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The Madhav Gadgil report recommended the establishment of a Western Ghats Ecology Authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, as a professional body to manage the ecology of the region and to ensure its sustainable development.

The Urban department wrote to BMC stating that the Aarey CEO and BMC Commissioner will jointly decide which roads to be handed over to the civic body and said no trees shall be cut for maintenance and repair work.

Ecological damage caused by project will increase flood risks

The State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of Tamil Nadu has rejected a mining license to establish a large stone quarry in the Thoothukudi district. This is to protect the endangered blackbuck population even though the site is located ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said declaring Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Zone would adversely affect the livelihood of the people in the region.".... Therefore, the Karnataka government and the people ...

Declaring the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Zone would adversely affect the livelihood of the people in the region

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said declaring Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Zone would adversely affect the livelihood of the people in the region.

Row over land in buffer zone of Bannerghatta park Updated: Updated: People are claiming ownership of some plots Share Article People are claiming ownership of some plots A row erupted over parcels of land in the buffer zone of the Bannerghatta National Park after the Bannerghatta Nature Conservation Trust alleged that people are laying claims over them. Bannerghatta police, with whom a complaint has been filed, said the Forest Department had acquired the land but the person in question had no...

Stakeholders to take up ESZ issue at Thattekad Updated: Updated: Call to exclude populated areas from sensitive zones Share Article Call to exclude populated areas from sensitive zones The Forest Department will convene a meeting of stakeholders of the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary on Sunday to discuss marking the revised Ecologically Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of the protected area. An expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had earlier rejected the ESZ of the sanctuar...