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Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

September 9, 2021 at 9:24 am 0 comments

Picture Credit: Imperial College London

Research led by ZSL and Imperial College London warns that more than 50 billion years of unique evolutionary history is at risk.

Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts

Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts

September 9, 2021 at 9:09 am 0 comments

The EIA 2020 draft notification encourages further pollution with diluted regulations over industrial and development practices opine experts.

Water Conflict Forum, India: EIA 2020 exacerbates infirmities of India’s green clearance system

Water Conflict Forum, India: EIA 2020 exacerbates infirmities of India’s green clearance system

August 25, 2021 at 1:14 pm 0 comments
EIA 2020: Undermining India’s biodiversity and climate goals

EIA 2020: Undermining India’s biodiversity and climate goals

August 24, 2021 at 3:51 pm 0 comments

Anurag Mishra, Neha Mohanbabu, Krishna Anujan | Down to Earth

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in widespread public concern

The uber costs of EIA 2020: Green clearance to 239 dams will inundate an estimated 900 hectares of forest land

The uber costs of EIA 2020: Green clearance to 239 dams will inundate an estimated 900 hectares of forest land

September 25, 2020 at 11:53 pm 0 comments

Courtesy: Down to Earth

With easier green clearance under the new EIA regime for dams and hydroelectric projects, experts fear mass inundation of forested areas.

What the new green clearance regime will mean for India’s Northeast

What the new green clearance regime will mean for India’s Northeast

August 11, 2020 at 5:17 am 0 comments

Sayan Banerjee | Down to Earth India’s northeastern region — comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura — is a unique biodiversity hotspot. The region, however, faces many environmental problems. Successive Indian forest surveys in 2015, 2017 and 2019 reported net deforestation of 628, 630 andRead More