garbage washed ashore coasts are creat

Scientists stress that conserving mangroves will provide an important buffer to save coastal regions from the ravages of sea level rise due to global warming

In our haste to reclaim coastal regions for human development we seem to be forgetting one simple rule of nature: what is dumped out will eventually return to us in equal measure

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor fisherfolk for their settlements, is the administration surreptitiously letting in Indian companies and multinationa

Not only do oceans cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface they play a crucial role in the

the Gujarat government's move to

Bad news for the oceans, is bad news for the environment, the economy and humans

fishing communities all over India will go on strike on May 10, 1999 to press for "protection of the sea and the coastal areas'. "On that day, there will be no fishing, no sale of fish and no

it is feared that Mangalore in Karnataka would sooner or later be swallowed up by the Arabian Sea if a

Pollution has turned

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