The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the Government of India (GOI) and State Governments through the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program. The Program is being implemented in the states of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The environmental assessment and review procedures to be applied to Program subprojects are …
BHUBANESWAR: A special component has been proposed under the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project to expand the present monitoring mechanisms of dolphins and birds. There is always a conflict in Orissa between conservation issues and livelihood concerns including socio-economic needs of a large number of people. As development activities …
BHUBANESWAR: The state Government has decided to spend Rs 25.6 crore for creating alternative livelihood options for fishermen under the integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) project. The coastal communities of Orissa, especially the fishing communities in the Gopalpur to Chilika and Paradip to Dhamra sectors depend on fishery resources for …
KOCHI,: Fisheries Minister S Sarma has said the plan for the development of coastal area at an investment of Rs 5 crore should be submitted to the government within 15 days. The details should reach the government through the Coastal Development Corporation before June 25, he said on Thursday during …
BHUBANESWAR: Some of the critically-important coastal eco-systems of Orissa are set to get a special mention when the Centre restores the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 1991 with certain amendments shortly. Both Bhitarkanika and Chilika figure in the draft for the significance they hold to the Indian coast. Under CRZ 2010, …
KOLKATA, 3 MAY: The World Bank in collaboration with the Centre and state governments has taken up a pilot scheme ~ Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project ~ in West Bengal, Gujarat and Orissa for overall development of the coastal regions of these states. Under the project, various developmental activities including …
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: The islands in the backwaters of Kerala will witness a flurry of development activities as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has proposed to reduce the
Minister denies potholes on Mission, Bussy Streets due to seawater intrusion Plans afoot to construct groynes from Kuruchikuppam to Solai Nagar PWD has also formulated a proposal to regain the lost beach PUDUCHERRY: The government will soon appoint an expert committee to find out the extent of damage to the …
Even as the debate rages whether it was prudent to flush out stagnant waters of the Colva creek into the open sea, it has now come to light that the Water Resources Department carried out the construction of the trench following a request from the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority …
The Supreme Court has held that constructions done by real estate firms between 1994 and 1996 in the 50-metre zones from the coast lines are not illegal. The constructions were allowed after government had brought an amendment in 1994 in the Coastal Regulation Zone Act, 1991 reducing the 100-metre 'no …
The proposed coastal regulation zone amendments 2010 along with the discussion that outlines the proposal and salient features including new provisions proposed to be incorporated in the existing CRZ notification 2010. India
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a Rs 1156 crore Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project, which is to be implemented over the next five years by the ministry of environment and forests. This project assumes special significance in the context of climate change since one of …
Study of beach morphological changes during monsoon and development of capabilities towards its prediction is of vital importance in coastal zone management. A study of the beach erosion/accretion processes during south-west monsoon and its numerical modelling is attempted in this communication for a micro-tidal and high-energy beach. Comprehensive hydrodynamic and …
The Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program will address immediate coastal protection needs and coastal instability by implementing protection works in the states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra that are both economically viable and environmentally and socially appropriate. It will also support natural protection measures, such as developing dunes …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority has finally given its consent for the Pedder Road flyover. It took 15 years for the approval to be given to the 4.4 km four-lane flyover. The proposal was approved by the MCZMA and will now be forwarded to the Centre for its …
On december 1, 2009, the Tamil Nadu government changed the landuse classification for three villages on the Chennai coast. Environmentalists say the move would regularize illegal houses overlooking the beach and lead to a real estate boom in the area. The three villages—Kottivakkam, Neelangarai and Palavakkam—earlier fell under the Coastal …
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is going to enact a law for all the new buildings making it mandatory for them to install low carbon emitting lights. Mr SP Gon Chowdhury, managing director of West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) said that they will be meeting the …
These workshop proceedings is for those who have already decided to pursue a participatory approach to environment and development, but want to dip in to something which will help hem better understand the issues involved. Drawing on experience from different contexts within both developed and developing countries, these proceedings highlight …
