December 21, 2024 3:09 am
He said that Gram Sabhas and locals should be part of the decision-making process regarding carrying out activities such as rock quarrying in ecologically sensitive areas in Western Ghats.
February 11, 2024 9:06 am
For better environmental reporting, Madhav Gadgil suggested journalists and environmentalists speak the truth depite pressure from political entities, owners of newspapers, and not to accept any unpalatable facts.
July 27, 2022 3:04 pm
Gadgil's comments follow those of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai, who also called the Kasturirangan report "unscientific" and said no notification on ecologically sensitive areas will be issued without a high-level panel assessing the recommendations.
October 19, 2021 5:59 pm
Gadgil, while blaming the ecologically damaging activities like stone quarrying for disasters happening in Western Ghats, dismissed the suggestion that the time is over for implementing the report to protect the hills.
January 09, 2014 3:32 pm
The report said the forest areas should be fenced to prevent the animals straying into farms
December 01, 2013 1:43 am
It is often said that environmental awareness is best instilled in ones formative years
October 18, 2013 1:44 am
Of the 14 Kerala districts,patches of land in 12 districts would come under the Western Ghats.
April 18, 2013 3:31 am
The new report has recommended a blanket ban on mining
October 13, 2012 3:40 am
Renowed ecology expert Madhav Gadgil who headed the Centre-appointed Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has drawn a comparison with the era of apartheid in South Africa with conservation efforts in India at present.
August 23, 2012 5:07 am
The development that is going on in the country is unsustainable and not in the interest of the industry itself, said renowned ecology expert Madhav Gadgil at the Idea Exchange organised by Loksatta of The Indian Express Group in Mumbai on Wednesday.



