Gahirmatha Marine SA

State of the Climate in Asia 2024

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …

Green group uses Nano to hit Tatas on Orissa turtles

New Delhi: When Tatas finally launched the Nano late last month, something else went piggyback riding on the wave of global attention the car was getting. On March 23, the day of the launch, full-page ads appeared in two international papers with a prominent picture of the

The continuing shame of Orissa

In February 2009 I was an invited speaker at the Dhamra Port Consultative Technical Workshop in Bhubaneswar, Orissa State, at the behest of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. My topic was how to minimize sea turtle and dredging interactions during the ongoing Dhamra Port construction project in …

Managing to benefit

A workshop on marine protected areas in India suggested ways to achieve livelihood-sensitive conservation and management of coastal and fisheries resources.

Sanctuary turns graveyard for turtles

Thousands of carcasses of Olive Ridley sea turtles are lying at the Satabhaya beach under the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, one of the largest rookeries of the species, in the ongoing turtle nesting season. Foul odour from dead turtles has polluted the whole of Satabhaya region, said Satabhaya sarpanch Sasmita Das. …

Local communities and the Dharma debate: An interview with Mangaraj Panda, Coordinator of the OMRCC

The most audible opponents of the Dhamra Port project have been conservation organisations such as Greenpeace, turtle biologists and environmentalists from across the country and beyond. This port project along with several coastal infrastructure projects has been opposed by fisherfolk organisations who believe that these projects negatively affect the traditional …

Environmental payoff

Every winter and spring, tens of thousands of endangered olive ridley sea turtles clamber onto the shores of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, along In- dia’s northeastern coast, to lay eggs in one of the world’s most spectacular phenomena— the arribada, or mass nesting, which occurs only in India, Costa Rica and …

Conservation to get boost with budget allocation

Olive Ridley protection may finally get a place in the State Budget. The High Power Committee, headed by Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy, on Saturday decided on creation of a budget head for streamlining conservation. Piecemeal assistance will be a thing of the past. Currently, protection measures of the endangered amphibians …

Fishing ban from today

KENDRAPARA: As IX-month ban on fishing from November 1 to May 31 has been imposed by the State Government to protect the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles in the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary near here. Trawlers and boatmen were directed not to fish within 20 km from coastline in the sanctuary …

Crawling towards death

It used to be one of the most unforgettable sights from the height of the Indian summer: thousands of the world-famous Olive Ridley turtles waddling out of the water to nest and breed on the pristine white sand beaches of Gahirmatha in Orissa on magical, moonlit nights. Not just the …

Missiles threaten Olive Ridleys

Wildlife Lovers and forest officials in Orissa are of the view that the missile tests by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) off the Orissa coast have affected the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley sea turtles. Nearly three lakh of these rare species gather at the coast between …

Biodiversity assessment of Dhamra Port site and surrounding areas, Orissa

This study is concerned with the Dhamra port site in Bhadrak district, near the mouth of the Dhamra river, and surrounding areas. The proposed port site is a unique habitat in that it has long stretches of inter-tidal mudflats from the site up till the river mouth. The inter-tidal zone …

Scoping mission to the Dhamra Port Project

In July 2006, Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Regional Director for Asia met Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman of the TATA Sons in Mumbai to discuss various aspects of environment and corporate social responsibility for TATA

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