Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
‘Initiate programmes to harness ocean reserves sustainably’ Vice President of India M.Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday cautioned against the further degradation of oceans and their ecosystem. He was visiting Goa. “India should fully tap the enormous potential of the blue economy to achieve higher growth and initiate appropriate programmes for sustainable …
While shack owners have something to cheer about on World Tourism Day, environmentalists suffer another loss in their battle to save the ecology. Despite environmentalists having repeatedly raised issues regarding the damage to the ecology and unprecedented rise in water, the government-appointed teams this year again allotted beach shacks at …
Panaji: The storm surge last month and its worrisome impact is seen by scientists as one of the manifestations of the effects of global climate change and the vulnerability of Goa’s coastline to weather events occurring thousands of miles away. Studies by scientists of national institute of oceanography (NIO) have …
PANJIM: Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday announced that the Ministry is working on a National Coastal Mission, with a focus to strike a balance between the environment and development. Vardhan, addressing the concluding programme of four-day workshop organised by the National Institute …
PANJIM: National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and the State Environment Department will jointly assess the environmental damage caused by casino vessel Lucky 7, which has partially sunk at Miramar beach. The vessel has been grounded on the beach since July 16. Simultaneously, Golden Globe Hotels Pvt Ltd, which owns the …
Panaji: The extensive deposits of windowpane oysters and other shell deposits in the hillside at Chicalim, revealed by excavation work in the area, are indicators of a high sea level more than 2,000 years ago, say national institute of oceanography (NIO) scientists. The road widening work on the Vasco-Cortalim highway …
Senior Scientist at National Institute of Oceanography Mahua Saha said We have to deal directly woith Pollution control boads to get quantitative analysis of pollutants, in the northern Indian Ocean region. Quantitative analysis of organic and inorganic pollution, and their impact on coastal environment is the need of the hour, …
Institute says plastic pellets could have been dropped accidentally during transportation; rules out possibility of terrestrial discharge of plastic through rivers PANJIM: Goa’s coast is now facing a bigger threat and marine organisms are at risk as large quantities of plastic debris wash ashore during the southwest monsoon period. The …
Panaji: Scientists from the ASEAN (association of South East Asian nations) met on Wednesday, to discuss how they can collaborate and develop methodologies for risk assessment of ballast water management. The port to port transportation of ships from all over the world usually leads to their ballast water being exchanged. …
Undertakes Ecological Sensitive Index mapping coastline and river banks; will understand coastal resources at risk due to oil spills PANJIM: In a bid to understand the coastal resources that would be at risk as a result of perennial oil spills, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has initiated a study …
All minerals in offshore areas, including atomic minerals, but crude oil and other hydrocarbons, are governed by the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002. (Reuters) All minerals in offshore areas, including atomic minerals, but crude oil and other hydrocarbons, are governed by the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and …
PANAJI: Rapidly decreasing presence of marine phytoplankton, a micro-algae consumed by small fish and responsible for reducing carbon dioxide in sea water, in the western Indian Ocean due to global warming may reduce the oceanic region to an ecological desert, scientists have warned. A joint study conducted by scientists at …
GSPCB directs authorities to identify discharge points and immediately remove them; CCP to act on sewage discharged in St Inez Creek PANJIM: In a bid to control pollution in River Mandovi, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed 30 village panchayats (VPs) located along the river banks to survey …
The problem of marine pollution by plastics can be resolved through a combination of actions like enforcement of rules, stressing on recycling and finding an alternative to plastics, say experts. "Resolving the plastic debris problem is important. Solutions to the plastic debris can only be achieved through combination of actions," …
Traces of cadmium, a chemical found in car batteries and used in the nuclear fission processes, are showing up in edible salt-water oysters in Goa, a tourism-oriented coastal state known for its beaches as much as its seafood. Cadmium is toxic, carcinogenic and teratogenic (ability to impede development of an …
NAVI MUMBAI: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has crossed swords with NMMC over its report on the high level of chemical pollutants in the Vashi creek. The apex pollution regulatory authority has refuted the civic body's 2015 study of Vashi creek done at four stretches (as reported earlier) on the …
Delegation to review moratorium. Amid intense demand of industries and Gujarat government to lift the moratorium on industrial clusters of Vatva, Vapi and Ankleshwar, a high-level delegation of Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CC) Tuesday visited the three clusters to review the prospects of lifting …
Expedition will have 20 countries and 40 ships participating; countries will collate and analyse data to study different climatic challenges and changes PANJIM: Almost 50 years after the first International Indian Ocean Expedition was conducted, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is set to launch the second expedition to study the …
PANJIM: Despite receiving some respite from the dry spell the State has witnessed since Friday, Goa’s rainfall deficit is still 25 percent. While the normal rainfall is 2788.33 mm, the State has so far registered 2104.5 mm of rainfall accounting for a rainfall departure of 25 percent from normal. Speaking …
PANJIM: In what can stop further digging of the seabed to trace remains of MV River Princess, the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) has warned that any further digging could have ‘widespread complications on a pre-wounded coast – Sinquerim’. It also states that the area coming under the Coastal Regulation …
