Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023. Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The …
Looking at the youthful figure behind matted reeds along the shore, it is hard to believe Kishore Behera was earlier called the Veerappan of Chilika. Once a notorious bird poacher, his gaze is focussed on a purple moorhen nest. As a crow swoops down, he swings his oar with a …
CUDDALORE: A five-year research by marine biologists has now made it possible to breed marine ornamental fishes in hatcheries even using low saline estuarine water
Fishermen have agreed to allow the GMR barge mounted power plant to sail to Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning if the dredging works initiated at the estuary at Old Port on Saturday by GMR-Energy is completed satisfactorily. A meeting was convened by Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj on Sunday …
Report on public consultations with fisher folks & community to strengthen CRZ notification, 1991. The consultations facilitated by CEE were held from Aug 2009 to Feb 2010, includes viewpoints of fishers/ coastal communities covering 9 coastal states & one Union Territory. Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) , Government of …
DEVELOPING countries, including India, Brazil, China and Mexico, have called for exclusion of small and marginal fishermen from the multilateral curbs on fisheries subsidies under the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a recent representation to the committee on rules, these countries have suggested various flexibilities for fishworkers from developing countries …
December 26, 2004. The day began with the sun gleaming in through her window while she was busy with her daily chores. By the time the sun went down, Nirmala Martin
Public consultation with fisher folk and local community on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) held at College of Fisheries, Mangalore, will be convened on February 27 at College of Fisheries. The programme was postponed because of poor turn up of fisher folk on Saturday owing to the bundh called by Sri …
Ahmedabad: City-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) commissioned by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will be organising public consultations with fishermen and local communities to strengthen Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) at Rajkot on Monday. The consultation will have majority of stakeholders from coastal community, fisher federations, NGOs and related …
Centre for Environment Education Bangalore and College of Fisheries Mangalore will organise a public consultation with the fisher folks and local community on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) at College of Fisheries on February 13 from 10 am to 1 pm. Addressing a news conference, College of Fisheries Department of Aquatic …
V. Sajeev Kumar The Kerala State Fishing Boat Operators Association has protested against the proposed Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Act 2009, saying that it contains
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry will embark on constructing massive infrastructure development projects in the Southern province. As an initial project the Fisheries harbour in Devinuwara, Matara, will be developed with required facilities and the entire project will cost Rs. 250 million, the Ministry said. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources …
The fisherfolk from Sompeta expressed their protest against the proposed thermal power plant (2,640 MW) to be set up by the NCC group in the district at a meeting presided over by the Joint Collector, Mr E. Sridhar. The meeting was held in the aftermath of an agitation lagainst the …
Mumbai: Mumbaikars may have to fight it out to get the mangrove wetland centre, proposed nearly two years ago on 452 hectares of marshland along the Eastern Express Highway at Bhandup. Announced on March 3, 2008, by then state forests minister Baban Pachpute, the proposal has since been wrapped in …
Mumbai: Shri Ugwatyadev Rahivasi Seva Sangh, representing families in the coastal land between Bhandup and Mulund, has moved court against the proposed wetland centre in the area. The families believe that the project has deprived them of their livelihood. According to them, due to the area being reserved for the …
