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The Latest Breaking News from Western Ghats

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

The Hindu

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

The Hindu

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

The Hindu

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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

The Hindu

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…

The Times of India

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

The Hindu

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

The Hindu

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Rare dragonfly spotted in Kerala for the first time

Spiny Horntail discovered in Kottiyoor forests of Kannur

The Hindu

India’s newest recorded snail named after Western Ghats

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

The Hindu

Another bout of stir on the anvil in Idukki

SC declaring one km around protected forests as ESZ the trigger

The Hindu

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

The Hindu

Rare lance lacewing found in Western Ghats

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The Hindu

Goa: Work of clearing of Vagheri hill resumes

KERI: After a brief halt, work of clearing patches of private forest on the Vagheri hill has resumed. The activity is threatening the stability and ecology of the hill, which is part of the Western Ghats of Goa.

The Times of India

Invasive species threatens wildlife habitats of Western Ghats

Rapid, uncontrollable invasion is hitting the carrying capacity of forests to feed wildlife

The Hindu

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Butterfly tracking goes up a notch

Hundreds of Danaine butterflies tagged to track their migratory path towards Eastern Ghats

The Hindu

The long, green arm of the law

The judiciary has mostly been at the forefront of forest protection and conservation in the country. In line with this tradition, a Special Bench of the Madras High Court for Protection of Western Ghats Forests — Justices V. Bharathidasan and N. Sathishkumar — is helping the wheels of the government…

The Hindu

New gin berry species discovered in southern Western Ghats

Glycosmis albicarpa bears distinct large white fruit

The Hindu

Illegal sand mining continues in Shivamogga

Hosanagar taluk unit of Jan Sangrama Parishat complained Shivamogga district administration that illegal sand mining was been carried out at ecologically sensitive areas in the Western Ghats.

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HC summons Environment Secretary to explain steps taken to restore shola forests in TN

Wants to know progress made after 2015 court order to annihilate wattle and eucalyptus from Kodai, Palani, the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats

The Hindu

Vaiko lauds Stalin for stand on Neutrino Observatory

MDMK general secretary Vaiko has welcomed the Tamil Nadu government’s stand in the Supreme Court that it did not want the Indian Neutrino Observatory established in a sensitive ecological zone in the Western Ghats.

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu says ‘no’ in Supreme Court to neutrino observatory project

‘It will damage Western Ghats’

The Hindu

Isolated rain over south T.N., delta districts likely this week

Western Ghats may get light rain on February 12

The Times of India

Kerala: New gecko species named after PS Easa

KOCHI: “This one is special for me as we have named it after my mentor Dr PS Easa for his contributions towards wildlife research, conservation and management in the Western Ghats over the past four decades. Happy and proud to present Hemidactylus easai sp. nov,” posted herpetologist and photographer Sandeep…

The Hindu

Parts of south T.N., Western Ghats to receive light rain today

Chennai records highest rainfall for January in a decade

The Hindu

A birding enthusiast from Pollachi documents oriental dwarf kingfisher in Anamalai Hills

The oriental dwarf kingfisher is documented for the first time in Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats

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