Typical agriculture sectors like animal production and processing, aquaculture and its processing, and fruit and vegetable processing, can be water-intensive and generate complex and sometimes severe pollution. Controlling pollution hinges on knowing its quantity (wastewater and solid waste volume) and characteristics (major pollutants and their concentration range, nature of wastes, …
Government to form two committees led by fisheries minister to oversee the implementation of the policy The gazette of much-awaited ‘The National Shrimp Policy, 2014’ has been published with keeping the provisions of some restrictive measures like entering saline water illegally, protecting mangrove forest and ecological biodiversity and fixing the …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 23 - 30 August 2014.
Small island states facing a "frightening" rise in sea levels will seek investments in everything from solar energy to fisheries to boost their economies at a U.N. summit next week. Leaders will meet in Samoa in the Pacific from Sept. 1-4 to drum up partnerships with companies, development banks and …
This, the twelfth edition of the `Handbook on Fisheries Statistics 2014’, contains useful information on various aspects of the fisheries sector. The importance of this sector in the socio economic development of the countries is well known. Not only is it a source of livelihood for over 14 million people, …
A unique fresh water fish species with special characteristics was identified in Kabani river of Wayanad. With scientific nomenclature `Pristolepis pentacantha', these fishes are palatable and known in Malayalam as ` Aattuchemballi'. The species was identified by Mathews Plamoottil, a native of Kollam and assistant professor of Zoology at Chavara …
Environmental flow of the river Sone at Indrapuri barrage was estimated using 36 years of discharge data and the Global Environmental Flow Calculator Software. To maintain the river in moderate condition and to keep basic ecosystem functions intact, at least 18.9% of mean annual runoff (MAR) has been estimated, while …
A spill that dumped billions of gallons of mining wastewater into creeks and lakes this week has led local officials in British Columbia to declare a state of emergency and raised concern for migrating sockeye salmon. The Cariboo Regional District said the declaration will help it get access to needed …
Secretary of State John Kerry took a turn from international diplomacy to wade into the climate change debate, advising both America and Africa to adopt farming policies that recognize and respond to the “impacts of climate change,” he said. He called it “climate-smart agriculture,” and said at the U.S.-Africa Summit …
JinkoSolar Holding Co must face a shareholder lawsuit accusing the Chinese solar panel maker of concealing that one of its factories was dumping toxic waste into a nearby river, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned …
This paper outlines IFAD’s strategic approach to enhancing food security and promoting sustainable smallholder agriculture development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the context of exacerbated impacts of climate change and persistent challenges to market access. A renewed approach will provide an opportunity for increasing results and impacts from …
The Republic of Kiribati is a vast South Pacific island group with one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the world. Kiribati waters support a wealth of marine fisheries activities. These activities occur in oceanic, coastal and inshore environments and range from large, foreign, industrial-scale oceanic fishing operations …
The State economy of Assam has witnessed a picturesque change over the period from 2004-05 to 2013-14, as the primary sector witnessed a shift to service sector and the service sector has flourished rapidly in the State economy, says the report of the Economic Survey, Assam, 2013-14 tabled on the …
The fact that oceans and seas matter for sustainable development is undeniable. Oceans and seas cover over two thirds of the earth's surface, provide food and minerals, generate oxygen, absorb greenhouse gases and keep in check climate change, determine weather patterns and temperatures, and serve as highways for sea-borne international …
For more than a century, Bill Taylor's family has used the calm, protected waters of Puget Sound to raise oysters, planting billions of larvae in underwater beds and then harvesting them to ship to some of the finest restaurants in the world. But then something went wrong. After the hatchery …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Godavari Magasvargiya Mastya Vyavsai Sahakari Sanstha Mayradit Vs The Ganga Sugar Energy Ltd. & Others dated 30/07/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries by releasing industrial wastes, molasses and chemical mixed water into Mazalgaon Right Canal and …
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CORTLANDT, N.Y. — A giant power plant that kills tiny fish eggs is leading engineers, government officials, politicians and advocates of all stripes into a fourth year of debate about which side represents concern for the environment, and whether the fish are actually the issue. The New York Department of …
Dublin City Council and Inland Fisheries Ireland are investigating the source of pollution, which has killed hundreds of fish in the River Tolka on Dublin’s northside. The waterway has become choked with a white foam over a 2km stretch from the Finglas Road Bridge near Glasnevin Cemetery, to Griffith Park, …
First effort to map populations in over 40 years shows moon jellyfish is most spotted species in UK waters The south-west may be home to some of the cleanest beaches in the UK, but the first survey of its kind in over 40 years shows that it is also a …
SILCHAR, July 20: In order to make the district of Cachar self sufficient in fish and avoid its import from other States like West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, definite and positive move has been made by the Fishery Department here under Assam State Plan. As a first step towards …
