Kasturirangan

Will ensure resumption of mining in Goa: MoEF Javadekar

Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said his ministry would work towards speedy resumption of mining in Goa.

Western Ghats report: Left calls for complete shutdown in Kerala

The dawn-to-dusk state-wide shutdown on Monday, called by the Left opposition to protest an order on implementation of the Kasturirangan panel report on conserving Western Ghats environment, has virtually confined people indoors.

Madhav Gadgil opposes Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats

Environmentalist Madhav Gadgil, who headed a committee that authored a study on the Western Ghats, Friday criticised the decision of the union ministry of environment and forests to create "ecologically sensitive areas" in the area.

MoEF approves Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats

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.

Chandy seeks political consensus on Western Ghats report

Concerned over the difficulties that implementation of the Kasturirangan report on protection of the Western Ghats would pose to Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has called an all-party meet on 21 October to work out a political consensus on the issue.

Western Ghat report has imperialist mindset: Gadgil

Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has picked holes in former ISRO head K Kasturirangan's high-level working group (HLWG) report on the environmentally sensitive Western Ghats, saying it endorses "exploitation" of the region's natural resources.