Land

Hulhumale reclamation delayed to clear financials, says president

The second phase of the Hulhumale reclamation project has been delayed to clear the financial aspects of the project, President Mohamed Waheed Hassan said Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2013
Haveeru Daily (Maldives)
Tags:
Land, Maldives, South Asia, Land Reclamation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Coastal zone authority was divided on Bolgatty project

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the controversy surrounding the Bolgatty convention centre project of Emke Group, led by M A Yusuff Ali, is gathering momentum, records show that the Kerala Coastal Zone

Publication Date: 
28/05/2013
Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Coastal Development, Land Reclamation, Coastal Regulations
Environment

Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd. Mundra, Gujarat (Sunita Narain Committee on Adani)

There is incontrovertible evidence that the Adani project – port and SEZ – at Mundra in Gujarat has violated and not complied with environmental clearance conditions says this report of a committee set up by MoEF to inspect the project. The five-member committe was headed by environmentalist Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2013
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Gujarat, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Sunita Narain, Land Reclamation, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangroves, Power Industry, Forest Clearance, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), High Court
Land

Hulhumale reclamation to start within a month: HDC

Hulhumale Development Corporation (HDC) has stated that it would start the USD60 million second phase of the Hulhumale reclamation project within the next month or so.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2013
Haveeru Daily (Maldives)
Tags:
Maldives, South Asia, Land, Land Reclamation, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Water Resources

Economic implications of wetland conversion to local people’s livelihoods: The case of Kampala- Mukono Corridor (KMC) Wetlands in Uganda

Uganda’s wetlands are an important stock of natural capital producing goods and services that have economic value. Despite the need to conserve them, their loss to unsustainable resource utilization activities has continued because they are considered to have little or no economic value. This study aimed at highlighting the economic importance of three wetlands within the Kampala-Mukono Corridor (KMC) and the economic implications of their degradation to the Local Administration and people’s livelihoods.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2013
H. Wasswa, F. Mugagga, V. Kakembo
Academia Journal of Environmental Sciences
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66-77
Tags:
Wetlands, Uganda, Land Reclamation, Land Use, Africa, Ecosystem Services, Cost Benefit Analysis, Flood Control
Dams/ Irrigation

The Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill, 2013

GUJARAT BILL NO. OF 2013.
A B I L L
to provide for irrigation and drainage in the State of Gujarat.
WHEREAS it is necessary to make provisions for the construction
relating to irrigation in the State of Gujarat and for the matters connected
therewith and incidental thereto.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2013
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Gujarat, Irrigation, Drainage, Reservoirs, Water Supply, Tubewells, Wells, Groundwater Recharge, Land Reclamation, Canal Irrigation, Water Conservation, Compensation, Land Act 1894
Wildlife

Remote sensing to quantify wetland loss

The Kanwar Lake in Begusarai district is one of the Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake and eco-friendly natural lakes which attracts a variety of migratory birds. It has been shrinking at an abnormally high rate. Despite being designated as wildlife sanctuary, this wetland is under threat from anthropogenic pressures.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Sumit Anand, P.K Joshi
ESRI India
Tags:
Lakes, Begusarai (D), Bihar, Wetlands, Birds, Migratory Species, Remote Sensing, Land Reclamation, Land Use, Land Encroachments
Water Resources

Swan canalisation threat to natural wetlands

Dharamsala, December 2: The canalisation of the Swan in Una district has helped in reclaiming thousands of acres of agriculture land, but has also threatened many natural wetlands.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2012
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Wetlands, Croplands, Land Reclamation, Habitat, Sarus Crane, Groundwater, Ministry Of Water Resources
Industry

Constitution of committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Mundra, Gujarat

Constitution of committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Mundra, Gujarat. The Ministry of Environment & Forests had granted Environment and CRZ clearance on 12.01.2009 to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Limited (formerly Mundra Port and SEZ Limited) for the development of port facilities at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coastal Regulations, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Mangroves, Environment Clearance (EC), High Court, Land Reclamation, Sunita Narain, Soil Salinisation, Agriculture, CSE
Mining

China to have over 600 green mines by 2015

China will have more than 600 environment friendly mines by 2015, Dong Zuoji, director of the planning department of the Ministry of Land and Resources, said on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2012
China Daily
Tags:
China, Environment, Mining, Land Reclamation, Energy

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