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Western Ghats: Expert panel to visit Goa over demand for exclusion of some villages from eco-sensitive zone
November 03, 2024 10:35 am
Once draft notification declaring 56,825.7 sqkm of the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive area finalised, villages marked as ESA will see a complete ban on mining, quarrying and sand mining as well as phasing out of existing mines in five years.
Centre proposes 2,061 sq km around Gir forest as eco-sensitive zone in revised draft
September 25, 2024 9:33 pm
Reduction in initially proposed ESZ by 1,267 sq km to accommodate basic needs of locals, say forest officers.
Prepare report on saving elephant corridor: Top Karnataka forest official tells Bannerghatta National Park deputy conservator of forest
June 13, 2023 7:39 pm
A Bengaluru-based NGO, had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for his intervention in saving the elephant corridor of Bannerghatta National Park.
SC modifies order on eco-sensitive zone around national parks, sanctuaries
April 26, 2023 8:14 pm
With the June 3, 2022 order sparking concerns about human habitations falling within the proposed ESZs, the Centre had approached the court seeking modification of some of the directions.
Unbridled construction behind subsidence, declare Himalayas eco-sensitive: SJM to government
January 29, 2023 8:53 am
Addressing a roundtable organised by the SJM to discuss the land subsidence in Joshimath, SJM national co-convener Ashwani Mahajan said that governments have always favoured development at the cost of sustainability.
Greens see red over proposed road passing through ESZ of Bhimgad wildlife sanctuary
November 08, 2022 2:44 pm
It is learnt that the Belagavi district administration in Karnataka has not filed any application before the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to obtain the mandatory forest clearance under Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
Even after SBWL nod, Karnataka Cabinet yet to notify 8 protected areas
October 08, 2022 7:27 am
Senior forest officers and wildlife conservationists have expressed their reservations over the issue of seeking Cabinet approval when the State Board for Wildlife, headed by the CM, has already approved the proposals.
Kerala to exclude human settlements from 1-km eco zone of forests
July 28, 2022 2:05 am
In 2019, the then LDF government had decided to recommend that 1 km of area around boundaries of protected forests, including human settlements, as eco-sensitive zones (ESZ).
Assam: Magisterial inquiry ordered into death of tourist in paragliding accident
January 27, 2022 10:04 pm
On Wednesday afternoon, Pankaj Gogoi hailing from Lakhimpur district, died after he fell from a parachute in Skyland resort in Tinsukia district’s Guijan.
Karnataka forest dept asks Jog management authority to seek environment, wildlife clearances for five-star hotel project
January 17, 2022 6:34 pm
Vijaykumar Gogi, Chief Wildlife Warden, Karnataka ordered the Shivamogga Wildlife Division to inform the user agency to apply for Environment and Wildlife Clearances for the same project.
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