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Shola forests in Sakleshpur, a biodiversity hotspot, face threat as Government departments bicker over its status

The 7,938-acre shola forest that is part of the Western Ghats, recognised as one of the biological hotspots in the world and notified as an ecologically sensitive area by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, has now become a bone of contention between the Forest Department and the Revenue Department.

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A break in the Western Ghats

The Palghat Gap is a corridor for both roads and railways that connect Coimbatore with Palakkad.

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Red-flagged 11 times over green concerns, but Karnataka rail project proposal may get bigger

Rejected at least 10 times by statutory bodies, the mega Hubballi-Ankola rail project has now ostensibly met the same fate at the hands of a seven-member inspection committee of the National Board for Wildlife.

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Event showcasing crop diversity of Western Ghats

22 traditional rice varieties of Wayanad are being exhibited

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These tourists like to gaze at the sky

Western Ghats in Karnataka and the Himalayan range are the favourite spots of stargazers

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Activists slam politicians’ opposition to Western Ghats ESA draft notification

Environmentalists say misinformation being spread to create sense of fear among them people living in eco-sensitive areas

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Video | Road trip in rains in Western Ghats in Karnataka

A road trip is fun, but a road trip in rains is magical

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Western Ghats throw up 3 new ant species

The additions were discovered during explorations to the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Ponmudi Hills, and Bonacaud

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Kerala’s damselfly checklist gets a new member

Anamalai Reed-tail first spotted at Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary

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Explained | The draft notification of ESA in Western Ghats and Karnataka’s stiff resistance to it

The Kasturirangan Committee was tasked with suggesting a holistic approach for sustainable and equitable development and conservation of ecology in the Western Ghats. Why has the state government been in loggerheads with it for 10 years?

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Centre will not implement draft notification of ESA in Western Ghats till it gets panel report: CM

The Centre has informed a delegation from Karnataka that the draft notification of Ecologically Sensitive Areas in Western Ghats will not be implemented till the report from a high-level committee headed by retired IFS officer Sanjay Kumar is received on the issue.

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ESA: Growers’ federation calls for series of bandhs from Wednesday

There are apprehensions in villages about implications of the draft notification

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CM in Delhi next week to discuss ESA in Western Ghats

Bommai will attend oath taking ceremony of new President on Monday

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Scattered rainfall to cover more places in Tamil Nadu this week

Eight more interior districts are likely to join those along the Western Ghats that have been experiencing a steady heavy rain spell

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Greens flay government’s stance on ESA in Western Ghats

ESA will serve to protect area of rivers, argue environmentalists, stating that people are being misled about its implications

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Western Ghats ESA: Karnataka legislators to take up legal fight against Centre’s notification

MLAs and MPs led by CM to meet Union Minister for Environment and Forests to discuss the politically sensitive issue

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Decoding the intriguing weather phenomenon of Kinathukadavu near Coimbatore

It often rains in the small town since it lies right in front of the Palghat Pass of the Western Ghats

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A home to rich and diverse butterfly population

The State has 328 species and the status of 322 of them has been revalidated; it boasts 95% of the 346 species that inhabit the Western Ghats

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Karnataka: Public works minister rules out closure of Shiradi Ghat Road

MYSURU: Excessive rain in the Old Mysore and coastal region of the state has left roads inundated, triggered landslides and farms flooded. Although commute on many roads in the Western Ghats is proving slightly treacherous owing to the inclement weather, public works minister CC Patil on Monday ruled out closure…

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Centre reissues draft notification on Western Ghats eco sensitive area

Centre has notified 46,832 sq. km spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu; of this, 20,668 sq. km is in Karnataka

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Tremors felt in Dakshina Kannada’s Sullia taluk

The area falls beneath the Kodagu region on the foothills of the Western Ghats that had witnessed massive landslides and changes in the river course several years ago

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Rare dragonfly spotted in Kerala for the first time

Spiny Horntail discovered in Kottiyoor forests of Kannur

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India’s newest recorded snail named after Western Ghats

The Haploptychius sahyadriensis is endemic to the Vishalgad Conservation Reserve in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district

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Another bout of stir on the anvil in Idukki

SC declaring one km around protected forests as ESZ the trigger

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Nature guides introduce the flora and fauna of the Western and Eastern Ghats to trekkers and visitors

A surge in monsoon travel, fuelled by Indians focussing on the great outdoors this year, has fuelled a rise in imaginative treks, where guides teach you everything from photographing amphibians to counting stars

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