Climate Change

 Bureaucracy on the beach

Orissa government looks for ways to stall beach erosion, does not recognize climate change The rising sea level has alarmed the Orissa government. It has decided to combat it with geo-tubes. Orissa

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Ranjan Panda
Down to Earth
Tags:
Chilka, Mangroves, Coastal Erosion, Beaches, Ports, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Remote Sensing, Orissa (Odisha), Kendrapara (D), Coastal Regulations
Forests

Mangrove wetland centre at Navi Mumbai: Master plan in 12 more months

Mumbai, September 19 Forest Department, CIDCO and Conservation Action Trust sign MoU in CM

Publication Date: 
20/09/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mangroves, Forest Management, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Climate Change

Carbon count in forests

Rajahmundry, Sept. 19: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education has taken up a study to find out the rate of absorption of carbon by forest soils of the country.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Forests, Soil Science, Mangroves, Forest Systems, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Science, Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor (D), East Godavari, Kurnool (D)

 Our quality of mercy

Jambudwip is a tiny dot in the Bay of Bengal. A few years ago, it hit headlines when wildlife activists dragged fishermen, who used the landmass to dry their fish, to the Supreme Court. A case was

Publication Date: 
14/09/2008
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
Climate Change

Rise of sea level affects riverbank vegetation

Vegetation changes point to rising sea levels

Abhishek Law
KOLKATA, Sept. 11: Is Kolkata under threat due to rising sea levels? Has there been an increase in land inundation because of global sea-level rise? It appears so with mangrove plants, that were previously restricted to the Sunderbans only, being found along the banks of river Hooghly.

And if environmentalists are to be believed, this phenomenon of generation of new vegetation along the riverbanks, is due to the increase in river salinity and hint at the city

Publication Date: 
12/09/2008
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Sundarbans, Mangroves, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Biodiversity

New mangrove habitats and additions to the flora of Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh

This paper deals with two mangrove habitats reported for the first time from the East Coast of Andhra Pradesh. Four mangrove associates and two Seagrasses are reported here for the first time from these habitats. These species form additions to the flora of Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
P. K. Swain, N. Rama Rao, Sanjai Mohan
Indian Journal of Forestry
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431
Tags:
Mangroves, Flora, Biodiversity, Andhra Pradesh, Srikakulam (D)
Forests

Bangladesh: sundarbans biodiversity conservation project

The expected long-term impact of the Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project was to secure the integrity of the environment and biodiversity of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF). Comprising 6,000 square kilometers, the SRF is a globally significant ecosystem with a rich area of biodiversity and natural resources.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Forests, Sundarbans, Mangroves, Biodiversity, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh
Wildlife

 Astray?

From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the forest department. Communities that have traditionally been accommodative are now unsettled, their patience worn thin by the rising incidents of human-animal conflicts. Yet, the debate on human-animal conflicts, an understanding of which is basic to conservation research and practice in India, has reached a strange impasse. Nobody quite knows what to do. Meanwhile, reality is outstripping knowledge as well as application.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2008
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Salinisation, Sundarbans, Cattle, Mangroves, Forest Encroachments, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Wildlife, Tiger, Protected Area Conservation, Poaching, People - Animal Conflicts, Gujarat, West Bengal, Statistics
Wildlife

 Sunderbans: a land in limbo

Tigers attack people. People impatient, they are second priority. What is the way out?

July 24, 2007. Hungry and exhausted after fishing all day on the Bidyadhari river, Amirul Naiya, his two brothers and three other fishermen pulled

Publication Date: 
30/08/2008
Down to Earth
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20080831
7
Tags:
Water Salinisation, Sundarbans, Sundarban NP, Mangroves, Fisheries, Minor Forest Produce, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Wildlife, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Poaching, People - Animal Conflicts, Public Participation, West Bengal, 24 Parganas (S)
Forests

HC seeks mangrove report

Rajahmundry, Aug. 27: The AP High Court directed the Krishna district collector to stop the clearance of mangroves and mud flats at Polatitippa village of Machilipatnam mandal and asked the latter to send a detailed report on the development following a public interest litigation filed by former secretary of Government of India Dr E.A.S. Sarma recently.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Mangroves, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification

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