Articles for Silent Valley

Professor KS Manilal: The man whose love for the flowers of Kerala will always remain eternal
1 week, 1 day ago

Professor KS Manilal: The man whose love for the flowers of Kerala will always remain eternal

New Indian Express  

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils. It goes without saying that Professor Manilal, who passed away at the dawn of the new year aged 86, was truly one of India's greatest botanists. A dream comes true in Silent Valley …

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From the India Today Archives (1982): Forests: The blunder of plunder
1 month, 2 weeks ago

From the India Today Archives (1982): Forests: The blunder of plunder

India Today  

New Delhi, March 2001. The national forest policy of 1952 envisaged the country’s forest cover being raised from 23 per cent to 33 per cent of the total land area. The Birla-funded Economic and Scientific Research Foundation estimates that out of a total of 306 million hectares of cultivable land, 145 million hectares or 45 per cent of the land …

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Guns fall silent, Kashmir’s no-go zones woo tourists
2 years, 5 months ago

Guns fall silent, Kashmir’s no-go zones woo tourists

The Hindu  

With guns and cannons falling silent since India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire in February 2020, villages closer to the Line of Control are opening up for tourists visiting Kashmir. Besides Machil, the KOR also organised trips to Kupwara's Tutmar Gali and Teetwal, both near the LoC with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir visible on the other side. Buoyed by increasing …

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Noted environmentalist Prof. M K Prasad passes way
2 years, 11 months ago

Noted environmentalist Prof. M K Prasad passes way

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: Noted environmentalist Prof M K Prasad, a prominent figure in the historic grassroot level movement to save the evergreen tropical rain forests in Kerala's Silent Valley from destruction, passed away on Monday morning, his colleagues said here. Prasad was a guiding force behind the national movement against the state government's move to set up a hydro-power project in Silent …

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Is Clearance Of National Wildlife Board Standing Committee Required For Mining Projects Within 10 KM Of National Parks? Kerala HC Refers Matter To Division Bench
3 years, 9 months ago

Is Clearance Of National Wildlife Board Standing Committee Required For Mining Projects Within 10 KM Of National Parks? Kerala HC Refers Matter To Division Bench

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court last week referred the question of whether the clearance of a Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife for mining projects within 10 kilometres from the National Parks was necessary for the purpose of obtaining an environmental clearance. The Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar reasoned that the decision in George CG v. State of Kerala: …

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Sugathakumari spearheaded successful campaigns to save the Silent Valley and other Kerala forests and roused concerns about social ills
4 years ago

Sugathakumari spearheaded successful campaigns to save the Silent Valley and other Kerala forests and roused concerns about social ills

The Hindu  

THE problem for a sensitive soul like Sugathakumari in a wayward world was that she was inevitably fighting too many battles at the same time. In the mid 1970s, much before ‘environmentalism’ meant anything in India, Sugathakumari, by then a poet of some standing in Malayalam, plunged herself into what would turn out to be one of the iconic environmental …

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NGT Registers Suo Motu Case Over Pregnant Elephant Death Issue [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

NGT Registers Suo Motu Case Over Pregnant Elephant Death Issue [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has registered a suo motu case regarding the incident of a pregnant elephant allegedly killed in Silent Valley Forest in Kerala. The news that a pregnant wild elephant in Silent Valley Forest had fallen victim to an act of human act of using explosive substance kept in a Pineapple which was consumed inadvertently by it had …

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After killing of pregnant elephant in Kerala, another similar incident comes to light
4 years, 7 months ago

After killing of pregnant elephant in Kerala, another similar incident comes to light

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: As the brutal killing of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala led to widespread condemnation, a similar incident has came to light in Kollam district, where a young female elephant died of injuries in her mouth, a month ago. The pregnant wild elephant in Silent Valley Forest had fallen victim to an act of human cruelty on May 27 …

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