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 …
Jajpur: About 16 species of mangrove plants are proved as sources of anti-cancer drugs. These species are available in India’s second-largest mangrove forest of the Bhitarakanika National Park in Odisha and other parts of the globe, said Dr Luna Samant, a noted Zoologist and head of Zoology department at the …
The World Bank-aided Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project, aiming to provide solution for better management of coastal zone, is expected to be completed in Gujarat by 2015. The pilot project, launched along with similar ones in West Bengal and Odisha, will also enable Jamnagar improve its underground sewage network …
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Oceans are the lifeblood of the planet and the global economy, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told a conference on ocean conservation in …
The Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) yesterday launched a five-year long mass awareness campaign through different programs from Khulna University campus on how to protect the Sundarbans. The programme under the Sundarbans Tiger Project has been launched for 26 unions of Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Pirojpur and Barguna districts -- adjacent …
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) will launch a campaign today to raise awareness among the mass people regarding the aims and objectives of The Sundarbans Tiger Project. Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique Arefin Siddique will inaugurate the daylong programme on the campus of Khulna University (KU). …
As the city’s wetlands struggle for survival due to persistent construction activity and water pollution, a bunch of nature enthusiasts are hoping to transform some of these lesser known sanctuaries of tranquility into tourist spots. Recently, environmentalists organised walks along several coastal and mangrove areas in Sewri, Bandra, Andheri, Bhandup …
India's State of Forest Report 2011 released by FSI provides special coverage to forest cover in hill districts, tribal districts and the north-east and also includes a new chapter covering detailed assessment of bamboo. The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has been publishing a series of biennial assessment report the …
Move was proposed to provide employment under the MGNREGS Timely intervention by environment activists has prevented the destruction of a rich mangrove forest at Azheekkal in Alapad grama panchayat in Kollam district. The forest stands in a property owned by the Fisheries Resource Management Society (FIRMA), a wing of the …
MUMBAI: Several NGOs like Mangrove Society of India (Maharashtra Chapter) along with Vanashakti, Maharashtra Nature Park and various local bodies will organize nature walks and cleanup of inorganic waste from mangroves on Sunday, in order to celebrate World Wetlands Day, which falls on February 2. The purpose of the walks …
Wetlands are among the most productive and economically valuable ecosystems in the world. However, because of human activities, over half of the wetland ecosystems existing in North America, Europe, Australia, and China in the early 20th century have been lost. Ecological restoration to recover critical ecosystem services has been widely …
The wait for the Navi Mumbai international airport is getting longer. The state-run City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), nodal agency for the project, is yet to get forest clearance and approval of the Bombay High Court. Though the project had received environment clearance on November 22, 2010, the acquisition …
For inhabitants of the Sundarban islands, the fear of crocodiles lurking in the estuaries is second only to that of tigers. But while there are some estimates about the number of the big cats in the Mangrove forests, no one knows how many crocodiles prowl the waters. To rectify this …
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has called a halt to the dumping of solid waste on wetland and mangrove plots in the Mulund-Thane belt which was earmarked for a SEZ.. Hearing a PIL filed by an organization 'Vanashakti', a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah …
The state forest department has created a new post of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Mangroves, for the protection and conservation of nearly 5,800 hectares of mangroves under it. N Vasudevan has been appointed the CCF. The new post was created in October 2011 when the forest department did away …
Random extraction of trees and other forest resources from the Sundarbans is causing depletion to the world's largest mangrove forest. The unscrupulous act threatens human habitations in the nearby areas as the forest acts as a shield to protect the country's south-western region from the onslaught of natural disasters, in …
Bhopal : Demonstrations of various crops will be organised by the State Government by identifying fields of farmers with a view to promoting organic farming. Farmers of nearby villages will be encouraged to adopt organic farming by taking them round these demonstrative fields. Priority will be given to demonstration of …
MUMBAI: Six years after the Bombay High Court ordered a stop to the destruction of mangroves, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas now boast of more than 5,800 hectares of mangrove land designated as protected forests. According to environmental activists , even by conservative estimates, the move has ensured more than …
Mumbai is in reality a city of places that are not a part of the current set of fantasies that rule the minds of urban planners but are yet integrally linked to capitalist processes, to urban practices of place-making and to urbanism itself. From this perspective, this enquiry seeks not …
The major fishing grounds for shrimp in Tuticorin coast has shrunk due to discharge of industrial effluents. Earlier on, shrimp fishing was a sustainable activity due to a balanced ecosystem, M. Johnson, a country boat fisherman, said. But now pollution is eroding this aquatic wealth and the enforcement agencies must …
