Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Thailand has dumped at least 189 old garbage trucks off its southern coast, in a bid to build an artificial reef to lure fish for local fishermen. The trucks, once used to collect refuse in Bangkok, were dropped into the Gulf of Thailand, about 5.5 km from the southern province …
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has voiced concern over the environmental impact of Iran's nuclear programme. UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan raised the issue in Abu Dhabi at a joint news conference with German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who echoed Western fears regarding Iran's nuclear programme. Unlike …
Global environmental change (GEC) is among the most severe challenges facing mankind today. It is a suite of environmental change problems, climate change being the most studied of all. Global environment includes physical, chemical, and biological processes that are necessary for life-supporting services on the earth. No studies on a …
Considering the increasing urban population and the resulting urban liquid waste, an attempt has been made to ascertain the quality of the Pondicherry coastal water. Four sampling stations-two on the 1 fathom line and two on the 5 fathom line were fixed. The results revealed that the total coliform bacterial …
Clearly, a cat's waste is an otter's poison. Southern sea otters in their prime are dying in huge numbers off the California coast in the us due to a mysterious disease that marine biologists think can be linked to cat faeces in the sewage dumped into the ocean. Scientists at …
following the detection of antibiotic residues in shrimps exported from India in 2002, the government seems to be making a concerted effort to rectify the situation. The Marine Products Export Development Authority (mpeda), a body that comes under the Union ministry of commerce, has recently taken several initiatives to protect …
To give succour to those affected by the huge slick from the oil tanker Prestige, Morocco has temporarily lifted its ban on Spanish fishing boats. The move should ease the strained relations between the nations. And for Galician fisherfolk, it is a timely respite.The vessel sank in the coastal waters …
norway has withdrawn the permit issued to a carbon dioxide sequestration study following appeals from environmental groups such as Greenpeace Nordic and World Wide Fund for Nature, Norway. The permit for conducting the study was issued by Norway's pollution control agency. In an official statement Borge Brende, the Norwegian environment …
with sea temperatures increasing, the world's coral reefs are once again facing threat as shown by intensive bleaching. Data from a new information system, called ReefBase, shows that 2002 is the second worst year for coral bleaching after 1998, when a very strong episode of the El Ni
even as the controversy generated by Gujarat's highly polluting Alang shipbreaking yard refuses to die down, Andhra Pradesh is clearing the decks for a similar unit to be located in its fragile coastal belt. The proposal for the yard at Vodarevu near Chirala of Prakasam district was given the technical …
the maximum fine for damaging Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been increased tenfold to us $571,000. Robert Hill, the country's environment minister, said that any vessel polluting or illegally fishing in the marine park would be liable to pay the fine. Penalties for other offences such as picking up corals …
human activities in coastal areas are endangering marshes, estuaries, coral reefs and mangrove forests, warns a new report. "Unless things change very quickly, the world's coastal areas face a bleak future,' says Jonathan Lash, president of the Washington dc -based World Resources Institute ( wri ), which released the report …
at least nine animals died and many sea lions, giant tortoises, colourful blue-footed boobie birds and other pelicans were affected due to an oilspill near Galapagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador. The accident happened when a vessel, Jessica, ran aground after hitting rocks on January …
for millions of years, natural barriers such as oceans, mountains, rivers and deserts provided an ideal habitat for various flora and fauna. Now these natural barriers have been conquered. This had led to exotic species travelling vast distances to previously unknown habitats to invade new areas. This is regarded as …
The sinking of an Italian tanker carrying 6,000 metric tonnes of toxic chemicals off France's Atlantic Coast has sent alarm bells ringing in the region. Loaded with 4,000 tonnes of styrene, a hydrocarbon used for making synthetic plastic, rubber and resins, the tanker sank in an area where radioactive and …
A recent massive oil and fertiliser spill off Sri Lanka's southern coast has triggered a grave ecological and humanitarian crisis. "The pollutants have spread over an area of eight square kilometres along the coastline. This has threatened the marine life. Every day fisherfolk remove several tonnes of dead fish from …
A "spy in the sky' satellite is being tested by coastguards in Canada in an attempt to catch ships illegally discharging oil into the North Sea. The satellite, called Radarsat, is part of an eight-month trial ordered by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It is hoped that the satellite, which …
toxic chemicals used in ship paint are severely polluting the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece, reported a recent research. Sediment taken from Piraeus and Thessaloniki harbours and the sea close beaches around Salamina island have shown that toxic TBT (tributyl tin) and other toxic compounds are leaching directly …
