Western Ghats Report

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  Tiger Population Dips In Western Ghats. Report Explains Why

  The tiger population has dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra Plains due to habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching over the years, according to a government report released on Sunday.

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  3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund

  India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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  Kerala Government Submits Its Views on Kasturirangan Report to Centre

  Kerala government today submitted a comprehensive report comprising its final views on the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats to the Centre.

• Western Ghats Conservation Issue to be Addressed Democratically: Government

  Amid controversy over two reports on Western Ghats, the government today said the issue of conserving the ecologically-sensitive hills in six states will be addressed in a democratic way.

• Government Junks Green Report on Western Ghats That Sought Ban on Mining

  The government today junked the report on Western Ghats by environmentalist Madhav Gadgil and said it instead prefers the Kasturirangan Committee's report.

• Western Ghats report: PM says farmers' interests will be protected

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the people of Kerala that the government would take a decision on the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Report on Western Ghats conservation keeping in view the development needs of the state.

• BJP asks Election Commission to implement code impartially in Kerala

  With the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghat conservation becoming a hot poll debate in the state, BJP Kerala unit has told the Election Commission that the Centre's move to issue a new notification on the report was to 'appease' a section of people in the state.

• Environment ministry accepts Kerala government's demands

  The union environment ministry on Tuesday accepted the Kerala government-appointed expert committee's recommendation to keep agricultural land, plantations and habitations out of ecologically sensitive areas identified by a high-level working group on Western Ghats but the Left opposition and the protesters demanded a notification.

• Kerala rules out compromise on Western Ghats report

  With the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation becoming a poll issue in the state, the Congress-led UDF government today demanded that the state's suggestions for changes in the report should be accepted by the Centre.

• Kerala: LDF leaders protest against Western Ghats report

  Thirteen MLAs belonging to CPI-M led LDF Opposition in Kerala today staged a sit-in in front of the Assembly complex.

• Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy raises concerns over Western Ghats panel report to PM

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the Kasturirangan report on conservation of Western Ghats.

• Kerala government submits memorandum on Western Ghats to Prime Minister

  Kerala today conveyed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh its apprehensions over the K Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats conservation and asked the Centre to correct flaws in identification of Ecologically Sensitive Areas through remote sensing method.

• Oommen Chandy to take up report on Western Ghats with Prime Minister

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he will take up the G.Kasturirangan committee report about the ecology of the Western Ghats with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who began a three-day visit to the state on Friday.

• Kerala shuts down, suffers Rs 900 crore loss

  A 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, brought Kerala to a grinding halt and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said it cost the state Rs.900 crore.

• Opposition strike over Western Ghats report hits normal life in Kerala

  Local resistance groups in upland areas, where thousands are settled for generations farming small pieces of lands, have extended support to the protest.