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Centre To Review Eco-Sensitive Zone Guidelines Amid States' Concerns
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife has called for a review of the guidelines governing Eco-Sensitive Zones around protected areas, stressing the need for a more "flexible" and "site-specific" approach.
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Illegal Coal Mining Continued In Assam Sanctuary Before Centre's Approval: RTI
At a time when social media in Assam is buzzing with campaigns against a green signal by the National Board of Wildlife for coal mining in a part of a wildlife sanctuary in the state's Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, an RTI reply had revealed that coal mining has been happening in that area even before the clearance was given by the wildlife body...
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Registration Begins For CBSE-WWF-India Wild Wisdom Quiz 2017; Open For Class 3-12 School Students
Central Board of Secondary Education has begun the registration process for CBSE-WWF-India Wild Wisdom Quiz 2017. The registrations are open for Primary and Middle School and Senior School students affiliated with CBSE.
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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Poachers-Turned-Conservationists Help Preserve Bio-Diversity in Sunderbans
Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife.
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Reform of India's Zoos Necessary after White Tiger Attack: Experts
The recent incident of a man being killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo highlighted the need to restructure and revamp Indian zoological parks, while raising questions over the security of animals and visitors.
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Centre Red-Faced as Supreme Court Puts Wildlife Board Decisions on Hold
In a big embarrassment for the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court has virtually put on hold the decisions taken under the newly reconstituted National Wildlife Board. The board, chaired by PM Modi, is in charge of protecting the country's flora and fauna and balancing it with infrastructure growth - a thrust area for the Centre.
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Alarmed at Wildlife Board Rejig, Green Activists Demand PM's Intervention
The National Board for Wildlife or NBWL will become virtually 'toothless' after its unprecedented reconstitution by the new government, fear some environmentalists.
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Centre To Review Eco-Sensitive Zone Guidelines Amid States' Concerns
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife has called for a review of the guidelines governing Eco-Sensitive Zones around protected areas, stressing the need for a more "flexible" and "site-specific" approach.
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Illegal Coal Mining Continued In Assam Sanctuary Before Centre's Approval: RTI
At a time when social media in Assam is buzzing with campaigns against a green signal by the National Board of Wildlife for coal mining in a part of a wildlife sanctuary in the state's Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, an RTI reply had revealed that coal mining has been happening in that area even before the clearance was given by the wildlife body...
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Registration Begins For CBSE-WWF-India Wild Wisdom Quiz 2017; Open For Class 3-12 School Students
Central Board of Secondary Education has begun the registration process for CBSE-WWF-India Wild Wisdom Quiz 2017. The registrations are open for Primary and Middle School and Senior School students affiliated with CBSE.
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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Poachers-Turned-Conservationists Help Preserve Bio-Diversity in Sunderbans
Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife.
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Reform of India's Zoos Necessary after White Tiger Attack: Experts
The recent incident of a man being killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo highlighted the need to restructure and revamp Indian zoological parks, while raising questions over the security of animals and visitors.
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Centre Red-Faced as Supreme Court Puts Wildlife Board Decisions on Hold
In a big embarrassment for the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court has virtually put on hold the decisions taken under the newly reconstituted National Wildlife Board. The board, chaired by PM Modi, is in charge of protecting the country's flora and fauna and balancing it with infrastructure growth - a thrust area for the Centre.
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Alarmed at Wildlife Board Rejig, Green Activists Demand PM's Intervention
The National Board for Wildlife or NBWL will become virtually 'toothless' after its unprecedented reconstitution by the new government, fear some environmentalists.
