Road blocked, leachate in forest: #Bandhwari NOC may be revoked

Received Several Complaints About Waste, Leachate Spill, Says Wildlife Dept Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment
Varun Gulati🇮🇳 (Modi ka Parivar) rahul choudhary
Ruchika Sethi Sunil Harsana

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/g…

The article rightly questions the blind faith that a 'just transition' to renewables will be panacea for all the environmental problem facing us . There is a need to reduce consumption, focus on efficiency and demand side management. And yes, recognize the rights of nature...

World Bank India funds given to JK post 2014 Floods haven't been utilized properly & Flood Mitigation works are being questioned. Srinagar and others places get waterlogged in mild rainfall. This summer Kashmir may be Flooded again. My detailed piece
kashmirobserver.net/2024/05/01/kas…

आलोक जी, बहुत बधाई । ये पुरस्कार दर्शाता है कि आपकी मेहनत और लोगों का संघर्ष पूरी दुनिया के लिए कितने मायने रखता है । हसदेव आरण्य का संघर्ष वहां के लोगों के लिए जीने मरने का सवाल है ही, साथ ही विनाश पर सवाल उठाते पूरी दुनिया के लिए सही विकास कैसा हो इसकी एक मिसाल भी है। जिंदाबाद

Call for all nations, citizens and organizations to unite for a new model of development: Powerful acceptance speech by Alok Shuka.

He saved 657 sq miles of dense, biodiverse forest & dwellers frm going under, when he got state govt to cancel planned coal mining in ‘22. He managed it all through mass mobilisation of volunteers.
#SaveHasdeo

The challenge is the new govt

goldmanprize.org/recipient/alok…

Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment Thanks for your kind words. It is a recognition for the brave Adivasis of Hasdeo and everyone associated with the efforts and for everyone associated with the movement to #SaveHasdeo

Congratulations to all at Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan....your local struggle is now a source of inspiration globally.

Congratulations to Alok Shukla for the Goldman Prize . You are an inspiration for those struggling to protect forest and forest dwellers against the mindless destruction of nature. You are a tireless and bold crusader at a time when most are silent spectator..

Climate litigation has entered the room. But could great Indian bustards be inched out? Story on the SC's recent judgement recognising the right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change:
india.mongabay.com/2024/04/climat…

Yes, this is another step in recognizing the link between deforestation and climate change. The two recent judgment is likely to have a cascading impact on environmental litigation

🌏🌍🌎Let's Wrap Earth in Solutions, Not Plastic!💚

Join the Movement: Planet vs. Plastics! Take Action for a Plastic-Free Future & push for UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution, this Earth Day.

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EARTHDAY.ORG Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung UN Environment Programme #unwrapearth #EarthDay2024

The Supreme Court has once again underlined the need to protect forests & natural resources in times of climate change.
The moot point is why people & Govts are unable to understand the significance of wetlands, forests & other natural resources? Why they need #SC directives?

While SC hs expanded contours of env jurisprudence: frm oft-repeated polluter pay principle–precautionary principle–public trust doctrine to larger arena of climate justice, env inequity. However, in process, the protection SC gave earlier hs bn withdrawn. sandrp.in/2024/04/15/drp…

Yes. The Judgment should not be a carte blanche for renewables SANDRP

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