Chandy sure of ending Ghats report worries
11 years, 3 months ago

Chandy sure of ending Ghats report worries

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government is confident of solving the concerns of the people of the State about the K. Kasturirangan committee report by convincing the Centre about the need for changing some of its “adverse” recommendations. He noted that the Madhav Gadgil panel report on the Western Ghats had originally recommended notifying 653 villages in the State as ecologically sensitive area. This discrepancy got removed in the Kasturirangan committee report, which amended the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil panel report, because it adopted “village” as the basis for deciding if an area should be considered ecologically sensitive. Mr. Chandy said even out of these villages, only 24 would actually qualify to be notified as ecologically sensitive areas, if their population were to be taken into consideration. Two terms He said one big reason for the fears in the minds of the people was that they interpreted the term “ecologically sensitive area,” used in the Madhav Gadgil and the Kasturirangan panel reports, as something in meaning similar to “ecologically fragile land,” used in the Kerala Forest Act, 2003.

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Opposition Grows in Coastal Karnataka Over Kasturirangan's Eco-Sensitive Zones
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition Grows in Coastal Karnataka Over Kasturirangan's Eco-Sensitive Zones

Deccan Chronicle  

Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Kota Srinivas Poojary has assured residents of villages bordering forest areas not to worry about the Kasturirangan Committee report as the Karnataka government has decided to reject the draft notification of the Committee report that proposes declaring parts of the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive area. Acharya Hall in Manipal on the eco-sensitive area and the Kasturirangan …

Elected representatives express concern over increasing eco-sensitive area in Western Ghats in Karnataka
6 months, 1 week ago

Elected representatives express concern over increasing eco-sensitive area in Western Ghats in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Many elected representatives from the 11 districts of the Western Ghats region have expressed concern over increasing the eco-sensitive area beyond the existing 16,114 sq. Many representatives expressed concern that increasing the ESA beyond the existing 16,114 sq. km ESA around various forest and wildlife sites in the State has already been protected, and this limit can be accepted in …

After Wayanad Tragedy, Centre Moves Draft to Declare 57,000 Sq Km of Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive
7 months, 4 weeks ago

After Wayanad Tragedy, Centre Moves Draft to Declare 57,000 Sq Km of Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive

News 18  

In the aftermath of the Wayanad tragedy, the Centre has issued a draft notification to declare around 57,000 square kilometer of Western Ghats as an ‘ecologically-sensitive area’. Centre issues draft notification to declare approximately 60,000 sq kms across 6 states, including Kerala, in western ghats as eco sensitive zonesNews18’s @AmanKayamHai_ explains the govt proposal @akankshaswarups | #NationAt5 #WayanadDisaster #Kerala pic.twitter.com/SGTvVO9Bjg …

Govt Issues 5th Draft Notification to Declare Over 56K Sq Km of Western Ghats Eco Sensitive
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Govt Issues 5th Draft Notification to Declare Over 56K Sq Km of Western Ghats Eco Sensitive

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre has issued a fifth draft notification to declare over 56,800 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six states, including 13 villages in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad, Ecologically Sensitive Area, inviting suggestions and objections within 60 days. The draft notification proposes to declare 9,993.7 sq km in Kerala, including 13 villages in two talukas of the landslide-hit …

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

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

Hindustan Times  

Kerala’s Wayanad region can expect more such disasters in coming years in eco-sensitive areas identified by the Madhav Gadgil chaired Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel if a cautious approach is not taken on which activities can be permitted, the veteran ecologist said on Tuesday. The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel has designated the entire Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive …

Kerala landslide: Eco-sensitive zones along Western Ghats yet to be notified despite panels’ reviews
8 months ago

Kerala landslide: Eco-sensitive zones along Western Ghats yet to be notified despite panels’ reviews

Hindustan Times  

The eco-sensitive areas along the Western Ghats are yet to be notified by the Centre, 13 years since the first such demarcation was recommended by a panel led by eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil in 2011. The committee, which was set up by the Centre to assess the environmental sensitivity of the Western Ghats and the possible impacts of the climate …

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

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

Hindustan Times  

The Western Ghats ecologically sensitive areas are yet to be notified by the Union environment ministry, 14 years after the first such demarcation was recommended by ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s committee in 2011. On July 22, the Union environment ministry informed the Lok Sabha, “In order to protect the rich biodiversity of Western Ghats, this Ministry has issued draft Notification on …

Goa CM urges Centre to drop 40 villages from list of eco-sensitive areas
1 year, 5 months ago

Goa CM urges Centre to drop 40 villages from list of eco-sensitive areas

Hindustan Times  

The Goa government has urged the Centre to drop 40 villages from being categorised as Ecologically Sensitive Areas since they do not meet the criteria set out by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, chief minister Pramod Sawant informed on Wednesday. Addressing reporters, the chief minister said that 40 villages need to be dropped from the 99 villages …

Kerala, After The Flood: Tendency to back development despite warning from ecologists creates ground for future disasters
6 years, 7 months ago

Kerala, After The Flood: Tendency to back development despite warning from ecologists creates ground for future disasters

Firstpost  

What is important is that ecologists and environmentalists have to work in tandem with the government departments to achieve success on the ground. The WGEEP recommended no new dams be built in the ecologically sensitive zones; that no environment clearance be accorded to hydel projects falling in the zones; a moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining; and also suggested …

56825 sq km of Western Ghats declared ecologically sensitive
11 years ago

56825 sq km of Western Ghats declared ecologically sensitive

India TV News  

New Delhi: Environment Ministry today issued a draft notification on Western Ghats declaring an area of 56,825 sq km of the hills as ecologically sensitive. In its report, a High Level Working Group headed by K Kasturirangan had identified approximately 37 per cent of the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive which covers an area of 59,940 sq km of natural …

Only 20% of land in nine villages ESAs, report panchayat panels
11 years, 2 months ago

Only 20% of land in nine villages ESAs, report panchayat panels

The Hindu  

Field reports submitted by panchayat-level committees have said that only about 20 per cent area in the nine grama panchayats identified by the Kasturirangan report in the district is ecologically sensitive. A government order issued on December 21, 2013, had ordered the formation of five-member village committees in each of the 123 villages to conduct field surveys and rework the …

Western Ghats protection draft notification coming soon
11 years, 3 months ago

Western Ghats protection draft notification coming soon

The Hindu  

The Union Environment Ministry took another step towards implementing the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats by kick-starting the process of draft notification for Ecologically Sensitive Areas in six States. But, keeping the protests in Kerala in mind, it made explicitly clear that plantations, agriculture and other routine activities in the ESA declared under the Environment Protection Act, 1972 would not …

Kasturirangan report will spell disaster, warn ecologists
11 years, 4 months ago

Kasturirangan report will spell disaster, warn ecologists

The Hindu  

The Kasturirangan report has thrown open the ecologically sensitive areas of Western Ghats to mindless exploitation which would seriously hazard ecology, according to its critics. While the WGEEP report wanted illegal mining and quarrying to be stopped immediately in the ghats, the Kasturirangan Committee permitted mining and quarrying in 63 per cent area. When it comes to Kerala, only 15 …

Gadgil report not mandatory for giving clearance in W Ghats: NGT
11 years, 4 months ago

Gadgil report not mandatory for giving clearance in W Ghats: NGT

Firstpost  

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said that it is no longer mandatory for the environment ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the western ghats. New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said that it is no longer mandatory for the environment ministry to refer to Gadgil …

People’s forum on Western Ghats demand voices of locals be heard
11 years, 5 months ago

People’s forum on Western Ghats demand voices of locals be heard

The Hindu  

The Western Ghats People’s Forum has demanded that grama sabhas be convened in all 123 villages in the State that have been included in the list of ecologically sensitive areas by the Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats. Augustine said the opinion of people who would be affected should be given due consideration before the State reached any decision on …

MoEF approves Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats
11 years, 5 months ago

MoEF approves Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Environment Ministry has given approval to a report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led panel which has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area spread over six states. The 10-member high-level working group, headed by Kasturirangan, was constituted to examine the Western Ghats ecology expert panel report prepared under the leadership of …

No settlement area should be declared sensitive: Cabinet
11 years, 10 months ago

No settlement area should be declared sensitive: Cabinet

The Hindu  

The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to oppose declaration of any populated area on the Western Ghats in the State as ecologically sensitive area. In its response to the report of the High-Level Working Group on Western Ghats chaired by K. Kasturirangan, the Cabinet said that Kerala was particular that no settlement area that had been populated for years should be …

Western Ghats Report: Kerala to oppose buffer zone in any populated area
11 years, 10 months ago

Western Ghats Report: Kerala to oppose buffer zone in any populated area

The Hindu  

Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to oppose declaration of any populated area on the Western Ghats in the State as ecologically sensitive area. In its response to the report of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats chaired by K. Kasturirangan, the Cabinet said that Kerala was particular that no settlement area that had been populated for years should …

Western Ghats: Working group for restriction on development activities
11 years, 11 months ago

Western Ghats: Working group for restriction on development activities

Firstpost  

A crucial report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led high-level working group has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area spread over Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. New Delhi: A crucial report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led high-level working group has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq …

To know, is to protect
12 years, 9 months ago

To know, is to protect

The Hindu  

On May 23, the Ministry of Environment and Forests posted the report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel on its website honouring a landmark judgment of the Central Information Commission triggered by an activist seeking access to the material. WGEEP mandate The MoEF constituted WGEEP in March 2010 with a mandate to demarcate areas within the Western Ghats Region …

‘Entire Western Ghats ecologically sensitive'
13 years, 3 months ago

‘Entire Western Ghats ecologically sensitive'

The Hindu  

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel has designated the entire hill range as an Ecologically Sensitive Area. For Goa, the committee headed by eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil, suggested an “indefinite moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining in ESZ 1 and 2, phasing out of mining in ESZ 1 by 2016 and continuation of existing mining in ESZ 2 under …

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