Ayaskant Das, TNN
NOIDA: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has set February 15 as the last date for state governments to submit site-specific proposals for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and sanctuaries. As a result, the Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department has begun work on formulating the list of prohibited, restricted, regulated and permitted activities within different zonal radii of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
The bird sanctuary was notified by the UP government in 1990 under the Wildlife Protection Act. In February 2011, the MoEF had issued guidelines for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and sanctuaries across the country. February 15 has now been set as the deadline for state governments to submit site-specific proposals.
The district monitoring committee for the bird sanctuary has formulated a set of proposals and the draft will soon be sent to the chief wildlife warden of Uttar Pradesh for approval.
Forest department officials said that the list is being worked out by studying gazette notifications of various eco-sensitive zones declared by the MoEF in different parts of the country.
According to department officials, mining activities, as per Supreme Court directives, is completely prohibited within a one-km radius of the protected sanctuary.
"The list will enumerate different activities that would either be permitted or regulated within different radii from the protected sanctuary based upon feasibility and practical considerations," said a Gautam Budh Nagar forest department official.
Officials informed that a special monitoring committee will be set up after notification of the eco-sensitive zone which will have powers to grant approval for different activities within their respective designated radii. "A map is being worked out to outline the regions demarcated for different categories of activities. The boundary descriptions for various categories of activities will also form part of this map," added the official.
As per officials, the proposals will have to go through several stages before a formal notification is issued by the MoEF. The conservator of forests of Meerut region will send the proposals to the chief wildlife warden, who after proper study will send it to the state government.
"The state government will send the proposal to the union forests ministry after adding its own recommendations. The ministry will also invite objections and suggestions from the general public before issuing the final notification," said the official.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Forest-department-to-decide-activities-around-Okhla-bird-sanctuary/articleshow/18081267.cms
NOIDA: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has set February 15 as the last date for state governments to submit site-specific proposals for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and sanctuaries. As a result, the Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department has begun work on formulating the list of prohibited, restricted, regulated and permitted activities within different zonal radii of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
The bird sanctuary was notified by the UP government in 1990 under the Wildlife Protection Act. In February 2011, the MoEF had issued guidelines for declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and sanctuaries across the country. February 15 has now been set as the deadline for state governments to submit site-specific proposals.
The district monitoring committee for the bird sanctuary has formulated a set of proposals and the draft will soon be sent to the chief wildlife warden of Uttar Pradesh for approval.
Forest department officials said that the list is being worked out by studying gazette notifications of various eco-sensitive zones declared by the MoEF in different parts of the country.
According to department officials, mining activities, as per Supreme Court directives, is completely prohibited within a one-km radius of the protected sanctuary.
"The list will enumerate different activities that would either be permitted or regulated within different radii from the protected sanctuary based upon feasibility and practical considerations," said a Gautam Budh Nagar forest department official.
Officials informed that a special monitoring committee will be set up after notification of the eco-sensitive zone which will have powers to grant approval for different activities within their respective designated radii. "A map is being worked out to outline the regions demarcated for different categories of activities. The boundary descriptions for various categories of activities will also form part of this map," added the official.
As per officials, the proposals will have to go through several stages before a formal notification is issued by the MoEF. The conservator of forests of Meerut region will send the proposals to the chief wildlife warden, who after proper study will send it to the state government.
"The state government will send the proposal to the union forests ministry after adding its own recommendations. The ministry will also invite objections and suggestions from the general public before issuing the final notification," said the official.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Forest-department-to-decide-activities-around-Okhla-bird-sanctuary/articleshow/18081267.cms
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