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 …
The Census of Marine Life aids practical work of the Convention on Biological Diversity, discovers and tracks ocean biodiversity, and supports marine environmental planning.
As human impacts cause ecosystem-wide changes in the oceans, the need to protect and restore marine resources has led to increasing calls for and establishment of marine reserves. Scientific information about marine reserves has multiplied over the last decade, providing useful knowledge about this tool for resource users, managers, policy …
India has a vast extent of coast line of about 8000 km spanning 13 maritime mainland statesand Union Territories, which are home to a diversity of coastal and marine ecosystems,comprising nationally and globally significant biodiversity (Venkataraman and Wafar, 2005).It also supports almost 30% of its human population being dependent on …
THE oceans are as vast and unexplored as the universe. They churn up something new everyday. The most recent discovery is a multicellular organism that can live in the darkest depths without oxygen. During the last 10 years, marine scientist Roberto Danovaro and colleagues at the Marche Polytechnic University in …
Wildlife Institute of India says this will strengthen cause of research For a cause:K. Siva Kumar, WII scientist; Aruna Basu Sarkar, Chief Conservator of Forests; and CHENNAI: The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, has suggested to the Centre the initiation of a stranding response programme for endangered species of marine …
A combination of scuba gear equipped treasure hunters and government apathy is gnawing away at Goa's underwater heritage, according to scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), a central marine research institute. NIO scientists, who have discovered three centuries-old shipwrecks in the seas off Goa, have warned that amateur …
Coastal issues and concerns: challenges for the research community prepared by Consortium of Coastal Academic Institutions for the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM). NCSCM introduce measures to greatly strengthen research and regulatory capacity at all levels; emphasis on the need for Institutions for Coastal Research; strengthen current regulatory …
In the dark, never-ending abyss of the sea live myriad creatures: small marine animals called macrofauna which include snails, clams, worms and “creatures no bigger than a pencil eraser” to crabs, starfish and sea urchins. Craig McClain from the National Evolutionary and Synthesis Center with James Barry from the Monterey …
Seahorse, a species facing threat of extinction due to various reasons, including commercial exploitation, have been successfully bred and released under a captive breeding project by marine scientists here. As many as 530 young seahorses were bred under the forest department project at the Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) …
Coral reefs are in dramatic global decline, with seaweeds commonly replacing corals. It is unclear, however, whether seaweeds harm corals directly or colonize opportunistically following their decline and then suppress coral recruitment. In the Caribbean and tropical Pacific, we show that, when protected from herbivores, ~40 to 70% of common …
London: Scientists claim to have found the first direct evidence that bacteria in the ocean can harvest light energy from sunlight for survival, thanks to a unique photoprotein.
S Raja They would be released in the sea around 21 islands THE Gulf of Mannar National Marine Park (GOMNMP) has developed a technique to breed seahorse artificially with the help of a private marine research centre for the first time in the State. Seahorse is among the most endangered …
G Saravanan | ENS BREAKTHROUGH IN AQUACULTURE IN a significant breakthrough in aquaculture, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has succeeded in the breeding and larval production of Cobia, a promising species for sea farming. At Mandapam Regional Centre of CMFRI recently, the successful broodstock development was obtained in …
