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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers.He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

India, others get UN rules on tribal rights diluted

Updated on Dec 24, 2016 07:42 IST

India third-largest importer of illegally logged wood: Study

According to the report, 42% of the total roundwood and sawnwood traded globally, with an annual value of Rs 427 billion, is harvested illegally.

Updated on Dec 20, 2016 12:28 IST

Rich nations block biodiversity negotiations in Cancun

Several gene sequencing projects are coming up across the world that are storing commercially valuable gene sequence information in online databases.

Updated on Dec 20, 2016 08:56 IST

City lacks plan to check industrial pollution

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Updated on Oct 19, 2016 02:10 IST

India gets more time than China to phase out HFCs

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Updated on Oct 16, 2016 01:48 IST

India turns the heat on China over emissions

Tourists exit the Forbidden City on a day with high levels of air pollution in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016.

Updated on Oct 10, 2016 08:38 IST

Bureau of Indian Standards raises the bar for cities to get ‘smart’ tag

Smart cities look to deliver the best means of mobility, healthy environment, a better quality of life, and efficient governance to its citizens.

Updated on Oct 6, 2016 03:41 IST

Delhi haze: When farm fires poison the capital’s air

Despite a ban, a farmer burns paddy straw in a field in Patiala. The Delhi government has written to Punjab and Rajasthan to not allow the practice of burning crops this year and look for other alternatives.

Updated on Oct 5, 2016 08:34 IST

India ratifies Paris climate treaty: Here’s all you need to know

India ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change with the UN on Oct. 2, 2016.

Updated on Oct 3, 2016 09:34 IST

Paris deal ratification not linked with NSG membership: Environment minister

India’s membership to the NSG is not linked to ratifying Paris climate agreement, said environment, forest and climate change minister Anil Madhav Dave.

Updated on Oct 1, 2016 20:18 IST

Govt will need 32 years to build 2.3 lakh toilets in Varanasi: Study

Access to washrooms is one of the development targets endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Updated on Oct 1, 2016 07:09 IST

Himachal govt withdraws SC petition against NGT order on Kashang hydro project

The move came after the Congress leadership at the Centre took a stand against the position of the state government which party leaders say was seen against the spirit of the forest rights act (FRA).

Updated on Sep 8, 2016 12:22 IST

HP slams order to get gram sabha nod for hydro project

Updated on Sep 5, 2016 03:46 IST

Javadekar withdrew 2% cess on industrial projects near sanctuaries, national parks

Prakash Javadekar’s record as environment minister scrutinised.

Updated on Aug 29, 2016 06:37 IST

Biodiversity law crippled at the grassroots

Found only in India, China and Bhutan, black-necked cranes are a vulnerable species. The Environment Impact Assessment report of a proposed hydroelectric project in the Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh did not mention that the valley is one of the few wintering sites of the birds globally. After the fact was brought out by locals, the NGT suspended the project’s environment clearance.

Updated on Aug 12, 2016 05:04 IST

Forests valued at Rs 115 trillion but settlers left in the lurch

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Updated on Aug 10, 2016 06:28 IST

India’s forests valued at Rs 115 trillion, but tribals unlikely to get a share

A panel in 2013 suggested the NPV money be distributed between local communities, state governments and the Centre.

Updated on Aug 10, 2016 09:34 IST

State governments slam door on forest rights claimants

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Updated on Jul 28, 2016 05:04 IST

States rejected 8 out of every 10 claims for land by tribals last year

Eight out of 10 claims for land title by forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act were rejected last year.

Updated on Jul 27, 2016 18:41 IST

Govt exempts big realty from green assessment

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Updated on Jul 13, 2016 04:00 IST

Govt exempts big realty from obtaining environmental clearance

The environment ministry has decided to exempt big buildings and real estate projects from taking environment clearance.

Updated on Jul 13, 2016 07:34 IST

Plantation projects on an overdrive but green cover shows little increase

The environment ministry claims to have carried out plantation on 19.64 million hectare (ha) under various government schemes between 2003 and 2014. But the corresponding increase in forest cover was only 2.4 million ha.

Updated on Jul 3, 2016 04:54 IST

Govt makes a U-turn on move to amend forest policy

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Updated on Jun 26, 2016 03:51 IST

Govt makes a U-turn on move to amend national forest policy

Ten days after issuing an office memorandum (OM) inviting comments on the Draft National Forest Policy, 2016, the Union environment ministry has backtracked on its decision.

Updated on Jun 25, 2016 19:13 IST

NDA cleared more projects in wildlife habitats in 2 yrs than UPA did in 5 yrs

Representative picture. The NDA government has cleared more industrial projects in forestlands in two years than the UPA-II did in five years.

Updated on Jun 15, 2016 06:01 IST

Regulator sat on decision to ban cancer-causing ingredient in bread for 4 years

Potassium Bromate — used to make bread rise — is known to cause cancer of the thyroid, kidney and abdominal lining, and is banned in several countries including the European Union, Canada, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Updated on Jun 11, 2016 06:34 IST

‘SC hiked relief in 6 out of 10 cases of land acquisition’

The Supreme Court (SC) has increased the compensation amount in every six out of 10 cases of land acquisition.

Updated on Jun 3, 2016 05:17 IST

Have made Rs 10L crore investment by clearing projects: Javadekar

Minister of Environment, Prakash Javadekar, at his residence in Kushak Road, New Delhi on Tuesday.

Updated on May 19, 2016 11:27 IST

Will work out a scheme to protect tiger corridors: Prakash Javadekar

Two days after Hindustan Times reported that surplus tigers dispersing out of the Ranthambore National Park might become easy targets for poachers, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change Prakash Javadekar said his ministry will work out a scheme to incentivise industry for reforesting tiger corridors under the “compensatory afforestation scheme”.

Updated on May 18, 2016 04:06 IST

Where are the big cats? Curious case of Ranthambore’s missing tigers

As India’s tiger numbers went up in the last five years, 12 tigers also disappeared in Ranthambore. What happened to them?

Updated on Jun 4, 2016 14:31 IST

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