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 …
In a bid to arrest the rapid depletion of mangroves, the state forest department has mooted a proposal to acquire mangroves in private land along the Kerala coast, perhaps for the first time in the country. The owners would be adequately compensated, forest department sources said. Individuals have been holding …
The UNEP “Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost” report describes the current and potential future status of permafrost and makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of permafrost degradation in a warming climate. Climate projections in the fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) do not account …
The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a mangrove barrier against cyclone, storm and strong tidal waves. (Correspondence) Original Source
Being a low laying deltaic country, the morphological changes of the coastal zones of Bangladesh become a major social, economic and environmental concern. In this study, images of Landsat satellite during 1989-2010 are analyzed to detect the variation of shoreline positions. The western-central coast has been divided into different segments …
This toolkit offers a step-by-step guide for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into the coastal and marine ecosystem management that will be quite useful for the field practitioners of coastal areas in the sub-region. This publication builds on UNDP’s new Biodiversity and Ecosystems Global Framework, titled The …
Bangladesh ministries, including the ministries of agriculture, environment and forest, water, health, rural development, food and disaster management, children and women affairs, relevant departments and NGOs have been implementing a number of local level adaptation (LLA) projects with their limited resources and capacity in response to the National Adaptation Programme …
PANJIM: In an official admission of the gradual devastation of the Goa coastline, the Water Resources Department in its Performance Budget presented before the Goa legislative assembly has admitted that 25 per cent of state’s shoreline is affected with erosion caused by the sea. The document tabled on the floor …
A new government report has warned that rapidly rising sea levels around China will affect an estimated 1,300 coastal townships, or 3 percent of the country's total, by 2050. According to the 2011 report on China's sea level, updated by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Wednesday, the sea around …
Climate change can be viewed as one of the most critical environmental problems to confront us as it is most immediately and inextricably linked to wellbeing, development and economic growth. Thus the solutions to it cannot be left to the confines of the environment but needs to seek clarity and …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation continues to remain grim in the lower Assam’s Tihu revenue circle, Paschim Nalbari, Sarthebari and few other places as the Mora Pagaldia river’s water level showing no signs of receding. To take stock of the flood situation, State Agriculture Minister Nilomoni Sen Deka, on the instruction …
Read this survey report on climate change vulnerabilities, aquaculture practices & coping measures in Sagar and Basanti blocks of Indian Sundarban. Aquaculture is considered as one of the major livelihood options for the peoples of Sundarban. Building the resilience to climate changes and uncertain future hazards is a cornerstone of …
If the Sundarbans are to be saved, ecological concerns must find their way into the debate on development, writes Uddalak Mukherjee The Centre for Science and Environment recently released the findings of a study it had undertaken to examine the impact of climate change on development in the Sundarbans. The …
Green and rights organisations on Wednesday demanded adequate allocation in the upcoming national budget keeping climate change adaptation activities in consideration. The organisations working on climate change made the demand at a press conference at the National Press Club to press home their 11-point charter of demands. Leaders of the …
KENDRAPARA: Emergence of millions of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles along the tranquil Gahirmatha beach has brought cheers to conservationists here. Wildlife lovers are elated as hatchlings broke out of eggshells and began their seaward journey from the nesting grounds at Nasi-2 Island. About 1.68 lakh turtles had arrived at …
By 2025, coastal areas of Pakistan and neighbouring regions have climate resilient ecosystems to support the livelihood/lives of coastal communities. The specific objective for 5 years period (2011-2015) of the project is that “ By 2015, government and community climate adaptation capacity is increased and water governance strengthened, to improve …
A large number of eggs of Olive Ridley turtles were destroyed due to sea erosion in the mouth of Rushikulya river in Odisha’s Ganjam district where the endangered sea species nest. “We think around 10 to 20 per cent of eggs were washed away due to the sea erosion,” divisional …
This report is intended to provide an overview of the concept of ecosystem approach to disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR), natural resource management and disaster linkages, incorporating Eco-DRR concepts in various phases of disaster management, including post disaster recovery in wide range of human and natural environmental settings. The case studies …
As many as 12 of Britain's 19 civil nuclear sites are at risk of flooding and coastal erosion because of climate change, according to an unpublished government analysis obtained by the Guardian . Nine of the sites have been assessed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) …
Small dams will not be sustainable in the NE region. Multipurpose projects with very safe designs of medium to big dams on the tributaries of the Brahmaputra will be an unavoidable option in the days to come. This is the opinion of renowned water resources expert Prof Nayan Sarma of …
A special beach nourishment project to recreate the coastline has been introduced by the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) for the first time in Sri Lanka to combat coastal erosion, CCD Deputy Director (Planning) Gamini Hewage told the Daily News.. He noted that a one km coastal stretch from Palliyawatte to …
