Conservation impact on sacred forest fragments - A case study from Karnataka
The impact of protection on the ecology and ecosystem services of a fragmented sacred grove of Karnataka in agricultural landscape was studied. Comparative assessment of two time scale data revealed...
View Article51 taluks stare at drought in rain-rich Karnataka
Karnataka is facing a strange phenomenon: it's in the grip of a drought and floods at the same time. The floods have followed two successive years of drought. In the last week of July, five districts
View Article70 Mini-Hydel Projects in jumbo zone under scanner
Perceived As A Threat To Elephant Habitats; Task Force Report Pointed To Fraudulent Clearances Being Granted To These Projects; Green Crusaders Welcome HC Directive The Karnataka High Court’s directive
View ArticlePanel to monitor industries’ adherence to environmental laws
The government will set up an official committee to monitor adherence to environmental laws by factories and industries in the State. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Minister for Forests,...
View ArticleGreens see red over plans to promote tourism in Netrani
Green activists and conservationists are up in arms over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s announcement in the Budget for 2014-15 that the State government would organise a Netrani Beach Festival to...
View ArticleCabinet panel for 'balanced' approach on Western Ghats
The panel, in its previous meetings, had decided to review the state-owned polluting industries set up in the ecologically sensitive zone. The Cabinet sub-committee for studying the controversial...
View ArticleGreen issues stall Kaiga-Kerala power line
Farmers, elected representatives in Kodagu district want route realigned The controversial proposal to draw a high tension power transmission line from Kaiga in Uttara Kannada district to Kerala via...
View ArticleStress on use of solar energy to protect the environment
Increasing use of solar energy to protect environment and address the growing need for power across the country was stressed at a green summit here Thursday. "It is time to use renewable energy like
View ArticleGreens take up cudgels against Tadadi project
The Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Sunday wrote a letter to Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh, the Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner, opposing the construction of a
View ArticleKaiga radiations not cause for cancer: Study
High tobacco consumption by people is the culprit, finds survey by Tata Hospital A study by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has allayed fears that radiations fromthe Kaiga nuclear power plant in Uttara
View ArticleSix more debt-burdened farmers commit suicide
Six debt-burdened farmers, including a woman, committed suicide in the State in the past 24 hours. A 48-year-old farmer from Timkapur in Piriyapatna taluk of Mysuru district ended his life by consuming
View ArticleKarnataka to gift forest land to encroachers. Loss: 6L hectares
Bengaluru: Karnataka is likely to alienate 6 lakh hectares of forest land by regularizing encroachments below three acres, and reconsidering rejected applications for title deeds. Seeking a change in
View ArticleIISc to rope in students for biodiversity map project
The Karnataka Biodiversity Board and the Western Ghats Task Force have entrusted the CES with the task to undertake the biodiversity mapping of Uttara Kannada. The Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES)
View ArticleIllegal sand traders encroach upon Sharavati river in Karwar
Karwar: Officials might be boasting about containing illegal sand mining in Uttara Kannada, but the practice continues in the district. A case in point is Taggupalya, Honnavar district, where sand...
View ArticleKarnataka highway project takes off without central nod
The State Highway 50 development project Stage-3, between Soraba in Shivamogga district and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, has begun, allegedly without clearances from the Centre. This despite the
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Narayana Manjunatha Hegde & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/02/2017 regarding Environment Clearance
View ArticleAround the landfill sites: a groundtruthing of solid waste management law...
Around the landfill sites: A groundtruthing of solid waste management law across landfill sites in coastal areas of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, highlights a community-led groundtruthing exercise
View ArticleReport by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board regarding waste management...
Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 234 of 2023 (in re News item published in Newspaper Deccan Herald dated 01.03.2023 titled Unregulated tourism pushing Gokarna
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