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Training programme on Environmental Audit

Date: November 12 to 13, 2016, Goa Centre for Science and Environment is organizing a two days training programme in collaboration with Goa State Pollution Control Board on Environmental Audit. The programme is scheduled between November 12th to 13th, 2016 and the venue is Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, Goa.

Green rupee in a mess

The rupee has crashed, growth is down and there is panic that the India story may be over or, at least, seriously dented. For most commentators, the underlying reason for the decline is green regulations. They think environmentalists are squarely to blame.

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Irongate opened

  Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

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Mining in Goa

Mining in Goa is mostly concentrated in four talukas namely, Bicholim in North Goa district and Salcete, Sanguem and Quepem in South Goa district. Some 400 mining leases had been granted in Goa till 2002-03, covering approximately 30,325 ha -- this works out to almost eight per cent of the total geographical of the state.