Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Adani Cementation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/03/2025. Adani Cementation Limited approached the Bombay High Court seeking issuance of an order directing the respondents/ authorities to permit the petitioner to carry out the work of construction of …
Satellite images (with 15' X 15' grid overlaid) used by ISRO to make a comparative study of the Sunderbans landmass. The Indian Sunderbans has lost 3.71 per cent of its mangrove and other forest cover, while losing 9,990 hectares of its landmass to erosion in one decade, according to a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion regarding Sunderbans Forests Vs Union of India and Ors dated 04/03/2015 regarding construction of houses on the mudflats of the river Matla under the Gitanjali Scheme of Housing. The Applicant has …
The sun goes down over coal stacks that tower about the coastline in Mundra in India's west. The camera shows degraded farm land and kilometres of barren, dry coastline where the sea used to be. "The Adani power plant came in 2007," says Praveen Singh, a Mundra farmer. "When the …
The Government of Bangladesh-UN Joint Sundarbans Oil Spill Response Mission formally released its report on the Sundarbans oil spill at the CIRDAP auditorium on Sunday, stressing the need for rules and guidelines for the movements of water vessels through the Sundarbans area. The report was formally released at a press …
DHAKA : The UN expert team will share its full report on Sundarbans oil spill incident today in the city, reports UNB. The UN Sundarbans Oil Spill Response mission, comprising of multi-disciplinary experts from seven different countries, including Bangladesh, had visited the Sundarbans from December 22 to December 28. “The …
The government will assess impact of the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant on the Sundarbans after the World Heritage Centre, Paris and local environmentalists have expressed concern over setting up power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest. The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has formed a 14-member high-powered …
Relative abundance and Shannon-Weiner species diversity index of true mangrove species were estimated in 10 sampling stations of Indian Sundarbans during 2013. The mangrove patches in the selected stations were categorized into a 4-point scale depending on the values of Shannon-Weiner species diversity index. The health of the mangrove forest …
The Queensland environment department is examining claims that Adani’s chequered environmental and legal history is grounds to revoke its status as a “suitable operator” for Australia’s largest coalmine. The department is considering an Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) report that questioned how Adani Mining continued to pass its “character check” in …
Environmentalists have alleged widespread destruction of mangrove forests near Kochi city. Mangroves along the Container Road linking Kalamassery to the Vallarpadam Island have been severely affected. There have also been instances of burning of mangrove forests near Maradu, said State convenor of the National Alliance of People’s Movement, V.D. Majeendran. …
Environmental damage in the climate change-hit islands of Sundarbans is costing India Rs 1,290 crore each year, estimates a latest World Bank report. The cost of environmental damage associated with ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss is about Rs 6.7 billion (Rs 670 crore) annually, while the cost of health effects …
Environmental experts and activists have blasted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s decision to classify mangrove cover, which were earlier marked as green zone, as natural areas in its new Development Plan (DP). The move will result in further exploitation of mangrove cover, which is already facing threat due to developmental works …
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the state will come up with a satellite monitoring plan to prevent mangrove destruction and also plant more mangroves along the coastline, including the Thane creek that cuts through Navi Mumbai and Thane city. The city may get a fully functional hoverport …
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government of Canada is spending more than CA$95,000 to assist Jamaica in implementing disaster risk reduction projects. The Canadian High Commission of Jamaica said in a release that CA$15,000 will be provided to the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation and the remaining CA$80,000 to Abacus for …
Mangrove cultivation is back in the outer channel of the Chilika lagoon. The initiative is community-driven and expected to help conserve the bio-diversity, improve the coastal eco-system and generate sustainable livelihood for local communities. Official sources said in the past decade and a half, mangrove cultivation had failed despite the …
The government wants to keep the Sunderbans under surveillance using drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the wake of the colossal damage suffered by the mangrove forest last month due to oil spills from a capsized tanker. The forest department has submitted a proposal to the government to keep the …
Environment activist Subhas Datta has filed a report before the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Eastern Zone Bench in which he has revealed how multiple government agencies operating in the Sundarbans are working at cross purposes and doing more harm than good to the world's largest mangrove delta. Datta was appointed …
KETI BUNDER, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For fisherman Sammar Dablo, it was as if "the seawater stole our homes" when land erosion forced his village to relocate further inland on Pakistan's south coast. The people of the fan-shaped Indus Delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea, are …
United Nations experts said Wednesday they found "limited immediate impact" on the ecosystem of the world's largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh after a major oil spill early in December. Local forestry officials raised the alarm when hundreds of thousands of litres of furnace oil were spilt into the forest's vast …
Plans are afoot to declare the boundary of the protected areas of Bhitarkanika wildlife Sanctuary, Bhitarkanika National Park and Gahirmatha (Marine) wildlife division as Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ). Notably, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) earlier on October 21 last has issued a draft notification of making the area …
Thick mangroves have long protected Karachi, southern Pakistan's sprawling metropolis, from battering by the Arabian Sea, but pollution, badly managed irrigation and years of illegal logging have left this natural barrier in a parlous state. Experts fear that loss of the natural barrier formed by the mangroves could put the …
