Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk
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.
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.
The EIA 2020 draft notification encourages further pollution with diluted regulations over industrial and development practices opine experts.
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
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With easier green clearance under the new EIA regime for dams and hydroelectric projects, experts fear mass inundation of forested areas.
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
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