Fisheries

 Trouble at sea

From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
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Andaman Islands, Marine Life, Corals, Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Wildlife Act 1972, Legislation, India, Delhi, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
India

 PLEA DISMISSED

A division bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions which challenged the inclusion of rivers and backwaters in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification. The

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Coastal Development, High Court, India, Kerala
Industry

 Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Jayanta Basu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Endangered Species, Religious Beliefs, Industry, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
India

 Water war

A dispuet is brewing between TN and Kerala over a controversial dam

Publication Date: 
29/11/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Dams, Irrigation, Conflicts, Governance, India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Pesticides And Toxins

Report of the committee to study and analyse the effects of aerial spray of endosulfan in the cashew plantation of PCK Ltd in Kasaragod district

The Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd (PCK) has been resorting to aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan for about 2 decades, 2 to 3 times an year, in 4696 ha of cashew plantation owned by it in Kasaragod district of Kerala for the control of tea-mosquito bug.  From 1979, there have been press reports on health abnormalities in the region adjoining the plantation.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2001
Government of Kerala
Tags:
Endosulfan, Kasaragod (D), Kerala, Pesticide Use, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins
Animal Care

 Media hype

E V V BHASKARA RAO
Director, National Research Centre for Cashew, Puttur, Karnataka says, in his paper circulated by the pesticide association, that inbreeding or wrong medication taken during pregnancy could be responsible

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Kerala
India

 Pesticide plot

The powerful pesticide lobby campaigns for a deadly killer that has been linked to many diseases

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Pesticides, Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Research, Legislation, India, Kerala
India

 Sandal act

Winds of change in the scented wood

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Forest Policy, Timber Smuggling, Sandalwood, Trade, Legislation, India, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Transport

 Malignant trials

Did Kerala’s Regional Cancer Centre use unsuspecting patients as guinea pigs to conduct drug tests?

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cancer, Drugs, Research, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)
India

 It pours red in Kerala

parts of Kerala have recently received red coloured rain. The first incident of the coloured rain was reported from Chaganasseri district, followed by many others. Scientists from the

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Geology, Research, India, Kerala

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