Forest Act Amendment: Do We Really Need It?
According to the proposal, all the forests which were deemed and listed by state governments before 1996 will still be considered as forests, but forests that naturally grew on the…
A Step Towards Environment Awareness
According to the proposal, all the forests which were deemed and listed by state governments before 1996 will still be considered as forests, but forests that naturally grew on the…
Google Earth images from 2006 show that the hilltop, known locally as Hathia Mundia (elephant hill) near Odia, was tall, with a green cover and no water surrounding it. Stone…
The 53% of the population of the island informed av Rana that they are opposed to the "grind" and they have no such plans. Photos of bloodied corpses of over…
If the current death rate continues, this year's numbers are expected to be greater than the previous year's, when roughly 105 striped felines died.
Mining erodes, sinkholes, deforestation, biodiversity loss, water resource depletion, and other environmental problems all over the world. Mining is a hazardous activity, whether on a large scale industrial scale or…
According to Section 8 (3) (vii) of the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act of 1976, any project requiring the felling of over 50 trees must be carried out only after…
Activities such as obstructing a stream network (natural water flow path), land degradation due to the removal of vegetation and losing trees, resulting in the loss of soil binding capabilities…
Over 2.5 million trees would be cut down. They have challenged the project in both the high court and the NGT. The administration stated that they would complete afforestation programmes;…
In 2020, the state government issued a law that increased the licence period for stone crushing units from 5 to 20 years and permitted the licence to be transferred or…