Category Archives: Ecology and Environment
Groundwater Extraction By Verna Units Takes Toll On Kesarval Spring
The Public Works Department’s (PWD) inability to provide sufficient water to the Verna Industrial Estate has resulted in severe stress on the groundwater resources in the area. Water extraction through bore wells continues unabated in the industrial estate and this has taken a toll on the Kesarval spring situated near the industrial estate.
25 YEARS OF NBA
State apathy hasn’t killed the Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan. Even that 25 years later, it still inspires and galvanises similar struggles for justice across India. It has been 25 years since the Narmada Bachao Andolan – a people’s movement that has brought the struggle in the Narmada valley to the fore – started.
Climate Technology Ministerial Emphasises Need For Technology Agreement In Cancun
Ministers and representatives from 35 countries, regional groupings and UN organisations met in New Delhi and have called for an agreement on a Technology Mechanism at the COP-15 in Cancun. The Ministerial was hosted jointly by the Governments of India and Mexico and UNDESA. Click to read the report
The Saga of the Civilian Nuclear Deal: How the 123 Agreement Came into Being
THERE IS no question that India needs the nuclear energy option, provided it can exercise it wisely and safely. As a rapidly growing economy, we are going to require large amounts of energy. We need to generate this energy fast and from all possible sources, including nuclear reactors. As of now, only around 3 percent […]
Protecting The Western Ghats
THE Western Ghats, the 1,600-km mountain range that runs from Gujarat to Kerala, is recognised as one of the world’s ten top bio-diversity hotspots with 1,471 species of flowering plants and 403 species of birds. The Western Ghats have come under severe pressure mainly from mining activity.
‘Draft CRZ notification will destroy ecology’
The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) has unanimously rejected the draft coastal zone regulation notification, demanded its withdrawal and decided to launch a nationwide agitation to demand the right to life and livelihood of the fishing community and for the protection of the coastal environment. The draft notification seeks to regularize all the amendments to the 1991 […]
How The Government Is Subverting The forest Rights Act
The government of India views MFP rights as a means to curb Naxalism since the states most affected by Naxalism are also home to the maximum number of people dependent on forest produce. These states contribute more than 90 per cent of the MFP trade. Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved […]
The State of Environment Report India-2009
The State of Environment Report India-2009 presents an overview of the environmental scenario of our country. Its objective is to serve as a base line document to help assist decision making and policy formulation. Read the report
Draft Regulatory Framework for Wetlands Conservation
The Ministry has released a draft of the Regulatory Framework for Wetland Conservation for feedback from all stakeholders. The draft framework was prepared by a multi-disciplinary expert group.The date of inviting the comments has been extended to July 31st, 2010. A background note and the draft framework is appended. Read background note and regulatory framework