The Latest Breaking News from the Environment Ministry

The mountain has been hit by overtourism, littering and ‘bullet climbing’

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Assam’s Chief Secretary to provide details of officers who let polling stations, schools, and other construction activities in a wildlife sanctuary and a reserve forest in gross violation of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

The Great Nicobar Project has been accorded an environmental clearance by an expert committee. The National Green Tribunal has constituted an expert committee to investigate aspects of the clearance.

Project Cheetah faces uncertain future as experts recommend medical review of all animals; 11 cheetahs in wild, 4 in enclosures; 5 translocated animals, 3 cubs died; chafing from radio-collar, parasites, heat & malnourishment possible causes; mortality rate of 10% in wild; 2nd reserve & rehab centre planned.

A Parliamentary committee, set up to examine controversial proposed amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, has endorsed the amendment Bill in its entirety. The Hindu has viewed a draft copy of the report prepared by the 31-member joint committee on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 that is expected…

The Forest Department officials are attributing the deaths to reasons like territorial fights among the big cats. Read more on The Hindu