Bopaiah during the exchanges with the Media. Image: Youtube grab Virajpet MLA & Karnataka Assembly speaker, K.G.Bopaiah lost his cool with  the reporters who queried him about his opposition to the World Hertiage sites in Coorg. According to Deccan Herald; Bopaiah made his displeasure with UNESCO quite evident and shot back stating: “I will soon…

Karanataka Legislature passed a resolution opposing the World Heritage Tag for Western Ghats In for a rude shock after UNESCO declared that certain contagious places in Western Ghats(from Gujarat to Kerala) are World Heritage Site, the political representatives in Coorg have called a bandh on July 12th to oppose its inclusion of the chosen 4 nature reserves…

Jairam Ramesh with U.S. Ambassador Roemer at a function displaying artwork provided by the Ranthambore School of Art.Image: US Embassy, New Delhi. Coming down heavily on Karnataka Government’s request to the Center for deletion of the 10 identified sites in Western Ghats, that come under the State of Karnataka, the Union Minister for forest, Jairam…

Karnataka Forest Minister C.H. Vijayashankar (R) speaking to Media in Kodagu. File Photo. Reactions are pouring in towards Karantaka Government’s plan to reject the proposal to include Western Ghats as World Hertiage Site by UNESCO. The Forest Minister even refered to UNESCO as a “Foreign Agency” and compared it to East India Company. Netas hand in…

This monkey does not like it. Lion Tailed Macaque is one of endangered species found in Western Ghats. Image:By Kalyanvarma via Wikimedia Commons The State Govt has decided to reject the proposal of UNESCO to allow certain contagious areas in Western Ghats to be nominated as UNESCO World Heritage site.  The state govt is going…

The visit, of the CM, to Kodagu has raised the hopes of the residents. The Chief Minister, has promised to release the amount earmarked for the ‘General Thimmaiah Memorial’,  and I do hope, this will result in “Sunny Side” being converted into a Memorial worthy of the great man himself. The CM’s utterances on various…

India has submitted a proposal to UNESCO World Heritage Centre for inscription of 39 serial sites in Western Ghats on its World Heritage List, the Government said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. “These sites are in the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The Kass Plateau in Maharashtra is one among the 39…

The image of Kodagu, as a community which values its culture, heritage and forests, has unfortunately been severely dented by the utterings and actions of a section of people from Kodagu. Coffeeland News investigated the allegations of this isolated group and has come to the following conclusions; It is therefore necessary to place all facts…

Environmentalists from different organisations have come together on a common forum to clear the air on UNESCO World Heritage Site after the fiasco during the visit of the IUCN officials. They have addressed the following points contrary to what certain political and non-political  organisations opposed to the UNESCO world heritage site feel about the proposal; Only…