COASTAL Action Network, an umbrella organisation of 45 different coastal and fishermen-related groups in the State, announced that they are boycotting a proposed public consultation meet by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to be held in the city on Wednesday to gather opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991.

The committee set up to review the Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) notification has recommended the proposed law be allowed to lapse. The panel chaired by scientist M S Swaminathan suggested the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991 be strengthened instead. Any proposed legislation should take into account the problem of climate change induced sea level rise and growing pressure

Nauzer Bharucha | TNN

It seems there is still a long way to go before work for the Navi Mumbai Airport (NMA) get started, notwithstanding the Maharashtra Government's assertions of having cleared the decks.

Mumbai The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has announced its plan to hold 10 public consultations in Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to gather public opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991.

KOCHI: As part of framing new rules to save the 7,517-km coastline, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to meet the fishermen community in Kerala.

Stakeholders in the State, including the fisher-folks, had strongly opposed the recently lapsed Coastal Management Zone draft notification.

MUMBAI: The state plans to write to the Centre, asking for a separate set of rules for Mumbai when it amends the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, which prohibits construction close to the coastline. The draft notification of the coastal management zone (CMZ) lapsed on July 22.

Union State Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh along with a team of experts will be in Goa in the first week of August to help find a solution to the problem of traditional inhabitants which are affected on account of alleged violation of the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) notification.

Mixed signals on CMZ The coastal management zone (CMZ) notification proposed in place of the existing coastal regulations seems to be stalled for now. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh met representatives of fishing communities on July 2 and assured them their concerns will be addressed. But fishers were surprised four days later by a letter from the ministry asking them to attend

Cavelossim Sarpanch Edwin Barretto has questioned the delay by the government in resolving the burning CRZ issue facing traditional fishermen inhabiting the coast.