Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The Goa Foundation Vs The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority & Others dated 10/07/2023. The SC, July 10, 2023 gave directions for halting the construction of Tiracol river bridge till further orders. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in …
State government’s Casuarina plantation scheme on India’s east coast is affecting the sand dune ecosystems. The Olive Ridley turtles are just one of the species at risk. M Vikram Reddy, faculty at the Pondicherry University, talks to Sumana Narayanan about his student’s study on skinks On the study Skinks are …
The sea shell is usually what catches the eye of every visitor to the sea shore. These natural wonders, strewn along coastlines, are created by snails, clams, scallops, and other marine molluscs, soft-bodied animals inhabiting almost all ecosystems on Earth. Like the skeleton inside the human body, most molluscs wear …
Study of beach morphological changes during monsoon and development of capabilities towards its prediction is of vital importance in coastal zone management. A study of the beach erosion/accretion processes during south-west monsoon and its numerical modelling is attempted in this communication for a micro-tidal and high-energy beach. Comprehensive hydrodynamic and …
The initiation of a World Bank project during the summer of 2007 involved the planting of casuarina saplings (Casuarina equisetifolia) in the sand dunes of the east coast of Tamil Nadu in order to raise a protective plantation a bioshield to blunt the impact of high sea-waves like the tsunami …
The risk of gastrointestinal illness to swimmers from fresh sewage and non-sewage fecal sources at recreational beaches was predicted using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). The QMRA estimated the probability of illness for accidental ingestion of recreational water with a specific concentration of fecal indicator bacteria, here the geometric mean …
A three-day rave party is reportedly being planned in a dense forest in Agonda from February 5 , with the organizers planning to use the resources to organize a beach clean up initiative at Agonda, Palolem and Patnem. If sources are to be believed, preparations are taking final shape for …
Do beaches even remotely signify the way our democracy is headed? ROB believes it does, says Janani Ganesan, about the eco-minded club that works to clean up Chennai's celebrated shoreline Most of the garbage consisted of urban waste washed all the way from the Adayar estuary. That falsifies the argument …
Sangeetha Neeraja | ENS This should not be the case of having it clean for one day, and letting it stink for the rest of the year. These beaches are your homes. It's your responsibility to keep them clean THE sandy stretch across the Urur Kuppam and Olcott Kuppam was …
Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui on Sunday asked leaders of environment, social and community people organisations including IUCN and WWF-Pakistan to start new projects in collaboration with the Sindh government, particularly Environment Department based on mutual faith and truth to save Karachi beaches and seawater from pollution being …
KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui on Sunday asked leaders of environment, social and community people organisations including International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and WWF-Pakistan to start new projects in collaboration with the Sindh government, particularly the Environment Department, based on mutual faith to save Karachi …
The paper deals with the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) of the Midnapore Coast, West Bengal. It is suggested that management studies should include baseline information related to rainfall, runoff, tidal rhythm, currents and waves with their related aspects.
M G Devasahayam The structures facing the promenade form a heritage asset. But neither the TN govt nor the hyperactive Union Ministry of Environment & Forest has done anything to preserve this eco-system, says CHENNAI'S world famous Marina is in the news. Not for its blue waters and white sands …
How a waste recycling project in Kerala has helped to transform the community around it is an amazing story, to say the least. It is the story which has the potential to be replicated across India.
G Saravanan | TRUCKLOADS of debris have been dumped on the Foreshore Estate beach, in gross violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991, to create a full-fledged parking bay on the sands for private buses, which threatens to not only jeopardise the livelihood of the fishermen in …
MOUNDS OF ROTTING seaweed clogging beaches across northwestern France are emitting a toxic and potentially lethal gas, test results released by the French government showed on Thursday. Tests were ordered on the foul-smelling algae, which green groups blame on nitrates fertilisers used by local farmers, after a horse apparently died …
