Western Ghats: Kerala seeks more time from the Centre to remap ESAs
The maps show redefined ecologically sensitive areas in the 123 villages that were identified by K Kasturirangan committee on conservation of …
MoEF accepts Western Ghats boundaries suggested by Kerala
Extensive lobbying by the Congress-led state may have led to the decision, it is believed
MoEF finally gets unit dedicated only to the Himalayas
Division was formally announced in September 2011 by the environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan
Green tribunal asks tough questions on Uttarakhand development
Issues show-cause notice to state government, environment ministry; seeks details on development plans, environmental impact studies, preventive …
MoEF pulled up for flip-flop on tiger tourism
Government more worried about commercial activities being hit than safety of tigers: Supreme Court
Make all forest clearances public in 7 days: green tribunal to MoEF
'Environment ministry kept forest clearance to Demwe project in Arunachal secret to thwart legal action'
I was dropped because I stood for Western Ghats conservation: P T Thomas
P T Thomas, senior Indian National Congress leader and sitting Member of Parliament from Idukki Lok Sabha constituency, has been denied a ticket …
Western Ghats conservation now a poll issue in Kerala’s Idukki
Congress denies ticket to sitting MP P T Thomas, fields debutant
Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects
Construction work began without environmental clearance
Court rejects Lavasa's plea to intervene in criminal case
Reserves order on issuing notice or summons till November 11
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act
As development projects continue to receive Centre’s push, officials within the government fear that rights of tribal communities are …
Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first
Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects
CBI recovers Rs 1 crore from deputy director of environment ministry
Neeraj Kumar Khatri is technical officer whose opinion is considered by expert appraisal committee for grant of environment clearances
Forest Advisory Committee gets earnest about implementing forest diversion rules, finally
Clarifies that forest diversions will be allowed only if forest rights of affected people are settled and their consent obtained
Individual units in investment zones exempted from public hearing
New environment ministry policy says NMIZs need obtain only one time environmental clearance
Minamata Convention: India skips historic meet
Officials mum on why no official representative went from India
Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO
Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act
Don’t allow new roads in sanctuaries, says MoEF expert panel
National Board of Wildlife accepts recommendations of panel on guidelines for roads in protected areas
India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment
Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment
Environment ministry seeks to curb shoddy EIA reports
Project developers made responsible for data and content in environmental impact assessments
MoEF extends deadline for states to declare eco-sensitive zones around wildlife parks and sanctuaries
It is the last opportunity for states, warns ministry official
Centre suspends green clearances to Goa mines
Conditions for restoring clearances not spelt out
Supreme Court stalls Centre’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs in India
Project to bring African cheetahs in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary was initiated in 2010
Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines
Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted