December 10, 2014 in a setback for the kodagu politicians who had started a disinformation campaign against the kasturirangan committee report on conserving the western ghats, a statelevel expert committee which visited kodagu recently to gather opinion on the report, has sought three months time from the government to enable the. Down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report, kasturirangan report sought to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive areas esas. The planning commission should create a special western ghats. Gadgil report and kasturirangan report on western ghats. Madhav gadgil, chairman of the western ghats ecology expert panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the kasturirangan report. Kasturirangan said 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. Kasturirangan committee report and consequently, not covered by the draft notification should still be. How much does the kasturirangan committee understand about. With the kasturirangan report on western ghats conservation becoming a poll issue in the state, the congressled udf government today demanded that the. December 10, 2014 in a setback for the kodagu politicians who had started a disinformation campaign against the kasturirangan committee report on conserving the western ghats, a statelevel expert committee which visited kodagu recently to gather opinion on the report, has sought three months time from the. Madhav gadgil is in the agharkar research institute, g. The panel,headed by dr oommen v oommen,chairman of kerala s biodiversity board,was asked to study the madhav gadgil and kasturirangan reports on western ghats. Full text of dr kasturirangan committee report on bbmp see other formats. Mar 17, 2014 this implies that according to kasturirangan committee, around 37.
Recently, the term of k kasturirangan committee was ext gktoday. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf download. Make recommendations for the conservation, protection and rejuvenation of the western ghats region following a comprehensive consultation. Govt said to have decided to turn 60,000 square kilometres of. The recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental, said v. The western ghats ecology expert panel report and subsequent heritage tag accorded by unesco has. Madhav gadgil panel and kasturirangan panel for protection. Pdf the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep of the ministry of environment and. The kerala government has submitted to the centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas esas in the western ghats in. Kasturirangan report is antienvironmental the hindu. Madhav gadgil flays kasturirangan committee report on western ghats the new indian express the gadgil panel had recommended a blanket approach consisting of guidelines for sectorwise activities, which could be permitted in the ecologically sensitive zones. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturirangan led 10member highlevel working group and decides to declare the ecologically sensitive area esa over 37% of the western ghats under the environment protection act, 1986. High level working group hlwg report on western ghats kasturirangan committee report hlwg report volume i, pp.
Nov 04, 20 assessment of climate change impacts, and vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, requires a wide range of physical, biological and socio economic models, methods, tools and data. Western ghats ecology expert panel arvind gupta toys. Western ghats key geographical and environmental facts. The union government had sought the views of states where the western ghats are locatedgujarat, maharashtra, goa, karnataka, kerala, and tamil naduon the esas for issuing the final notification based on the report of the kasturirangan committee, set up to suggest measures to conserve and protect the ecology of the hill range. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on western. Kasturirangan report on western ghats replaced the propeople and.
Nov 24, 2014 kasturirangan committee report recommendations instead of the total area of western ghats, only 37% i. Will it be a disaster for the western ghats if the kasturirangan committee report is. Environment ministry accepts kasturirangan report on western ghats. To assess the current status of ecology of the western ghats region. It chose to notify the kasturirangan report and ignored the report by western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep, led by madhav gadgil, says the mla. Assessment of climate change impacts, and vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, requires a wide range of physical, biological and socio economic models, methods, tools and data. Pdf mapping ecologically sensitive, significant and salient areas. Download kasturirangan malayalam report kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 1 kasturirangan report malayalam pdf part 2. Green politics and greener pastures oddeven formula. Is kasturirangans report a diluted version of gadgil report. The kerala government has submitted to the centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas esas in the western ghats in the state, chief minister pinarayi vijayan told the state assembly today. Kasturirangan committee report on recommendations of the western ghats ecology experts panel wgeep. Jan 03, 2016 down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report, kasturirangan report sought to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive areas esas. Report of the western ghats ecology expert panel part ii.
Report of the western ghats, ecology expert panel pdf. Xiixxiii out of the estimated 164,280 km2 of the westernghats area, the natural landscape constitutes only 41 per cent. Madhav gadgil panel and kasturirangan panel for protection of. Jun 25, 2018 the kerala government has submitted to the centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas esas in the western ghats in the state, chief minister pinarayi. The applicant continued to persist with the prayer that the areas of western ghats, which were not included in the dr. Vijayaraghavan committee report, honble supreme courts directions, recommendations of the national board for wildlife, and consult all the concerned states.
Download, read this report along with related documents, studies and more. He is presently chancellor of central university of rajasthan 2 and niit university. Explore kasturirangan committee profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of kasturirangan. Kasturirangan report on western ghats has made several profarmer recommendations, including the exclusion of inhabited regions and plantations from the purview of ecologically sensitive areas esas. The committee recommends that implementation of the recommendations of the kasturirangan report is only possible with the active support of the local population. Oct 26, 2016 the kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. The central government on thursday came out with an order on the g. Complete ban on mining, quarrying and sand mining in esa. This entry was posted in biodiversity, committee, convention on biological diversity, ecology, environment, environmental exploitation, government of india, karnataka, karnataka biodiversity board, karnataka government, ngos, protetction of flora and fauna, rural livelihoods, sustainable resource utilization, task force, western ghats by. The kasturirangan commission has sought to balance the two concerns of development and environment protection, by watering down the environmental regulation regime proposed by the western ghats ecology experts panels gadgil report in 2012. Western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep in march 2010, in order. The committee on government assurances in the rajya sabha has urged the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to constitute a committee to. This article provides a report on the outcome of a series of discussions and. Pdf kasturirangan reportwestern ghat conservation bill priju.
In may 2014 national democratic alliance nda came to power and stated that it would take the recommendations of the kasturirangan committee over madhav. Concerned over the difficulties that implementation of the kasturirangan report on protection of the western ghats would pose to kerala, chief minister oommen chandy. Gadgil slams kasturirangan report on western ghats the hindu. With the kasturirangan report on western ghats conservation becoming a poll issue in the state, the congressled udf government today demanded that the states suggestions for changes in the. Western ghats region to create a vibrant economy, while preserving, conserving and rejuvenating the ecology. Gadgils western ghats western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. Report of the western ghats ecology expert panel part ii submitted to the ministry of environment and forests, government of india 31 august 2011. This committee said that economic options businesses and livelihood should not be forbade i. Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep said recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental. Kerala to form new panel to study kasturirangan report on. Western ghats ecology issues to be based on kasturirangan. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss by. Kasturirangan panel report on western ghats, discuss.
Apr 24, 20 excerpts from hlwg and wgeep report on western ghats. Nov 15, 20 the central government on thursday came out with an order on the g. May 28, 2016 madhav gadgil, chairman of the western ghats ecology expert panel, has rolled up his sleeves and slammed the kasturirangan report. Concerned over the difficulties that implementation of the kasturirangan report on protection of the western ghats would pose to. Insensitivity towards the ecology of the western ghats has made the goa, gujarat, maharashtra, kerala, tamil nadu and karnataka vulnerable to floods and landslides. India merges native forests and plantations puyravaud et al.
Issues related to the conservation of the region, overview of gadil and kasturirangan committee reports. The kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive area esa zones down from the 64% suggested by the gadgil report. Explore kasturirangan committee profile at times of india for. Latest and breaking news on kasturirangan committee. The recommendations report intended to be a starting point in a long and what could be an eventful odyssey to understand the manenvironmental relations through the eyes of western ghats which in the view of its creator can be a gift or a curse depending on how we judge and act was given a goahead by goi but has met with widespread. List of villages in esa of the western ghats 307 polygons did not have an entry in the name field in the survey of india layer. The kasturirangan report had said 123 villages fall under the esa purview. May 26, 2016 the recommendations of the kasturirangan report are undemocratic and antienvironmental, said v. Report of the high level working group on western ghats. Both committees were formed during the time of united progressive alliance upa government.
The panel,headed by dr oommen v oommen,chairman of kerala s biodiversity board,was asked to study the madhav gadgil and kasturirangan reports on western ghats in the wake of widespread protest from the public. Kerala chief minister pinarayi vijayan file photo the kerala government has written to the centre to exclude 886. Oct 09, 2014 this entry was posted in biodiversity, committee, convention on biological diversity, ecology, environment, environmental exploitation, government of india, karnataka, karnataka biodiversity board, karnataka government, ngos, protetction of flora and fauna, rural livelihoods, sustainable resource utilization, task force, western ghats by. To draft new education policy recently, the union human resource development ministry has extended the term of k. Kerala to approach centre on kasturirangan report india. The kasturirangan report is a disaster for the western ghats. Kerala submits revised recommendations on business standard. The much awaited crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled. Kasturirangan report blogs, comments and archive news on. Around 60,000 sq km of western ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a nogo area for commercial activities, kasturirangan panel has. This kasturirangan committee was set up to study the gadgil committee report on the western ghats. Madhav gadgil panel wgeep western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep headed by madhav gadgil was formed by moef in 2010 to study the impact of population pressure, climate change and development activities on the western ghats. The panel was asked to perform the following functions. According to him, the kasturirangan report is a highly diluted report and kerala does not want even this report which recommends conservation of about 37 per cent of the western ghats, he says.
The ministry of environment and forests, government of. Krishnaswamy kasturirangan born 24 october 1940 is an indian space scientist who headed the indian space research organisation isro from 1994 to 2003. A look at some of the main recommendations of the gadgil report, how these were substantially relaxed by a subsequent committee led by space scientist k kasturirangan, and whether implementation of the first report would have made any difference to the kerala crisis. The gadgil panel went by forest types above a certain altitude and defined the western ghats landscape across 1,29,037 sq km. Kasturirangan committee report on western ghats pdf. Kasturirangan committee to draft a new education policy till august 31. Kerala submits revised recommendations on kasturirangan report. Kasturirangan, a pioneer in the field of space research. Environment ministry accepts this crucial report on western ghats prepared by k kasturiranganled 10member highlevel working group and decides to declare the ecologically sensitive area esa over 37% of the western ghats under the environment protection act, 1986. Kasturirangan committee report recommendations instead of the total area of western ghats, only 37% i. Principally, the studies on impact of climate change on western ghats have been undertaken on forests and crops grown in the region. There are unjustified human interventions in natural. Kasturirangan report latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times.
This comes two days after the tribunal had warned of strict action if clarity was not provided on the issue. Gadgil report marked out 60 percent of the western ghats as the highestpriority ecologically sensitive zone esz 1. The report by the kasturirangan panel had said that 37% of the total area of the western ghats is ecologically sensitive, covering about 60,000 sq. As a part of the governance of western ghats ecology, the working group also recommended to moef for setting up of a decision support and monitoring centre for western ghats. The kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the western ghats under the ecologically sensitive area esa zones down. Vijayan, member of the western ghats ecology expert panel wgeep.
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