Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012, 13:11
Fresh guidelines on tiger conservation, controversy over a proposal for speedy green clearances for mega projects and Western Ghats getting enlisted as a world heritage site.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 20:26
Kerala has raised serious objections to the Madav Gadgil Committee report on the Western Ghats conservation, arguing that many of its recommendations would adversely affect the state`s interests.
Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012, 23:24
Tiger habitats in the mountain chain of the Western Ghats are shrinking, although forests in the eco-sensitive zone have registered a remarkable rise of wild cats, says an Environment Ministry document.
Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 21:51
The rich biodiversity of the Western Ghats is safe and free from adverse effects of plantation crops grown on slopes, union Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia said Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 10:47
The forest department has said rare `Wroughton`s free-tailed bat` has been recorded in Goa region of Western Ghats.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 10:41
Environment Ministry has constituted a high-level Working Group headed by eminent space scientist and Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan to examine the Western Ghats ecology expert panel report.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 16:40
Karnataka has been opposing UNESCO declaring 10 spots in Western Ghats as world heritage sites as it would affect development activities undertaken by the state.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 21:15
The Bombay High Court today rapped the Centre for failing to take a decision on a report submitted by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel in connection with the conservation measures in Sahyadri range.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 16:28
Amid debates over conservation of Western Ghats, which have been added to UNESCO`s list of iconic places.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 21:16
Madhav Gadgil, who led an ecology expert panel that reviewed the impact of mining and other development activities on Western Ghats, today slammed the Centre`s move to set up another committee to study its recommendations.
Last Updated: Monday, July 9, 2012, 13:22
The Karnataka government`s opposition to Unesco`s heritage tag for the Western Ghats is being strongly criticised by greens and environmental scientists.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 13:50
Goa government will seek support of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to get its Western Ghats listed in the world heritage site of UNESCO.
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