SC refuses to restore stiffer charges for Bhopal disaster accused
But says it does not restrain the sessions court from enhancing the charges against them
MoEF challenges penalty on it for allowing industries to function near Kaziranga
Appeal to Supreme Court says Assam government responsible for implementing notification on no-development zone around national park
Supreme Court stalls Centre’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs in India
Project to bring African cheetahs in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary was initiated in 2010
Has government weakened its case against Vedanta?
Stand taken by environment ministry in Supreme Court affidavit gives opponents chance to press for mining in Niyamgiri hills
Guilty, but bailed
Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000
Centre dilutes eco-tourism guidelines
Presents the new guidelines in Supreme Court; next hearing on October 3
Environment ministry backtracks on ban on tiger tourism
Will file an affidavit in Supreme Court, seeking review of guidelines that call for phasing out tourism from core tiger habitats
Will it be lions or cheetahs that will roam Kuno-Palpur sanctuary?
Supreme Court asks environment ministry to clarify stand after Gujarat opposes translocation of Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh
Centre pitches for Kerala
Environment ministry wants to revoke Karnataka’s ban on night traffic in Bandipur
Smaller eco zone irks ministry
Central Empowered Committee wants to reduce eco-sensitive zones around protected areas
Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals
Forestry, the Mexican way
Green tribunal gets short shrift
Most successful court on environmental matters lacks amenities, infrastructure
Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones
Says will help in conservation efforts
New eco-tourism guidelines likely to favour tourism industry
MoEF panel recommends opening up to 20 per cent of core tiger habitats in reserves for tourism; earlier guidelines proposed only community-based …
Jumbo conflict
Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …
Bully among birds
A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms
Forest value to be revised
50 per cent of net present value of forests should go to communities, says report
‘States violating wildlife law in rush to notify buffer zones’
Process of consulting gram sabhas bypassed to notify buffer areas around tiger habitats within time limit set by court, allege activists
The MoEF-NHAI roadblock
Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances
How Bellary was laid waste
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …
Odisha pays scant heed to tribal ministry's directions on mining for Vedanta
State invites forest rights claims from only a dozen villages on Niyamgiri hill slope
Gram sabha gets a boost
Supreme Court asks gram sabhas to see if Vedanta’s bauxite mine harms religious rights
Tigers buffered
Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear
No green nod to iron ore projects dependent on Bellary
Decision follows Supreme Court order banning mining operations in the district