Compliance report by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savakshan Sangharsh Samitee Vs Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated June 12, 2023. The GCZMA report was in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order, May 12, 2023, whereby GCZMA was directed …
Increasing poaching of turtles along Konkan belt has prompted NGOs to initiate conservation activities along 30 villages of Maharashtra. Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra (SNM), a Maharashtra-based NGO, has begun awareness campaign of Olive Ridley turtles through hatchery management programmes across these villages yielding magical results. SNM founder Bhau Katdare said that …
Turtle conservation activists feel that Goa's model of conserving turtle habitats and turning the sites into tourist spots can be replicated elsewhere to make it a viable ecological and economical activity. "Goa is an interesting case. The turtle movement started here with the involvement of locals. These sites have now …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWA Much to th delight of nature lovers, millions of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles have started emerging from the tranquil nesting ground at Gahirmatha in Orissa's Kendrapara district. This marks the culmination of annual rendezvous of the marine species along the tranquil and serene Gahirmatha off …
BERHAMPUR: Fears of an eco-disaster loomed large after around 20 carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles were found at different places from Purunabandha to Prayagi on the stretch of Gopalpur beach on Friday. While environmentalists attributed the turtle deaths to oil spill, a senior Forest official dismissed the claim. Meanwhile, the …
Sib Kumar Das BERHAMPUR: Carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles were sighted floating near the Rushikulya rookery on the Orissa coast after an oil spill from a ship near the Gopalpur port. Environmental activists suspect this to be the impact of the spill. Some 25 carcasses were reported to be floating …
Three days after an oil spill from the Essar-owned coking coal-laden vessel MV Malavika near Gopalpur port of Orissa, leading environmental NGO Greenpeace claimed the Olive Ridley turtle nesting site might still be under threat. MV Malavika, sailing from Indonesia, hit a barge at Gopalpur port in Ganjam district on …
BERHAMPUR/PARADIP: With the operation to remove the spilled oil in full swing at Gopalpur, the apprehension of an environmental disaster has been minimised to a great extent. Some quantity of oil leaked from mv Malabika bringing coal from Indonesia after it collided with a berth at the port yesterday. Though …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO The Gopalpur Port authorities on Wednes- day engaged 200 local peo- ple to clean the oil-silts from the local beach that was inundated by a thick layer of petroleum fuel leaking out of a cargo ship docked in the port.
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO and RASHME SEHGAL A huge thick layer of oil washed up at the mouth of the Rushikulya river on the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning, endangering the local marine flora and fauna and particularly Orissa's famed Olive Ridley sea turtles. The sea water turned completely black …
Hyderabad, April 12: When state-owned Power Generation Corporation (Genco) proposed setting up a thermal project in the backward Srikakulam district, it was hoped that the region would benefit. But the environment ministry has objected to the situation of the proposed plant on a lagoon, and Genco had no choice but …
KENDRAPARA: It is six in the morning yet there is no trace of fishermen at the main fishing harbour in village Kharinashi in coastal Kendrapara. Instead they are seen fishing in nearby rivers and creeks. Reason: the authorities have imposed fishing ban from November 1 to May 31 in the …
P.V. Srividya Budgetary allocation exclusively for conservation must: activists Victim:A dead Olive Ridley turtle that was washed ashore along the Nagapattinam coast recently. NAGAPATTINAM: For every 1000 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings, only one survives to reach adulthood, says Supraja Dharini, founder, Tree Foundation, an organisation engaged in sea turtle conservation …
Mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles has been quite impressive this year at the Nasi-I and Nasi-II islands of Orissa's Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, considered to be the largest rookery for sea turtles in the world, according to official sources. The officials say nearly two lakh Olive Ridleys have laid eggs …
BERHAMPUR: Olive Ridleys started mass nesting on Rushikulya rookery last night. These turtles have been nesting on the coastline for the past few days. On Sunday night over 5,000 Olive Ridleys came out of the sea to lay their eggs, hinting at the possibility that mass nesting of the turtles …
The city police arrested three persons and seized two rare species of tortoise. Faraskhana police station officials said that after a tip-off on Tuesday , a police team led by Sharmila Sutar recovered two tortoises from the possession of Mahesh Nandlal Daima, a resident of Kakde Vasti. His arrest later …
The initiation of a World Bank project during the summer of 2007 involved the planting of casuarina saplings (Casuarina equisetifolia) in the sand dunes of the east coast of Tamil Nadu in order to raise a protective plantation a bioshield to blunt the impact of high sea-waves like the tsunami …
Swarup Chakraborty & Ishita Ayan Dutt / Mumbai/kolkata March 09, 2010, 0:21 IST While companies in India are busy using the platform provided by movies to promote their brands and products, home-grown steel major Tata Steel has sponsored a commercial film to talk about environmental issues. Hello Zindagi, a movie …
Sib Kumar Das TO SAVE THE FEW: An volunteer collecting Olive Ridley turtle eggs from the occasional nesting places to save them from jackals and to be incubated in a protected enclosure near Gokharakuda.
PARADIP: Environmentalists and marine fauna lovers have expressed serious concern over safety of Olive Ridley turtles and other marine species in Bay of Bengal due to non-removal of sunken Mongolian ship mv Black Rose. Even five months after the cargo carrier sank, no step has been taken to dredge out …
