from Karuppanadhi dam are the most worried lot as illegal sand mining is being reported in the dam area for the past several days. Though this …
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday ordered the closure of an allegedly illegal laterite stones quarry near a residential area at Dhansade-Torla in a tenanted agricultural field in Shiroda village in Ponda taluka. "Failure to comply with the aforesaid directions will compel the board to take stringent legal …
In a setback to the then state revenue minister Narayan Rane, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court quashed his order of refunding Rs 6.50 lakh to a private contractor from the government's coffers in the case of alleged illegal mining of metal and murum in Yavatmal. Rajnikant Borile and …
Government earlier ordered CBI probe into illegal iron ore exports Dharwad-based Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), which is fighting the illegal mining case in Karnataka through a public interest litigation, on Thursday urged the state government to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the illegalities and irregularities in …
The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in connection with illegal mining of sand from river beds, the Tribunal was on Friday informed. The Rajasthan government made the submission before a bench headed by Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar which had on August 5 …
Due to their secretive habits, predicting the pattern of spatial distribution of small carnivores has been typically challenging, yet for conservation management it is essential to understand the association between this group of animals and environmental factors. We applied maximum entropy modeling (MaxEnt) to build distribution models and identify environmental …
The report stated the allegation made by the complainant was filed with a wrong motive, envy and vindictive and far away from the truth The Indian Bureau of Mines, which works under the Ministry of Mines, said it had found no evidence in the alleged illegal mining of atomic minerals …
Trees on canal banks and government forests in Punjab would be renumbered. The step is being taken as part of initiatives of the Punjab Forest Department to further improve the system to control timber theft in the province, a senior official of the forest department told APP here on Sunday. …
Revenue Department’s drive following complaints from eco forums The Revenue Department has resumed its drive against illegal mining and transportation of minor minerals including laterite, gravel, clay, and sand. The drive is being resumed in the wake of complaints from environmental organisations and action councils formed against the illegal mining …
Taking a strong cue from the blanket ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal recently, officials of the Forest Department carried out a series of raids in all the nullahs and banks of the Ravi and its tributaries and detected a number of lawbreakers and imposed suitable penalties in the …
The Punjab Government is verifying whether stone crushers in a border area of Punjab are using material mined in neighbouring states of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal. Information to this effect was provided to the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning during the hearing of a suo motu case …
Mining had been stopped in 22 rivers following alleged illegal activities and growing environmental concerns The Supreme Court has permitted mining in 22 rivers including that of Kosi in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna announced on Wednesday. Bahuguna also said the government would undertake the extraction or quarrying of sand …
Panel to decide on re-auction of 51 such mines The State government has decided to put a cap on the quantum of ore to be mined every year, henceforth, at the 51 ‘C’ category mines which will be re-auctioned in the near future. The decision was taken on October 7 …
Representatives from Kyrgyzstan and 11 other Central and South Asian countries on Thursday made a historic pledge to protect and conserve snow leopards, also called "ghost of the mountain" because of their elusive nature, and their habitat in the high-mountain landscapes of Asia. Joined by conservation experts from around the …
Though, on February 27, 2012, the Supreme Court's order banned any kind of mining of minor minerals, including sand, without environmental clearance from the Union ministry for environment and forests, and the NGT has issued a restraint order on August 5, 2013, against all sand mining activity being carried out …
With several tiger poaching cases being unearthed, the interstate meeting of wildlife and territorial forest officials from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday has strongly pushed for a centralized data bank of wildlife criminals and poachers at the national level. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is already in process …
