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Environment Support Group (ESG) has been awarded the 2012 UN-Water "Water for Life" Best Practices Award in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome on 22 March 2012, World Water Day.Read more.lakes
Karnataka must not abandon statutory duty to prosecute Monsanto/Mahyco and their collaborators for engaging in biopiracy. Join online petition.Read more.campaigns, biodiversity, brinjal
A comprehensive critique of the BRAI Bill, 2011: “Creating an Undemocratic and Unaccountable Biotechnology Regulator: A critique of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2011, with particular emphasis on environmental laws”Read more.biodiversity
In an unprecedented, though much delayed, decision, the National Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA) has decided to initiate legal action against M/s Mahyco/Monsanto and their collaborators for accessing and using local brinjal varieties in developRead more.brinjal
Justice N. K. Patil heading a Committee appointed by the Karnataka High Court, strongly recommends against privatisation of lakes and water bodies in response to ESG's PIL.Read more.lakes
ESG has produced a comprehensive critique of the weak review of the environmental and social impacts of the POSCO project, and how this has resulted in making project affected communities into a 'rightless people'.Read more.reports, POSCO
In an unprecedented decision, High Court of Karnataka accepts report of its committee headed by Justice Mr. N. K. Patil to protect Bangalore's highly polluted and encroached lakes.Read more.campaigns, lakes, resources
Akshay Kumar, a 15 year old boy, died of dengue this morning at Mavallipura, 20 kms north of Bangalore. Reckless garbage dumping at Mavallipura has made it a fertile habitat for mosquitoes, resulting in widespread dengue and chikungunya.Read more.mavallipura
