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 …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation's (MSRDC) plan for a coastal road on the seaward side of the Bandra-Versova stretch could lead to the decimation of five prominent fishing villages that supply seafood to the city and help fisher folk make a livelihood. The MSRDC is considering a coastal …
MUMBAI: All eyes will be on the state guest house on Friday when CM Prithviraj Chavan will meet Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh to decide the fate of a slew of infrastructure projects, including the crucial coastal road proposal. The ambitious scheme hit a roadblock recently after the Centre struck …
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the Maharashtra government was keen to build a six-lane coastal road along with a promenade along the city
In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, the Centre is considering fine-tuning its plans of locating key infrastructure projects, such as power plants, along the coast. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who described the tsunami as a wake-up call, stressed the need to determine the carrying capacity of India
The Union environment ministry has notified the new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regime, replacing the CRZ notification of 1991. The notification, which has come after years of heated debate and controversy pleases no group entirely—the developers see it as a further restriction of building and industrial activities along the coast, …
The Coast Conservation Department is conducting several projects based on erosion, disaster and habitats to develop coastal areas to support the Government's development process, said Coast Conservation Department Director General Anil Premarathne. There are 14 coastal districts in Sri Lanka. So the majority of the country's population live in coastal …
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of & threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains global assessment of the vulnerability of nations & …
CHENNAI: The Coastal Action Network on Monday opposed Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011. In a statement Ossie Fernandes, co-convenor of the Network, said the new notification legalised all amendments that diluted Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 1991 up to 2007. The new notification had also legitimised the provisions of the …
In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek. They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres …
Fishworkers' associations have come out against the inclusion of the term 'other local communities' in the provision on No Development Zone (NDZ) in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) as it can be misused. They feel that the notification leaves …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Friday announced the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011, as part of which the no development zone has been reduced from 200 metre from the high-tide line to 100 metres to meet increased demands of housing of fishing and other traditional coastal …
After a eighteen-month long process, the CRZ Notification, 2011 is being formally notified and published. This replaces the CRZ Notification, 1991. This notification reconcile three objectives: protection of livelihoods of traditional fisherfolk communities; preservation of coastal ecology; and promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located in coastal …
PARADIP: Orissa is the first state in the country to prepare a climate change action plan, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while inaugurating a National Conference on Environment Issues here today. The State Government has planned to invest ` 18,000 crore for environment protection, Naveen said. Speaking on
ON NOVEMBER 18, there was a dust-up between farmers and fishers at Murthikuppam in Puducherry’s Bahour Commune over who would get to talk to the environment ministry’s representative visiting the area. The representative from the ministry’s Bengaluru regional office, U Sridharan, was there to seek views on the partially constructed …
VEDARANYAM (Tamil Nadu): The Fisherfolks Rights Bill, guaranteeing traditional marine rights, is on the anvil, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. Conceived on the lines of the Forest Rights Act that guarantees traditional user rights and land rights to tribals, Adivasis and forest dwellers, this …
While villagers and environmental activists at Jaitapur, in Maharashtra, protest against the proposed 9,900-MW nuclear power plants, questioning the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) said the sheer scale of present development along Konkan coast needs to be looked in totality. There are at least 15 …
PARADIP: On the 6-km stretch of the beach are mounds of waste, leaving locals worried about their health. The garbage at Kalinga Bali Yatra ground, which concluded last Friday, is an eyesore for onlookers. The efforts of the municipal administration to clean it notwithstanding, locals are worried about the health …
This report on the Puducherry Coast represents long-term shoreline change for a period of 38 years from 1972 - 2010. It summarizes historical changes in shoreline, both accretion and erosion, but emphasizes the erosion hazard because of its impacts on natural resources and the economy. This report on the Puducherry …
