Every rupee spent on the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) and on augmenting high-performance computing used for weather modelling has returned ₹50 in economic benefits to poor farmers and fishing families, a report said. The report, released by the New Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), showed that ₹551-crore …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd Vs Ramdas Janardan Koli dated 21/04/2015 regarding environmental damages caused due to expansion of the Port activities of JNPT and development activities of CIDCO and the spillage of oil by …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ramdas Janardan Koli Vs Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests dated 27/02/2015 regarding loss of livelihood by traditional fishermen, who are residents of villages, known as “Hanuman Koliwada, Uran Koliwada, Gavhan Koliwada, and BelpadaKoliwada” situated in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Hazira Macchimar Samiti Vs Union of India & Ors dated 02/12/2014 regarding cargo port at Hazira, Surat, Gujarat. The Tribunal directed the Commissioner of Fisheries, shall file affidavit explaining the present width of channel of the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Wilfred J. & Others Vs MoEF & Others regarding Vizhinjam Port Project and it affecting the environment and ecology of that area as well as impacting the livelihood of the fisher folks of that area.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramdas Janardan Koli Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 11/03/2014 regarding constructions by CIDCO and others in CRZ area. The Tribunal has ordered that "there shall be no further work carried out for reclamation and particularly, in respect of shortening …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ramdas Janardan Koli Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 18/02/2014 regarding constructions by CIDCO in CRZ area. The applicant has said that CIDCO has undertaken certain activities to change the nature of property by causing destruction …
A presentation by Sibananda Senapati and Prof. Vijaya Gupta at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) broke its own social and environmental rules, says the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) which released an investigation report yesterday. A recourse mechanism for communities affected by private sector projects that the World Bank Group supports, CAO found that IFC committed serious violations of its mandatory …
Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL or the company) is building, and will operate a 4,000MW ‘ultra mega’ imported coal and supercritical technology based power plant at the port city of Mundra in the state of Gujarat in India. The project will source imported coal from mines of Indonesia and other …
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries of the world and here climatic events are considered an integral part of the social fabric. More than 3.5 million coastal peoples’ livelihood directly or indirectly depend on fishing and related activities under extremely difficult conditions, and their economic hardship is …
Controversies related to Indian trawlers crossing into Sri Lankan waters of the Palk Bay have repeatedly been the subject of newspaper headlines in both India and Sri Lanka since 1990. The first aim of this paper is to provide grass-roots insights into the post-war status of the north Sri Lankan …
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Oceans are the lifeblood of the planet and the global economy, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told a conference on ocean conservation in …
Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy imperatives. Fishers' adaptive responses to these pressures, such as exiting from a fishery to pursue alternative livelihoods, determine their own vulnerability, as well …
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean about 28 kilometers (18 mi.) off the southeastern coast of India, in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes. Over one-third of Sri Lanka’s population – 8.7 million people – …
Mumbai is in reality a city of places that are not a part of the current set of fantasies that rule the minds of urban planners but are yet integrally linked to capitalist processes, to urban practices of place-making and to urbanism itself. From this perspective, this enquiry seeks not …
Seven years after the 2004 tsunami, with the coastal communities in Tamil Nadu yet to reconcile with its after-effects, another disaster is gradually unfolding. A massive relief and rehabilitation campaign, largely driven by private aid with the state playing a mere regulatory role, has opened up the coast for investment, …
BEYOND USUAL SUSPECTS A case for neglected species in wildlife research and conservation For most of us wildlife is represented by large mammals like elephant, rhino, lion and tiger, may be birds like hornbill, raptors, peafowl and waterfowl and awe inspiring reptiles like marine turtles, crocodiles, python and king cobra. …
MUMBAIKARS won’t see any more sea links, at least for now. After the successful run of the five-kilometre road over the sea, linking Bandra to Worli in South Mumbai, the Maharashtra government was planning its extension to Haji Ali via another sea link. But now that plan has been shelved. …
MONTHS before its expected date of becoming operational, the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district has earned the ire of people living nearby. On August 15, three gram sabhas passed resolutions asking for its closure. About 60,000 people live within 10 km of the 2,000 MW plant, …
