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 …
The environmental campaign in Dahanu near Mumbai against the capacity MW plant started in the 1980s and ultimately led to the setting up of the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority. Even as competing lobbies continue to push for the de-notification of its status as an ecologically fragile region and removal …
This report seeks to present a review of the current status of coastal governance with regard to its compatibility with Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this review is to support the preparatory programme of work of the Mangroves For the Future (MFF) initiative, and as …
The Wetland ecosystem in India is spread over a wide range of varied climatic conditions, from the wetlands in cold Jammu and Kashmir to hot and humid conditions in Peninsular India; thus there is a great diversity of these wetlands. Many of these wetlands are unique with respect to biodiversity, …
The civic administration has finally kickstarted the much-delayed process of constituting a task force to identify violations of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) Rules across the city. Approved in principle by Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar, the plan was to have been approved by July this year. The task force, which will …
Officials to take measures for opening sea mouths at Rayadurg and Konduruvaripalem villages Here is some good news for the environmentalists, bird lovers, fishermen and the farmers staying on sea bed villages around Pulicat lake in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has prepared …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has prepared a draft development plan for a recreation and tourism zone in and around Manori, Gorai and Uttan, and has invited suggestions and objections from the public. The draft, which is available with the MMRDA for inspection, plans for a 43-sq km …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat is all set to tell its successful stories of conservation to the whole world. Be it Asiatic lions of Gir, the wild ass of Little Rann of Kutch or the whale sharks from Saurashtra coast, the conservation stories made successful with people's participation will soon find place in …
In a bid to provide protection to vital installations along the Gujarat coastline, the State Government has undertaken a project to study how coastal vegetation could help in mitigating the impact of natural disasters like tsunami and cyclone. The bio-shield project, being implemented by the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority …
The much-awaited roadway project at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat could not be discussed in the Standing Committee meeting of National Board For Wildlife (NBWL) on Friday in the absence of the site inspection report which was to be put up for the purpose. Sources in NBWL, however, maintained that …
Campaign group calls for a consumer boycott of tropical prawns to stop environmental pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh. The popularity of tropical shrimp — often marketed as scampi, giant shrimp, gambas or tiger prawns - is having a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, reveals a new …
Remarkable increase in rice production in island nation: M.S. Swaminathan The draft Indian Food Security Bill could provide valuable inputs to a similar Sri Lankan initiative, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said. The Indian Bill is designed to ensure that every citizen has a legal right to food. Mr. Rajapaksa made …
Sundarban, the world’s largest mangrove forest, has become unsafe for many animals especially for tigers, deer and crocodiles due to rampant and indiscriminate animal poaching in the last few years. Various groups of people have long been engaged in hunting tigers, deer and crocodiles for smuggling skin to different countries. …
Mangrove habitats along the coastal line of Tuticorin will be regenerated. More attention will be on conservation of mangroves, according to Shekar Kumar Niraj, Conservator of Forests, Virudhunagar circle. Around 60 to 70 hectares of mangrove habitats would be restored in Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts. The forest officials would execute …
The popularity of tropical shrimp – often marketed as scampi, giant shrimp, gambas or tiger prawns - is having a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, reveals a new investigation produced in conjunction with the Ecologist's film partner.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Monday ordered a special team to visit the sea coast near Mundra in Kutch to find out whether the Adani group was involved in removal of mangrove cover in violation of HC directions. A bench headed by Justice Jayant Patel ordered this inquiry on …
Nuclear safety has emerged as a key issue following the tsunami disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex in Japan. Scientists are calling on the nuclear establishment to adopt natural measures to protect nuclear installations against tsunamis. Leading scientist M.S. Swaminathan has asked the DAE and the ministry of environment and …
NAVI MUMBAI: Environmentalists in Raigad district have demanded that the government should take action against a steel major for the destruction of mangroves on the premises of its plant at Dolvi in Pen taluka. "On August 5, we, along with Raigad deputy collector Vitthal Inamdar and other officials, carried out …
KOCHI: An ambitious plan to protect the ponds and other water sources has been taken up by the district panchayat against the backdrop of widespread reclamation of paddy fields and mangrove swamps taking place in the district. Christened ‘Lotus and Water Lily’, the project is seen as a big step …
Gujarat's environment and forests department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the State's coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
Gujarat’s environment and forest department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the state’s coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
