Environment News India 24 August

National Tiger Conservation Authority directs NHAI to obtain wildlife clearance for highway development

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) Monday directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to seek wildlife clearance for the upgradation of the National Highway 748AA which passes through protected areas in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa.

The direction comes in the wake of a representation filed by wildlife conservationist Giridhar Kulkarni, who raised alarm about the consequences the project will have on ecology.

Kulkarni also highlighted that one of the important powers and functions of the NTCA is to ensure that the tiger reserves and areas linking one protected area or tiger reserve with another protected area or tiger reserve are not diverted for ecologically unsustainable uses.

Major impacts of linear intrusions like highways in forest and wildlife areas are wildlife deaths due to vehicular collisions, habitat loss and degradation, habitat fragmentation, disruption of wildlife corridors, disturbance during construction and maintenance, increased use of forest areas for illegal activities such as timber smuggling, hunting, illegal transport of livestock and sand mining etc.

?? The Indian Express

UK Government launches Climate Education programme in Jharkhand

The UK Government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Jharkhand to create a new scholarship programme for marginalized and under-represented communities from the state.

British High Commissioner Alexander in Jharkhand

According to the officials from UK High Commission, Chevening Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda (MGJSM) Scholarship will offer up to five scholars from Jharkhand full financial support to pursue a one-year master’s in the UK. The Chevening MGJSM Scholarships will be offered annually from 2023.

The MoU was signed in Ranchi by Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India, in the presence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, during a two-day visit to the state.

The UK also launched the Jharkhand module of the Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool. The CRISP-M tool is a web and mobile phone based geographic information system that will support the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme.

?? Financial Express

Goa govt, Sadhguru’s Isha Outreach sign MoU on soil conservation

The Goa government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Isha Outreach of spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on soil conservation in the coastal state.

Sadhguru and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant exchanged the MoU papers at an event held at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium near here.

?? The Print

RSS Begins Campaign 'Sumangalam' to Tackle Climate Change; Union Ministers to Participate in Mega Event

Amid increased pollution and warnings issued at international levels to save the environment, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have begun a campaign and formed a separate department for environmental conservation.

For a wider impact in India and across the globe, RSS-affiliated organisations working in the field of environment, as well as concerned government ministries, are participating in the campaign.

“Five central ministers of the government will be directly involved in this campaign. We will run this campaign in coordination with the central government and the focus will be on connecting the common people along with the volunteers, farmers, and students who will also be trained for this campaign," an RSS functionary said.

?? News18

Wild elephant falls into septic tank, dies: Kerala

A wild elephant has died after allegedly falling into a septic tank in the backyard of an uninhabited house near a forest area in this district, forest officials said on Tuesday. The incident was reported from Vellikulangara forest range.

A forest officer said the young tuskless male elephant, which strayed into the area inhabited by humans by demolishing the solar fencing, was found dead with its face falling first into the septic tank.

?? Oneindia

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