Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
the Goa state authorities are making all possible efforts to ensure that the state's drive against plastic bags is successful. The state had banned plastic bags less than 20 microns thickness from August 15, 2000 in accordance with the Union government's recycled plastic manufacture and usage rules. Boards informing the …
The Goa High Court has passed important judgements aimed at protecting the state's coastal ecology. It has rejected the high tide line for the coastline in south Goa, which had been marked by the state government without consulting the Union government. Procedural functions have been formulated for the state officials …
it is a vote that could affect the lives of around 30 million fisherfolk from all over India. When the Parliament meets for the monsoon session, the Lok Sabha will vote on the Aquaculture Authority Bill, which has already been passed by the Rajya Sabha. And for the thousands of …
garbage washed ashore coasts are creating a major environmental problem in japan. A recent survey conducted by a professor of the National Defense Academy found that 400,000 pieces of garbage drifted ashore at 500 locations across the country over the past three years. This indicates that a massive amount of …
THE projected rise in sea level due to global warming and climate change is the kind of stuff that makes doomsday stories. The threat from such a rise has ominous portents for a large portion of the human population. Yet several scientists say that problems related to global warming may …
The Indian coasts are to be opened to accommodate construction activities. There is a debate brewing in the nation today whether this move will benefit the coastal communities or simply fill the coffers of certain powerful lobbies. There is also a feeling that it will thrust the fragile marine ecosystem …
In our haste to reclaim coastal regions for human development we seem to be forgetting one simple rule of nature: what is dumped out will eventually return to us in equal measure
Not only do oceans cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface they play a crucial role in the chemical and biological balance of life on the planet. They are vital to our food security, commerce and transportation. But human activity has troubled the oceans' health. Many fish species have …
the Gujarat government's move to de-reserve the West Mangrove Reserve Forest ( wmrf ) to facilitate setting up of cement industries has created panic among the fishing community in the Kutch district of Gujarat. A report published by the Thiruvananthapuram-based National Fishworkers' Forum ( nff ) says that the wmrf …
from coastal zones to the high seas, a growing wave of awareness is bringing together citizen groups, businesses and governments, who are mobilising all their resources to save the oceans before human activities destroy them. This has been the conclusion of Anne Platt McGinn's study Safeguarding the Health of Oceans …
fishing communities all over India will go on strike on May 10, 1999 to press for "protection of the sea and the coastal areas'. "On that day, there will be no fishing, no sale of fish and no consumption of fish,' said Thomas Kocherry, coordinator of the World Forum of …
Pollution has turned the 50-km stretch of the Arabian sea at Karachi into the country's most polluted, endangering human and marine life, say scientists. Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, pumps the raw sewage and industrial waste to the sea. Shahid Amjad, director general of the National Institute of Oceanography, says that …
pollution levels have reached alarming proportions in Mumbai, severely affecting the fish catch and other marine resources. B R Subramaniam, director of the Department of Ocean Development, blames population explosion and rising industrial activity along the coastline for the present situation. Estimates show that Mumbai contributes industrial effluents and 1,600 …
pollution and commercial fishing are ravaging marine resources in Kerala's coastal waters. Already many species such as the tuna and the prawn are on the decline. If the same trend continues, many of these may well vanish. "Marine fish species have been found with changes in their composition,' says John …
the Kerala government plans to construct 96 kilometres (km) of seawall and restore 48 km during the Ninth Five Year plan. The construction work will cost Rs 310 crore. The government has already spent more than Rs 200 crore for construction of seawall. At a time when coastal erosion is …
A California state jury has directed the owner of a tanker that spilled 76.4 million litres of oil in 1990 near two popular beaches in the US state to pay US $18 million for damages caused by the closing of the beaches. In what lawyers called an unprecedented verdict, the …
at least 25 people were killed and thousands rendered homeless as incessant rains lashed coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh on September 24 due to a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal. Despite the cyclone warning, 30 fishermen in five boats ventured into the sea and are reported to be …
With the southwestern monsoon arriving in full force, reports from coastal towns along the 160-km stretch from Colombo to Matara indicate that sea erosion has begun taking its seasonal heavy toll on land, plantations and buildings. The worst affected areas are said to be Panadura, Beruwala, Kalamulla, Kalutara, Kasgoda, Ahungalla, …
Officials of 160 countries would soon meet in Bonn, Germany, to negotiate cutbacks in the emissions of heat trapping gases linked to global warming. Although most experts agree that these gases may cause a rise in sea levels, there is a difference of opinion about the scale and severity of …
