Mangroves

Take afforestation fee and denotify our homes, forest land residents tell state governmentMumbai: Builders are systematically destroying mangroves in the Mira-Bhayander region, dumping debris and garbage on them and hacking and dredging the soil for illegal constructions, an NGO of environmentalists has alleged.

Publication Date:

09/01/2009

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Mangroves, Solid Waste, Garbage, Municipal Corporations, NGO, Maharashtra

Wildlife

Situation of large reptiles in the Ayeyarwady delta after the cyclone hit

The devastating cyclone Nargis struck the southern part of Myanmar early in May 2008. The delta area of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River was devastated. Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, was also struck. There is an area in the Ayeyarwady delta where the aim is to conserve the mangrove ecosystem. This is the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary.

Publication Date:

01/01/2009

Author(s): Shingo Onishi

Source: Tiger Paper

Vol:

36

Issue:

1

pp:

1

Tags:

Rivers, Irrawaddy, Mangroves, Cyclones, Wildlife, Turtles, Reptiles, Crocodiles, Sanctuaries, Myanmar, River Basin

Wildlife

The Sundarbans tiger: Adaptation, population status and conflict management

The Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh is the only mangrove in the world where tigers still live. The Sundarbans has been under various forms of management for about 2,000 years, and is classified as a Tiger Conservation Landscape of Global Priority. Little is known about the Sundarbans tigers, which are threatened by habitat destruction, prey depletion, and direct tiger loss.

Publication Date:

01/01/2009

Author(s): Adam C. D. Barlow

Source: University of Minnesota

Tags:

Sundarbans, Sundarban NP, Mangroves, Deforestation, Minor Forest Produce, Firewood, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Wildlife, Tiger, Poaching, Wildlife And People, People - Animal Conflicts, Bangladesh, India, Statistics

The tale of 21st centurys dinosaurs

Have you noticed how the mighty automobile industry in the US is beginning to sound like the now infamous tobacco industry at the time of its collapse, taking cover behind the people it employed to

Publication Date:

30/12/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Environment Economics, Islands, Mining, Ecology, Development, Marine Fisherfolk, Panna NP, Benefit Sharing, Poverty, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Supreme Court, India, Vedanta Aluminium, Mangroves

Habitat And Urbanisation

The CMZ notification

Key differences between CMZ and CRZ View image Genesis and features of CMZ vis-a-vis the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 1991 Key features Coastal areas categorized as

Publication Date:

30/12/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

17

Issue:

20081231

pp:

15

Tags:

Mangroves, Coastal Development, Corals, Aquaculture, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification

Biodiversity