News

  1. Encroachment of forests will ruin Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/457775/encroachment-forests-ruin-western-ghats.html

  2. Climate change: Crisis is here & now (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Climate-change-Crisis-is-here-now/articleshow/48476412.cms
  3. ‘No ECs for projects in Western Ghats’ (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/No-ECs-for-projects-in-Western-Ghats/articleshow/50082831.cms
  4. Damage to Western Ghats will lead to natural disaster: Poojary (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Damage-to-Western-Ghats-will-lead-to-natural-disasterPoojary/articleshow/50056262.cms
  5. Water ATMs for tourists to check plastic waste in Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/Water-ATMs-for-tourists-to-check-plastic-waste-in-Western-Ghats/articleshow/50004303.cms
  6. Mountain topography affects Monsoon in Western Ghat states: Study (PDF)
    http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/mountain-topography-affects-monsoon-in-western-ghat-states-study-719172.html
  7. Fragile Western Ghats paying price of development (PDF)
    http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-fragile-western-ghats-paying-price-of-development-2160013
  8. Yettinahole project: Activists to meet Regional Empowered Committee team (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Yettinahole-project-Activists-to-meet-Regional-EmpoweredCommittee-team/articleshow/50271459.cms
  9. Gadgil takes his Western Ghats crusade to Wikipedia (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/gadgil-takes-his-western-ghats-crusade-to-wikipedia/article8013203.ece
  10. Yettinahole anti-people project: Nethravathi conservation forum (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/517726/yettinahole-anti-people-project-nethravathi.html
  11. Green cover battling for survival in Karnataka (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/green-cover-battling-for-survival-in-karnataka/article7967685.ece
  12. ‘Yettinahole project will lead to destruction of ecosystem’ (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/yettinahole-project-will-lead-to-destruction-of-ecosystem/article7911029.ece?css=print
  13. Maharashtra proposes drastic reduction in ecologically sensitive area of Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-proposes-drastic-reduction-in-ecologically-sensitive-area-of-western-ghats-2142191
  14. IISc Students Campaign for Western Ghat (PDF)
    http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/IISc-Students-Campaign-for-Western-Ghats/2015/10/19/article3087362.ece
  15. Online campaign to save Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/506294/online-campaign-save-western-ghats.html
  16. Butterfly survey spots 206 species in Munnar (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/butterfly-survey-spots-206-species-in-munnar/article7704610.ece
  17. Conserve bio-diversity of Western Ghats, says expert (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/conserve-biodiversity-of-western-ghats-says-expert/article7782449.ece
  18. Sattari gets a glimpse of endemic butterflies (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sattari-gets-a-glimpse-of-endemic-butterflies/articleshow/49130607.cms
  19. Social assessment survey of the project is irrelevant: Association (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/502498/social-assessment-survey-project-irrelevant.html
  20. Government decides SIA on Yettinahole project, but Activists demand EIA (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Government-decides-SIA-on-Yettinahole-project-but-Activists-demand-EIA/articleshow/49049104.cms
  21. 56,827 sq km of W Ghats across 6 states eco-sensitive (PDF)
    http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=56827-sq-km-of-W-Ghats-across-6-14092015010021
  22. Government issues fresh notification to declare ESZ in Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-09-09/news/66363740_1_ecologically-sensitive-area-notification-western-ghats
  23. 4 states yet to submit report on Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/497109/4-states-yet-submit-report.html
  24. Supreme Court panel says no to mega rail link through Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/supreme-court-panel-says-no-to-mega-rail-link-through-western-ghats/
  25. Special law sought to save Western Ghats in State (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/special-law-sought-to-save-western-ghats-in-state/article7520473.ece
  26. Karnataka to get institute on conservation of Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/karnataka-to-get-institute-on-conservation-of-western-ghats/article7505048.ece
  27. Forests vs. people conflict emerges at Western Ghats review meeting (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forests-vs-people-conflict-emerges-at-w-ghats-review-meeting/article7499152.ece
  28. MPs assured pro-people approach to handle issue of 'ecologically sensitive area' in Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/the-good-earth/MPs-assured-pro-people-approach-to-handle-issue-of-ecologically-sensitive-area-in-Western-Ghats/articleshow/48332497.cms
  29. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar to meet MPs to decide fate of Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-07-31/news/65074135_1_western-ghats-prakash-javadekar-kasturirangan-report
  30. Activists denounce Western Ghats decision (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Activists-denounce-Western-Ghats-decision/articleshow/49695763.cms
  31. ‘Cut Western Ghats eco zone to 1/3rd of area in draft’ (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Cut-Western-Ghats-eco-zone-to-1/3rd-of-area-in-draft/articleshow/49665967.cms
  32. Western Ghats threatened by 'drinking water' project (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Western-Ghats-threatened-by-drinking-water-project/articleshow/22521044.cms
  33. Use existing laws to protect Western Ghats: Environmentalists (PDF)
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Use-existing-laws-to-protect-Western-Ghats-Environmentalists/articleshow/36975586.cms
  34. WONDERS OF THE WESTERN GHATS - Wildlife corridors need protection (PDF)
    http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31814&articlexml=WONDERS-OF-THE-WESTERN-GHATS-Wildlife-corridors-need-05102015002076&Mode=1
  35. Importance of preserving Karnataka's Western Ghats, tigers (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/474687/importance-preserving-karnatakas-western-ghats.html
  36. 'Large projects at Western Ghats causing tremors' (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/463100/large-projects-western-ghats-causing.html
  37. Western Ghats helped evolution of two birds (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/484965/western-ghats-helped-evolution-two.html
  38. Bat tales from Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/499643/bat-tales-western-ghats.html
  39. Reduced rains in Western Ghats may affect water supply in cities (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/397261/reduced-rains-western-ghats-may.html
  40. Yettinahole diversion Project (literally) holds no water (PDF)
    https://sandrp.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/yettinahole-diversion-project-literally-holds-no-water/
  41. Task force favours policy to ban mining in Western Ghats (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/295312/task-force-favours-policy-ban.html
  42. Monsoon intensifies in Western Ghats, coast (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/488227/monsoon-intensifies-western-ghats-coast.html
  43. W Ghats influences Karnataka rain: IISc study (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/441640/w-ghats-influences-karnataka-rain.html
  44. State facing rainfall deficit (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/490118/state-facing-rainfall-deficit.html
  45. Intermittent rains continue to lash Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada (PDF)
    http://www.deccanherald.com/content/484210/intermittent-rains-continue-lash-dakshina.html
  46. Why Western Ghats in Karnataka receive more monsoon rainfall (PDF)
    http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/why-western-ghats-of-karnataka-receive-more-monsoon-rainfall/article6547732.ece
  47. Why India must protect the Western Ghats from getting lost (PDF)
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/why-india-must-protect-the-western-ghats-from-getting-lost/story-gvb5C0b1PJAZlw211YUxOM.html