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. New Delhi None of the six states ...

Tamil Nadu witnessed large-scale migration of butterflies belonging to the Danainae sub-family from the Eastern Ghats and plains towards the Western Ghats during September, as against the below ...

India, a land of diverse landscapes, is bordered by several mountain ranges. Among these, the Western Ghats form the southern boundary of India. This range stretches over 1,600 kilometers along the ...

Historically, state governments have been poor environmental regulators, and the argument is that the central government, as ...

With the fragile ecology of the Western Ghats in mind, a Union Environment Ministry expert panel has decided that it will not grant final clearances to pumped hydropower projects proposed in the ...

In 2012, part of the Western Ghats located in Karnataka—from Dandeli in the north to Mangaluru in the south, and from the edge of the western coastline to as far as Coorg—was declared a UNESCO World ...

The Western Ghats Lit Fest by The Verandah Club, a premier literary event in South India, returns for its third edition on 19th and 20 th October 2024. Building on the success of its previous editions ...

"The EAC reviewed the Terms of Reference recommended to the PSPs proposed to be located in Western Ghats... Given the region's high environmental sensitivity, the EAC, in previous meetings ...

In a Cabinet decision on September 27, the Karnataka government rejected the report on the Western Ghats prepared by a 10-member High-Level Working Group led by space scientist K. Kasturirangan. Since ...

The society observed that the large-scale movement could be attributed to good rainfall during the southwest monsoon season that just concluded in Yercaud Hills of the Eastern Ghats. COIMBATORE ...

The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity in the world, is home to some of the rarest plants and animal species.

The Karnataka government has rejected the Kasturirangan committee report on the protection of the fragile Western Ghats region from environmental degradation despite stating in recent months that the ...