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  • Away from home

    When the Tamil Nadu government started cracking the whip, trying to move fishing villages away from the coasts in accordance with the rules governing the coastal regulation zones (CRZ), they

  • Fisheries

    Fisheries

    <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Fisheries</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="Fisheries" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/srilanka/fisheries_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>As early as in the 1960s, South Indian fishermen were encouraged to use trawlers to increase fisheries exports. The use of trawlers have since boomed, resulting in the near complete extinction of fish in the Indian part of the sea. Due to the decline in catch in their own territorial zones, fishing boats from Tamil Nadu have for long coveted fishing zones in the Sri Lankan territorial waters.</p>

  • We fought, the government gave in

    We fought, the government gave in

    The Gandhian couple who fought against shrimp farms

  • Is India's Environment Safe?

    <div><span>Shri Jairam Ramesh, the Minister of State for Environment &amp; Forests should indeed be complimented for reviewing the clearances given for Vedanta (Bauxite Mining), POSCO (Steel Plant) and a few other projects. I welcome these decisions. They have certainly set a new trend in environment governance in the country. </span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div>

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