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 Goa government’s reluctance to scrap a controversial shipyard project has left the 200-odd families of Chicalim village distraught. In 2005, Bharti Shipyard Limited proposed to construct a Rs 250-crore shipyard on about 0.8 hectare of mudflats in the ecologically fragile Chicalim Bay in Mormugao taluka. The Goa Coastal Zone …
Apart from humans, the tigers of Sunderbans now have a new threat — the crocodiles. In a rare battle for survival, a big cat fell victim to a crocodile for the first time in the mangrove forests. Prima facie report from the veterinary doctors point to at least 25-30 teeth …
As the oil spill from the sunken MV Rak carrier continues to threaten fisheries and mangroves, the question being asked all around is why did the authorities not take prompt and adequate measures to plug the source of the leak. A thin layer of lubricant oil was first spotted at …
Mumbai: The oil spill from the sunken MV Rak Carrier hit several parts of the city and neighbouring regions on Tuesday even as authorities claimed to have contained the leak. In areas as wide apart as Dadar Chowpatty, Gorai, Bandra Bandstand, Uttan, Alibaug and even Kihim, there were reports of …
Environmentalists say spill will affect mangroves Authorities said on Monday that the oil spill from the bulk carrier mv Rak that sank recently is a minor incident, but environmentalists nonetheless said that its timing was a cause for concern, especially in the context of mangroves' ecology. At a press conference …
Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday said that her ministry is “constantly monitoring” the situation. “At this point of time, we do not see a cause for concern," she said. …
Abiotic disturbances, disturbances caused by non living factors, are a natural and integral part of forest ecosystems that have major impacts, positive and negative. They influence forest structure, composition and functioning and can be important for maintaining biological diversity and facilitating regeneration. When disturbances exceed their normal range of variation, …
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's initiative to combat the plastic menace. (The State Government has banned use of plastic bags below 60 microns). Talking to presspersons on the sidelines of an international conference on mangroves and coastal area management …
MUMBAI: The city's fishing community, glued to television screens since Thursday, when the MV Rak Carrier sank with over 60,000 tonnes of coal and 343 tonnes of oil, became extremely worried on Sunday as news reached them that the ship had started leaking and that an oil slick had been …
Hard rot disease, a fungal infection of plants characterised by lesions with hard surfaces and rotten tissue, is affecting an increasing number of pasur (Xyicarpus mekongensis pirre) trees in different parts of Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world, researchers and experts said. Forest department officials, however, described it …
Bangladesh joins hands with the neighbouring countries to work together in a regional initiative to manage and protect wildlife and biodiversity, especially the Bengal Tiger and its habitat, the Sundarbans. Dr Hasan Mahmud, state minister for environment and forests, said this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion …
The government has undertaken an action plan for saving theRoyal Bengal Tigers of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, atop forest official said here on Friday. "The Taka 276 crore Tiger Action Plan would beimplemented as part of strengthening regional co-operation for wildlifeconservation with the assistance of the World …
A weeklong campaign to protect mangroves along the Sindh coastline through public awareness was launched by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Thursday. The launch was followed by a token hunger strike by a group of PFF activists, who were joined by a number of people living in the coastal …
SONARPUR, 18 JULY: Although environmentalists have stressed the importance of tree plantation for regulating pollution level in the air, illegal felling of trees is on the rise in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. People living in close proximity to forests in South 24-Parganas are directly involved in illegal …
The Environment Department has proposed amendments in the Maharashtra Plastic Carry Bags Rules to curb the irresponsible use of plastic and make its manufacturers more accountable. According to the new draft, which is the second amendment to the rules mentioned in Section 4 of the Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act …
MANGROVES are known to be reservoirs of carbon. While it is known that widespread degradation of the mangroves by 30-50 per cent over the past half century due to coastal development, aquaculture expansion and over-harvesting may be responsible for an increase in carbon in the atmosphere, nobody has been able …
Forest officials yesterday visited Char Bestin in the coastal areas of Patuakhali and Bhola and found over 30,000 trees of the mangrove forest have been chopped down by around 400 locals on Thursday. Of these trees, over 10,000 were in Patuakhali and the rest in Bhola section, said Devdas, range …
AHMEDABAD: No less than 13 crore saplings will be planted by the state forest department during the monsoon season in various cities, suburbs and villages of Gujarat. Of these, around one crore saplings would be high-quality clonal saplings, said a forest official. This is for the first time that the …
CUDDALORE: The National Forest Policy has stipulated that 33 per cent of the total land mass should be forests, but Tamil Nadu has forest area of only 17 per cent, according to K.T. Pachamal, Forest Minister. All efforts would be made to extend forest cover to the mandated level within …
