The government is reviewing the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification to benefit the people living along coastlines and safeguard the interests of marine life, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tu

Pune: Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday that his ministry plans to publish a white paper in the next few days detailing how environment has been protected while approving

Nagpur: City's metro railway has cleared another hurdle with the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) making it clear that environment impact assessment (EIA) was not needed for the pro

The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA), the nodal agency for overseeing the implementation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines, is all set to undergo a sea change in its struc

Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni has said that 38 sand blocks have been identified, spread across an area of 506.56 acres, in the non-CRZ area of Dakshina Kannada.

An amount of Rs 75 crore will be given to the fishing community as a compensation.

MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary said that district administration has utterly failed to maintain the effective sand mining policy in the district.

MAPUSA: Opposition to loud music played along the coastal belt at Morjim is growing with locals and the high court appointed a noise pollution monitoring committee taking up the case of the student

The problem of marine pollution by plastics can be resolved through a combination of actions like enforcement of rules, stressing on recycling and finding an alternative to plastics, say experts.

India's Sundarbans is facing increasing pressure owing to peoples' needs and multiple uses that coastal and marine areas can be put to, a group of researchers from West Bengal told an international