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Ecostani: Western Ghats, hill states lose forest; growth outside reserved forest

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 09:29 IST

The Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Areas occupies an area of approximately 60,285.61 km2. (HT File Photo)

Western Ghats lost 58.22 sq km of forest cover in ten years: SOFR

The reports provided a detailed information about the forest cover in Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area (WGESA), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024 23:56 IST

At pre-budget meet, Goa seeks ₹1,000 crore for climate change resistant infra

Panaji was identified as one of the 15 Indian cities at high risk due to climate change (File Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 12:46 IST

Search for missing trekker uncovers two skeletons near Harishchandra Fort

Rescuers stumbled upon two skeletons in a perilous, densely forested valley.. Representative Image. (File Photo/HT)

Updated on Dec 17, 2024 02:47 IST

Madhav Gadgil wins UN’s highest green award

Madhav Gadgil chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel in 2011O) (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 24:36 IST

Gowda’s death blow to Maoist movt: Experts

Udupi: Security personnel during a combing operation in Kabbinale forest area, in Udupi district, Karnataka. Vikram Gowda, a Naxalite, was shot dead by Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) during the operation, official sources said on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 21:30 IST

Villagers say Vikram Gowda was once a good-natured and peaceful person

Security personnel during a combing operation in Kabbinale forest area in Udupi district on Tuesday. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 01:24 IST

DK Shivakumar refutes reports of govt imposing 'green cess' on water bills

Karnataka Congress president and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar.

Published on Nov 14, 2024 10:57 IST

A root awakening: The short film Murmurs of the Jungle is not to be missed

No artificial light was used in Murmurs of the Jungle. The soundscape mirrors the drifting voices of an evening spent by the edge of a village. (Digvijay Thorat)

Updated on Nov 8, 2024 15:40 IST

Once bitten, Kerala not shy to eye tunnel via Western Ghats

Indian Navy's disaster relief team conducts search and rescue operation at a landslide-hit area in Wayanad. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 30, 2024 21:30 IST

Six states traversed by Western Ghats not ready to propose ESAs

The Union environment ministry proposed in July that notification of ESAs in the six Western Ghats states could be done in a phased manner, state by state. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 24:48 IST

60-day period to submit suggestions on Western Ghats ESA draft ends

While it will take the Union environment ministry to consider the inputs it has received during the two-month public comments period, certain developments suggest notification of the Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Zone area will not happen immediately. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 1, 2024 24:36 IST

Two Goa villages seek inclusion in Western Ghats ESA category

The draft notification listed 104 villages in Goa as ecologically sensitive. (AFP via Getty Images)

Updated on Oct 1, 2024 24:34 IST

Forest department to conserve natural heritage in Junnar

Sanjay Rahangdale and Savita Ranahagdale, botanists from Junnar tehsil conducted a visit to the area along with forest officials as well the villagers to analyse the natural resources. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sep 23, 2024 24:48 IST

Plan to improve road through Western Ghats deferred due to eco concerns

One of the wildlife protected areas in the Western Ghats. (HT File Photo)

Published on Aug 26, 2024 07:18 IST

At 2,515 villages, Maharashtra’s eco-sensitive area up 17%; 333 hamlets in MMR

At 2,515 villages, state’s eco-sensitive area up 17%

Updated on Aug 7, 2024 03:26 IST

Thousands of stone quarries in Kerala are adding to environmental woes

The landslides in Wayanad have killed over 350 people and rendered 6,759 people homeless. (ANI Photo)

Published on Aug 6, 2024 03:30 IST

NGT asks MoEFCC to finalise deadline for declaring western ghats an eco-sensitive zone

In July 2022, the MoEFCC had issued a draft notification on the western ghats as an eco-sensitive zone to protect the rich biodiversity of these ghats spread across six states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 2, 2024 02:26 IST

Grisly Wayanad toll: 190 bodies, 100 body parts; hunt continues

Rescuers search through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains in Wayanad district. (AP)

Updated on Aug 2, 2024 24:50 IST

Rescue hit by rain, debris as Wayanad deaths soar to 193

A drone view shows members of rescue teams crossing a temporary bridge to reach to a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills in Wayanad district, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas (REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 31, 2024 23:30 IST

More disasters can be expected in these areas, says top ecologist

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel has designated the entire Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive area (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 31, 2024 02:12 IST

Kerala landslide: Eco-sensitive zones along Western Ghats yet to be notified

Wayanad: A drone view of a landslide site in Chooralmala, in Wayanad district, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Updated on Jul 30, 2024 21:30 IST

The wages of ignoring Western Ghats’ frailty

A damaged car lies amid debris after landslides hit hilly villages in Wayanad district, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo) (AP)

Updated on Jul 30, 2024 15:16 IST

14 years after Gadgil report, Western Ghats eco-sensitive zones yet to be notified

Massive landslides triggered by torrential rains hit the Meppadi area in Kerala’s Wayanad on Tuesday. (ANI)

Updated on Jul 30, 2024 08:54 IST

Forest cover replaced by plantation crops may have contributed to Wayanad tragedy

Roughly half of Kerala is hilly and mountainous, making it prone to landslides. (PTI)

Published on Jul 30, 2024 07:16 IST

Why is 'atheist' DMK government organising a global conference on Lord Murugan?

A large statue of Lord Murugan is illuminated as devotees climb the steps to Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 9, 2017. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

Published on Jul 3, 2024 02:00 IST

Is there such a thing as too much Hindutva?

Hindutva supporters dancing in Gurugram. (Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Published on Apr 22, 2024 17:21 IST

Central Railway to install speed-sensing devices in Western Ghats

CR to install speed-sensing devices in ghats

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 03:55 IST

Bhimashankar gets a new facility providing info on the biodiversity in the western ghats

Considering the tourism potential of this place, the forest department began an ecotourism project in the area which not only provides detailed information about the biodiversity of this area but also creates environmental awareness among people visiting the sanctuary. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 11, 2024 24:38 IST

Zoological Survey of India gets ‘in-principle’ approval to establish Western Ghat Faunal Repository in Pune

(L-R) Satish Talmale, Aparna Kalawte, Basudev Tripathy, Sachin Patil at the ZSI press meet. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 25, 2024 02:52 IST

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