Today's Top Environment News Alertenvironmentindia (46)in India Speaks • last year (edited)◆ Tree felling in the Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) extension coal mines in Hasdeo forest region of north Chhattisgarh began on Thursday under police protection, triggering protests by tribals and activists. ◆ Though Kuno National Park (KNP) has started releasing the imported cheetahs into wild after keeping them into captivity for more than four months, another issue of herbivore population put the officials on toes. ◆ The Mumbai DRI has intercepted an international wildlife smuggling syndicate, apprehending an operative attempting to smuggle 11 foreign-origin snakes. ◆ The wildlife watchers of Kashmir are drawing some disturbing parallels between the Project Hangul and the Project Tiger. Despite launched concurrently, the one meant for the conservation of the regional animal—Hangul—never reached its logical conclusion. ◆ Voicing its concerns over the RMB’s approval of several construction activities in the forest area, the Delhi High Court said that trees and shrubs on the side of the roads do not qualify as forest or green cover, and saving the Ridge was important. ◆ The lion safari park got a nod from Central Zoo Authority (CZA) on Friday. With this, it will be the third of its kind park in Gujarat, after Devaliya in Junagadh and Ambardi in Amreli districts. 🌱🌏🌱 #environmentind #india #news #newsalert #wildlife #forest #ecology
