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MoEF clears power plant near Mundra, with riders

About nine months after it received a showcause notice on alleged environmental violation, the 300-MW thermal power plant by OPG Power, near the Mundra port in Kutch, Gujarat, has finally got a con

Publication Date: 
21/10/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Air Pollution, Coal, Fisheries
Energy

Centre Sets Up Experts’ Panel on Kudankulam

The Centre has announced a 15-member expert group to allay apprehensions on the Kudankulam nuclear power project.

Publication Date: 
21/10/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Koodunkulam APS, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Safety, Russia, Radiation, Waste Management, Fisheries
Energy

Centre sets up experts group to allay fears on Kudankulam

The Centre on Thursday set up a 15-member experts group for interaction with the local people in and around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant project as part of an exercise to allay their apprehen

Publication Date: 
21/10/2011
P. Sunderarajan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tirunelveli (D), Koodunkulam APS, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation, Nuclear Safety, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Fisheries, Environment, Nuclear Waste, Energy
Fisheries

Knot of Worry Tightens for Fishermen

The scientist in Canada got the results from a respected lab and held a news conference. The ice and bait man at a fish processor in Sitka, Alaska, heard the news on Facebook.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2011
William Yardley
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Fisheries, North Pacific Ocean, Endangered Species, Marine Life, Animal Diseases, Health, Canada, United States Of America (US)
Dams/ Irrigation

Remaking the Mekong

Scientists are hoping to stall plans to erect a string of dams along the Mekong River.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2011
Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Nature
478
7396
305-307
Tags:
Dams, Rivers, Laos, Reservoirs, Hydrology, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Power Industry, Fisheries, Sedimentation
Climate Change

Warming Revives Dream of Sea Route in Russian Arctic

Rounding the northernmost tip of Russia in his oceangoing tugboat this summer, Capt. Vladimir V. Bozanov saw plenty of walruses, some pods of beluga whales and in the distance a few icebergs.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2011
Andrew E. Kramer
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Russia, Global Warming, Climate Change, Marine Life, Arctic, Glacial Melt, Mining, Green House Gases, Fisheries, Power Industry, Europe, Natural Gas, Transport, United States Of America (US), Norway, Canada, Natural Gas Exploration, Oil Exploration
Fisheries

Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the Wild on the Pacific Coast

A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest, researchers in British Columbia said on Monday, stirring concern that it co

Publication Date: 
18/10/2011
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Fisheries, North Pacific Ocean, United States Of America (US), Animal Diseases
Environment

Project not to be discussed in Standing Committee meeting

The much-awaited roadway project at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat could not be discussed in the Standing Committee meeting of National Board For Wildlife (NBWL) on Friday in the absence of the site insp

Publication Date: 
15/10/2011
Pioneer (New Dehi)
Tags:
Roads, Rann Of Kutch, Ecosystems, Deserts, Fisheries, Mangroves, Tourism, Pakistan, Rajasthan, Floods, Birds, Wildlife
Economy

In Orissa, a son keeps up his father’s name

The name Indira or Rajiv Gandhi has been known to win elections in many states. Ambedkar fetches votes in Uttar Pradesh and Kamraj in Tamil Nadu.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Irrigation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Rural Electrification, Panchayats, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Wildlife, Fisheries, Rural Roads
Fisheries

Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries

Sustainably managing ecosystems is challenging, especially for complex systems such as coral reefs. This study develops critical reference points for sustainable management by using a large empirical dataset on the coral reefs of the western Indian Ocean to investigate associations between levels of target fish biomass (as an indicator of fishing intensity) and eight metrics of ecosystem state. These eight ecological metrics each exhibited specific thresholds along a continuum of fishable biomass ranging from heavily fished sites to old fisheries closures.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Tim R. McClanahan, Nicholas A. J. Graham, M. Aaron MacNeil & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
108
14
17230-17233
Tags:
Ecosystems, Corals, Indian Ocean, Marine Fisheries, Biomass, Protected Area Conservation, Marine Ecosystems

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