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 …
PARADIP: Use of cellphones and VHF sets by crew members of boats and trawlers has posed a serious threat to endangered Olive Ridley turtles. Raids by Coast Guard, Forest and Fisheries officials to check illegal fishing are also proving infructuous as the fishermen are getting tipped off through the gadgets. …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the divisional forest officers (DFOs) to settle cases relating to ownership of forest land for forest-dwellers on a priority basis. Addressing the DFO conference at the Secretariat here today, Naveen said that forest officials should give special attention to this matter as the …
KENDRAPARA: Beach erosion is threatening the very existence of three major mass-nesting sites of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles at the Rushikulya beach, the Devi river mouth and the Gahirmatha beach. The 4.5-km beach from Rushikulya to Kantiagada was 500-metre wide two years back but due to erosion the width …
An assessment of various threats to the olive ridley turtles at Rushikulya rookery of Orissa in India was investigated during 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Data on adult mortality, predation of eggs and juveniles, beach erosion and Casuarina plantation along the beach were collected. Turtle mortality was low at Rushikulya compared …
KENDRAPARA: Large numbers of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have started arriving at three major rookeries - Devi river mouth , Rushikulya river mouth and Gahirmatha marine sanctuary. As the turtles are mating in sea waters, the Forest and Coast Guard officials have remained on high alert. To protect the …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY he priest of a mutt in Khadipal village in Orissa's Kendrapara district, nearly 150 km from here, was on Thursday charged with violation of wildlife act for illegally confining a rare turtle, which is being worshipped as God in the local temple. "The case was registered under …
PARADIP: A team of scientists from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, visited the Devi and Jatadhari river mouths yesterday to study the impact of oil slick from sunken vessel Black Rose on endangered Olive Ridley turtles. The sunken vessel has triggered concern among fishermen, environmentalists and marine scientists as …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY Contrary to the claims of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) authorities, fresh oil spillage has been reported from the harbour area, where a Mongolian cargo ship MV Black Rose sank on September 9. A team of scientists of Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India, which visited Paradip …
Rajpipala: In an exemplary move, a farmer handed over a rare species of star tortoise to the forest department of Narmada district. According to the forest department, farmer Harish Patel stumbled upon the rare variety of turtle in his farm and approached the department.
Oil spill in the Bay of Bengal spells doomsday for breeding of Ridley turtles The worst fears of environmentalists appear to have come true with reports of an oil leak from MV Black Rose, the Mongolian ship that sank off Paradeep coast in Orissa on the 9th of September. The …
Among the issues that have fuelled the debates on the climate- trade interface in the run-up to Copenhagen, perhaps the most contested one is the proposed use by developed countries of border measures on imports from countries not implementing comparable GHG emissions reduction policies on the grounds of addressing the …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY and AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR/PARADIP The worst fear appears to have come true. Oil spillage has begun from Black Rose, the cargo ship that sank on September 9 off the Bay of Bengal coast, nearly seven km away from Orissa's Paradip port. The oil leakage threatens to …
The excessive usage of plastic bags in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi has become order of the day, resulting in high environmental problems and hazards to human health. The bags are frequently used in the markets by fast food restaurants, fruits vendors, milk provider, convenience stores and other shops. …
PARADIP/KENDRAPARA: The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has swung into action along with Coast Guard and Paradip Port Trust (PPT) today, on the directive of the State Government, to prevent possible oil spill from the sunken Mongolian ship
The rare Arakan forest turtle, once thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, researchers said Monday. A Texas researcher, Steven Platt, and staff of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society discovered five of the brown-and-tan-spotted turtles in May during a survey of wildlife in …
J Ramakrishnan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Climate change coupled with construction of sea walls and infrastructure activities are threatening the habitat of sea-turtles, an endangered marine species, along the Kerala coast, say conservationists. The number of sea-turtles along the Kerala coast was fast dwindling in the last few years due to habitat destructions, …
J Ramakrishnan, Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (PTI) Climate change coupled with construction of sea walls is threatening the habitat of the endangered sea turtles along the Kerala coast, say conservationists. Sea TurtleThe number of sea turtles along the Kerala coast was fast dwindling in the last few years due to habitat …
Soft shell turtles are among the most threatened groups of freshwater animals that are in need of urgent conservation attention. In Kerala (South India), two species of freshwater turtles, the Indian black turtle or Indian pond terrapin, Melanochelys trijuga coronata (Schweigger, 1812) and the Indian Flap-shelled turtle Lissemys punctata punctata …
