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Wildlife panel rules against construction of big projects in Delhi

National Board for Wildlife rules against big projects in Delhi in future that are not specific to the national capital

2 min read14 Sep 2017
Politics

Wildlife panel recommends clearance of tiger corridor area for canal

The apex wildlife panel of the environment ministry has recommended clearance of over 600 hectares of forest area falling in a critical tiger corridor area for an irrigation canal

2 min read14 Sep 2017
Politics

A prayer for the homeless tigers

With a spate of development projects threatening to shrink tiger habitats in India, there may not be much to celebrate on International Tiger Day tomorrow

4 min read28 Jul 2017
Opinion

An elephant scientist who missed the jumbo on the track

Decks cleared for expansion of a railway line that passes through Mahananda wildlife sanctuary; trains that run on this track have killed many elephants

4 min read18 Sep 2015
Politics

Prakash Javadekar accused of flouting green norms

NBWL panel cleared at least six projects and then ordered inspection of the project sites, instead of doing this the other way, alleges an activist group

2 min read5 Aug 2015
Opinion

Bahar Dutt | Good for industry, bad for environment

The Subramanian committee reviewing environment laws was undemocratic in process and results

5 min read27 Nov 2014
Politics

The assault on the greens

Mint lists the proposals discussed for clearance by the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife

1 min read12 Sep 2014
Industry

Wildlife board clears most of its pending projects

Govt seeks to clear a logjam that has stalled industrial and economic growth, raising hackles of environment activists

4 min read14 Aug 2014
Politics

Wildlife board to consider 120 projects for clearance in 2 days

Of these, at least 10 are being considered by project monitoring group, which has been set up to track large investment projects

1 min read11 Aug 2014
Politics

Experts against haste in green nod for projects

Environmental experts caution against haste in clearing projects, saying environmental decisions, once taken, are sometimes impossible to correct

2 min read27 Jul 2014

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