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. Read More

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 from Coorg. Read More

Jairam Ramesh with U.S. Ambassador Roemer at a function displaying artwork provided by
the Ranthambore School of Art.Image: US Embassy, New Delhi. Read More

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. Read More

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 to write to the center refusing UNESCO the permission for the same. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More