BANGALORE: The state government has decided to withdraw the right to use of Jamma Bane land which is a part of the evergreen forests in Kodagu district, after paying compensation to the land users ...

A mini hydel project across River Kumaradhara which was constructed and commissioned in 2014 in pristine forest lands of Kodagu district has now got the green signal. BENGALURU: A mini hydel ...

At 7 AM, we set out on a walk through Makkandur Forest in Madikeri, Coorg. Mist-covered hills and sprawling coffee ...

Evergreen forests also include the high-altitude shola forests along with grasslands. Biodiversity, carbon sequestration and water regulation are the key ecosystem services from the Kodagu landscape.

Hydel project The report claims that officials had clandestinely allowed Kodagu Hydel Project Pvt Ltd to store equipment on two acres of what was virgin evergreen forest land near Kumarahalli ...

wet evergreen forests of mid-elevation Western Ghats. This suggests a high degree of habitat specialisation,” NCBS said. Kodagu, where it was found, lies in the biodiversity hotspot of Western ...

Kodagu district in Karnataka ... It is characterised by dense tropical evergreen forests that have largely remained untouched. The perpetrators have burnt the felled trees, increasing the risk ...

The widespread encroachment on forest land in the Western Ghats, threatens the fragile ecosystems. The Kodagu division of the forest department has registered over 3,000 cases of encroachment ...

It was a cloudy Saturday evening at Athivana estate in Srimangala in Kodagu, Karnataka. The forest department’s Rapid Response Team was ready to chase three elephant cows that had entered the ...