Ecologist Madhav Gadgil to receive Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Pune-born ecologist Dr Madhav Gadgil will receive the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement along with noted American marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco from Oregon State University on April 23. The
View ArticleKasturirangan report: Environment ministry asks states to submit responses on...
The environment ministry has asked stakeholder states to submit their final responses to the K Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats by June 15, telling them that no more extensions will
View ArticleProtecting Pune: 4 years on, Centre sits on Gadgil report on Western Ghats
Report highlights massive hill-cutting in region; Gadgil says previous and present govts do not care. It is been four years since experts panel on the Western Ghats ecology led by Madhav Gadgil...
View ArticleRetain ownership of iron ore, green activist tells Goa government
Expert suggests cooperatives as an alternative option of sustainable, regulated mining With the Goa government getting ready to resume iron ore mining in October, environmental activist Claude Alvares,
View ArticleMoEF for Statewise Decision on Ecologically Sensitive Areas
As the June 30 deadline to all six Western Ghat states to submit reports on physical demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) ended on Tuesday, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)
View ArticleGadgil Blames Politicos for Damage to Western Ghats
BENGALURU: Environmentalist Madhav Gadgil says he never expected his report on the Western Ghats to be accepted by the Government of India. In the city recently to deliver a special lecture on the Western
View ArticleDecision on Kasturirangan panel report by August: Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said "misgivings" about implementation of Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats have to be "done away" with and a call on it will be taken by August
View ArticleNo mining, polluting units in eco-sensitive zones, says Javadekar
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a review meeting with State Environment and Forests Ministers here on Tuesday to review the progress of demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA)
View ArticleFinal report on Ghats ESA submitted for approval
PANJIM: The final report identifying eco-sensitive areas of the Western Ghats has been submitted to the State government for approval. The report that has identified 50 villages covering three talukas
View ArticleReport finds rumours, fear-mongering in Western Ghats eco-sensitive area
PUNE: "If your village is declared as part of the eco-sensitive area (ESA) then no one will want to marry your daughters" — This is just one of the reasons being bandied about in villages to drum up...
View ArticleEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar to meet MPs to decide fate of western...
Ahead of its deadline for taking a final decision on the issue of Western Ghats by August end, environment minister Prakash Javadekar is set to hold a round of meetings with near 70 MPs from the...
View ArticleForests vs. people conflict emerges at Western Ghats review meeting
Of the six States falling under the W. Ghats only Kerala and Goa have submitted their reports with recommendations for demarcating eco-sensitive zones. Do you save the forests or do you save the economic
View Article56,827 sq km of W Ghats across 6 states eco-sensitive
Notification Bans Mining, Quarring, Thermal Projects The Centre, through a September 4 order, has notified 56,825 sq km spread over six states --Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
View ArticleGadgil takes his Western Ghats crusade to Wikipedia
Wants others to contribute too With the Centre and successive State governments in Maharashtra dumping his crucial report on the conservation of Western Ghats, ecologist Madhav Gadgil has now turned
View ArticleWG: Meeting of states to be convened this month, says Minister
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a meeting of Western Ghat-range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the
View ArticleJavedkar calls for a meeting of Western Ghat range states
KOCHI: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said a meeting of Western Ghat range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas
View ArticleNational seminar on Ghats ecology from February 24
The Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s College, Sulthan Bathery, is organising a seminar on ‘Western Ghats environment and people: need for a paradigm shift’ at the college auditorium from...
View Article‘It’s our right to protect nature’
Panaji: Pernem villagers are sore at being forced to accept the legislators' brand of development and being sidelined in participatory planning and governance, but now want to reassert their rights to
View ArticleEnvironment Minister to meet Western Ghat MPs over ecology
Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said he will meet 60 parliamentarians from states in the Western Ghat region following Kasturirangan Committee recommendations on declaring certain areas
View ArticleCentre to begin fresh consultations with states on Western Ghats
If the Centre accepts recommendations of these reports, 60% of the Ghats will be opened up for development and will affect the water security of millions. Millions of Indians living in the six Western
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