Typical agriculture sectors like animal production and processing, aquaculture and its processing, and fruit and vegetable processing, can be water-intensive and generate complex and sometimes severe pollution. Controlling pollution hinges on knowing its quantity (wastewater and solid waste volume) and characteristics (major pollutants and their concentration range, nature of wastes, …
Capital Development Authority in Pakistan has geared up its work on accomplishing Khanpur dam project in time and to ensure smooth supply of water to the residents of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. CDA sources said over 60 per cent work on the dam had already been completed …
Tracing the evolution of one major type of beetle, the weevils, shows how the number of weevil species exploded when some of them stopped eating primitive plants like cycads and conifers. Dr. Brian D. Farrell, a curator at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, has shown that those …
The Ecuador Environment Minister Flor Maria Valverde has promised Greenpeace that she will take steps to secure a permanent ban on mangrove clearcuts by the country's shrimp farming industry and investigate evidence of illegal mangrove destruction in a protected national reserve.
A new satellite-based tagging technology has proven that it can help resolve the mysteries of tuna migration at a time when management technologies for these remarkable and commercially valuable fish are in dispute and their breeding population is in sharp decline. The microprocessor tags, deployed in 1996 and 1997 by …
An umbrella group of environmentalists and developing country fishermen's representatives based in Europe is to bring out a document this summer on a code of conduct for negotiating international fishing agreements.The proposed document, according to Fishing News International, London, would have guidance relating to sustainable exploitation of fishing stocks, participation …
The Science, Technology and Environment Ministry has confirmed its stand against inland shrimp farming with a fresh proposal for a nationwide ban on the business. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai recently turned down the ministry's proposal for him to ban inland shrimp farming on grounds that its poses a threat to …
Fisheries across the world are on the verge of collapse, said researchers who met recently at the Woods Hole oceanographic institution. Scientists say they have the information and know -how to help preserve and restore fish populations . But they say lawmakers with the power to change the ways of …
For 13 years, the Government has been pumping huge sums of money into the Peechi Reservoir Fisheries Project, thinking it was helping tribal and Scheduled Caste families in the area. Instead, non-SC/ST people and poachers have been having the run of the reservoir.So lopsided have been the benefits that the …
a coalition of Scottish environmental groups under the banner of the Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link (swcl) has called for a review of the environmental impacts of marine salmon fishing in Scotland. The main cause for concern is the wide and indiscriminate use of chemicals to control sea lice, parasites …
The uk government will appeal against a ruling by the High Court in London that entitles Spanish fisherfolk to claim millions of pounds in compensation for being barred from using the UK's fishing quotas in the '80s. It plans to seek permission from Spain to carry out spot checks on …
An earthquake that struck the north-eastern coast of Venezuela on July 10 left at least 46 people dead, 162 injured, and more than 500 families homeless. Most of the deaths occurred in the small coastal town of Cariaco, about 470 km east of Caracas, where two school buildings collapsed killing …
The vulnerability of Tokyo's bay front has been revealed when on July 2, the Japanese-operated super-tanker Diamond Grace , struck an undersea reef in the bay and spilt about 1,300 tonnes of crude oil. The crude-oil spill, the fifth worst in Japan's history, left the residents and industries around the …
Confused reporting by emergency officials about the extent of danger and inadequate disaster management, brought to light official apathy recently in Mexico City, as the volcano Popocatepetl, spewed a giant cloud of ash over the city. High ranking officials denied that they issued a red alert that the volcano may …
Green activists have pledged to intensify their struggle against the Burma-Thai gas pipeline project planned by the Petroleum Authority of Thailand which is threatening verdant tracts of forests in the Kanchanaburi province. Environmental groups of Burma and Thailand recently held an emergency meeting following the approval of environmental impact assessment …
The European Union (EU) was once again in the grip of a fishing controversy. After stormy discussions, EU fishery ministers agreed to reduce fishing capacities by up to 30 per cent over the next five years in a bid to save dwindling fish stocks in European waters. The agreement allows …
The global fish catch now appears to have reached the upper limits of sustainability. More than one billion people, mostly in developing countries, depend on fish as a primary source of animal protein. As human populations continue to grow, the demand for fish will rise further, reducing the average per …
The open water area in Bangladesh is estimated at 4.047 million ha, of which 2.833 million ha are floodplains. The deltaic environment of the nation has contributed much to the inland and marine fishery resources. While marine fisheries make up only 25 per cent of the total national fish harvest …
in the hill streams of Wynad and Malappuram districts in the Western Ghats, aquatic biodiversity gets a raw deal as crude methods are used to trap them. Particularly offensive is the use of copper sulphate (cuso4-locally known as 'thurrussu'). People residing near the Chaliyar river have perfected the technique of …
