Malabar Coast

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary to tap ecotourism in a big way

To win more tourist attention for the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, the Forest Department is planning better amenities for visitors to the picturesque forests. The sanctuary, home to more than 180 species of birds, 148 species of butterflies, 52 varieties of fish, 38 types of amphibians and 32 types of reptiles, …

Climate change affecting deep water fish species

Kevin Kishore KOZHIKODE: A study conducted by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) scientists here has revealed that at least 12 fish species, rarely seen on the Malabar coast, are frequently spotted along the coast due to swift climate changes.

Kolachil fishing may wipe out cuttlefish

KOCHI: Expressing concern over the Kolachil fishing method in the state, a Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) report has said that the system would slowly wipe out the cuttlefish resource in the state. Kolachil fishing involves using the stem of coconut tree to form structures with a view to …

Sea turtles under threat in Kerala coast

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, …

Sea turtles under threat in Kerala

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 …

The secret gardens of Malabar

The Dutch East India Company was formed c 1602. As the Dutch Armada set sail for the East Indies from Amsterdam, surgeons and apothecaries on the fleet were instructed by the great European renaissance botanist Carolus Clusius "to bring, laid between paper, branchless carrying leaves and fruits' foremost of commercially …

Prolific movements

ever wondered why all regions across the globe are not as biologically rich as the Malabar strip or the Andean mountain chain. Biological diversity

Cat sense

TRADITIONAL systems of biological resource use are staging a comeback after having taken a beating from the invasion of technology, capital intensive systems of use and catastrophic erosion of our biological resource base. The time is now ripe to consider the feasibility of promoting traditional systems in terms of tangible …

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