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 Cabinet today gave nod to the new policy for scientific exploitation of minor minerals, short-term permits to private land owners, regulate use of machinery deployed for mining and providing relief to brick kilns in respect of environment clearance. It also approved a memorandum to be submitted to the 14th …
UP government is planning to raise a dedicated force to tackle illegal mining in the state. A proposal to this effect has been submitted by the mining department and may be placed before the cabinet very soon. The proposal assumes importance considering the recent suspension of SDMnoidaDurgaShaktiNagpal who was crusading …
A mud track was laid inside the dam catchment area Green activists are sore over the laying of a mud track within the Gunderipallam dam catchment area along the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve and reports of rampant illegal sand mining. According to S. Jayachandran, secretary of Tamil Nadu …
The State Government has decided not to finalize or notify the much awaited draft State Mining Policy 2012, pending the Supreme Court verdict on mining in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday. Speaking to Herald Chief Minister said that there is no point in finalizing a policy when mining …
The department wants own sleuths to crack down on illegal mining activities, just like transport and excise department have their personnel for such tasks The Uttar Pradesh mining department has proposed to raise its own force to deal with the menace of illegal mining in the state. The department wants …
The ministry of environment and forest has put in place a Hotline through mobile phone No. 01755660033 to protect wildlife and stop illegal trade in wildlife and related crimes in Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud, minister for environment and forest, inaugurated the Hotline at a discussion meeting in observance of the Global …
The world's highest deforestation rate, the execution of eight environmental activists including a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and ongoing turmoil surrounding oil operations in the Niger River Delta has created a notoriously disreputable environmental record for the West African country. Now, a new threat is rising in the already-compromised forests …
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is all set to announce a CBI inquiry into tiger poaching cases unearthed in Vidarbha between October 2012 and May 2013. Gang of organized tiger poachers arrested in June first week by the forest and police officials in Mansar near Nagpur have confessed that their separate …
With special emphasis on saving tigers of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh Forest Department will today launch a new Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) to stop illegal wildlife trade and related crimes. WCCU will have seven teams, one for each of the regions of Dhaka, the Sundarbans, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Habiganj and …
The commission has further urged the state government to furnish the necessary information on or before July 27 The M B Shah Commission of enquiry that recently submitted its first report on illegal mining in Odisha, has pointed out glaring violation in respect of Kolmong manganese mines leased out to …
Legislators want swift closure and money to be recovered from officials The State government is examining setting up a fast-track court to try those named in the Rs. 16,085-crore mining scam in the State, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. In reply to Mallikarjun Siddaramappa Khuba (JD-S) …
Of 54 mining leases surveyed, one mining lease was found to be within the confines of a wildlife sanctuary (WLS), 49 within 10km of WLS and national parks (NP) and four mining leases beyond 10 km of WLS and NP. This was revealed following a survey by directorate of mines …
The State Mining Policy 2012 which is to be submitted to the government next week has recommended capping of ore exports to 45 Million Tones (MT), of which 25 MT can be tapped from low grade ore from dumps. The Directorate of Mines and Geology department which re-vetted the policy, …
Illegal mining of soil continues unabated in Mohali district. The fact came to light during a visit by Chandigarh Tribune team to Roorkan village, located alongside a 200-foot under-construction road leading to the new airport. The team found an earth-moving machine in operation in broad daylight. The machine was filling …
A woman and her three children have been staging a protest in front of the Collectorate here since July 11 demanding action against illegal extraction of beach sand from near her home at Puthiyangadi here. She had earlier staged a sit-in near the Pazhayangadi police station here raising the same …
OMC to auction 300,000 tonne leftover iron ore fines The state government has taken over the B K Mohanty iron ore mines at Uliburu in Joda area after it was established prima facie that the miner had illegally raised minerals beyond its permitted area without any lawful authority. "We have …
Ajit Bhardwaj, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Kangra, has recovered a fine of Rs 1 lakh from miners indulging in illegal mining in the subdivision during the last two months and impounded hundreds of vehicles and JCBs during the raids. SDM Ajit Bhardwaj today conducted raids in the Suddhu Khad on …
Only 10-12 mines out of 117 have actually started operations after SC lifted ban After the Supreme Court allowed category A & B mines to resume operations in Karnataka three months ago, only 10-12 mines out of 117 have actually started operations. Apart from procedural delays, most miners are hobbled …
Green bench orders arrest of Principal Secy mines The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered the arrest of state’s Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest, R K Verma for his failure to comply with its directions in a case pertaining to illegal mining and dumps. The bench had …
The Alirajpur district administration raided two illegal sand storage and refining plants near MP-Gujarat border on Wednesday, and seized premium quality sand bound for Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The sand which was being refined in the plants in Sakdi Faliya area near Khandwa-Baroda state highway, under Chandpur police …
