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• Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

  <p>The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard) launched on 05 August, 2020, establishes the first global standard on tailings management that can be applied to existing and future

  • 05/08/2020

  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • • Global
    • Industry
    • Environment
    • Mining
    • Environment Management

• Is Europe living within the limits of our planet?

  <p>This joint EEA-FOEN report explores two key questions related to Europe&rsquo;s long-term environmental and climate ambitions: how to define a &lsquo;safe operating space&rsquo; for Europe, and whether

  • 17/04/2020

  • European Environment Agency
  • • Europe
    • Environment
    • Environment Management

• Environmental challenges in the MENA region

  <p>This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region, published

  • 24/02/2020

  • UNEP
  • • Africa
    • Environment Management
    • Air Pollution
    • Biodiversity
    • Waste Management
    • Ecosystem
    • Turkey
    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
    • Urban Air Quality

• Nature risk rising: why the crisis engulfing nature matters for business and the economy

  <p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/library/large/2019-09-20/0.34570800_1568967269_gettyimages-964439682.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />The costs

  • 19/01/2020

  • World Economic Forum
  • • Environment
    • Economic Development
    • Environment Management
    • India
    • Global
    • Biodiversity

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental management of railway stations in India, 12/12/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saloni Singh &amp; Others Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 12/12/2019 regarding compliance of Plastic and Solid Waste Management Rules, preventing

  • 12/12/2019

  • • Rail Transport
    • India
    • Environment Management
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Waste Management
    • Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
    • Plastic
    • Solid Waste
    • Air Pollution
    • Water Pollution
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

• Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on assessment of environmental impact due to mining activities and its mitigation in Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries

  Six of the seven coal producing subsidiaries of the world's largest miner CIL did not devise a policy as mandated by the environment ministry, according to a CAG report tabled in Parliament. Coal India

  • 11/12/2019

  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  • • Mining
    • Coal India
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Environment Management
    • India
    • Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)

• Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Guru Ravidas temple in forest area of Delhi, 21/10/2019

  <p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Guru Ravidas Jainti Samaroh Samiti Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 21/10/2019 regarding Guru Ravidas temple in forest area of Delhi.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Guru-Ravidas-temple-forest-SC-Order_21-Oct-2019.pdf"

  • 21/10/2019

  • • Forests
    • Land Encroachments
    • Religious Places
    • Supreme Court
    • Delhi
    • Environment Management

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding appropriate enhancement of staff strength and infrastructure for the forest department, Delhi, 17/07/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aditya N. Prasad &amp; Others Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 17/07/2019 regarding appropriate enhancement of staff strength and infrastructure

  • 17/07/2019

  • • Forests
    • Delhi
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Environment Management
    • Forest Personnel

• Environmental and social management framework for ENCORE program, 2019

  ENCORE aims to strengthen integrated coastal zone management in all coastal States and Union Territories of India. The Project seeks to assist the Government of India (GoI) in enhancing coastal resource

  • 16/07/2019

  • Ministry of Environment
  • • Environment
    • Environment Management
    • Coastal Regulations
    • India

• Draft EIA report on Brahmapuram plant has several lapses

  Kochi: The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Brahmapuram would consume two million litres of water per day (2MLD) during the operational phase and generate 2,88,000 litres of blowdown waste water

  • 20/05/2019

  • Times Of India (Kochi)
  • • Kerala
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Environment Management
    • Air Pollution
    • Environment