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State Board for Wildlife

Stage for crisis? Flood of approvals by wildlife board

During the nation-wide lockdown, most government departments, barring the essential services, had deferred taking decisions on issues of public interest. But this nation-wide inactivity has seemingly come as a shot in the arm for the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), which used this opportunity to bypass public opinion and surreptitiously approve some long-pending ‘developmental’ projects inside the protected areas of the country.

05 June 2020, 18:10 IST

Flood of approvals by wildlife board sets the stage for a crisis

Flood of approvals by wildlife board sets the stage for a crisis

Stage for crisis? Flood of approvals by wildlife board

05 June 2020, 18:10 IST

Nethravathi island to become conservation reserve

A plan to declare the islands of Nethravathi in Jeppinamogaru, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, as Nethravathi Island Conservation Reserve is underway.

25 September 2019, 19:16 IST

Nethravathi island to become conservation reserve

Nethravathi island to become conservation reserve

Nethravathi island to become conservation reserve

25 September 2019, 19:16 IST