Mangroves

Storm protection by mangroves in Orissa: an analysis of the 1999 super cyclone

This study assesses the storm protection role afforded by mangroves. It uses data on human casualties, damages to houses and livestock losses suffered in the Kendrapada district of the State of Orissa during the super cyclone of October 1999. The analysis incorporates meteorological, geo-physical and socio-economic factors to separate out the impact of mangrove vegetation on cyclone damage.

Publication Date:

01/12/2007

Author(s): Saudamini Das

Source: SANDEE

Tags:

Livestock, Mangroves, Cyclones, Storms, Orissa (Odisha), Kendrapara (D)

Natural Disasters

The importance of mangrove conservation in tsunami

Publication Date:

30/10/2007

Tags:

Mangroves

India

Kerala creating eco fence against natural calamities

After spending a lot of money on sea walls, the Kerala government is now creating an eco-fence against natural calamities like the tsunami that ravaged the state in 2004. Under the

Publication Date:

14/09/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mangroves, Coastal Development, Cyclones, Storms, Tsunami, Disaster Preparedness, India, Kerala

Biodiversity

A world without mangroves?

At a meeting of world mangrove experts held last year in Australia, it was unanimously agreed that we face the prospect of a world deprived of the services offered by mangrove ecosystems, perhaps within the next 100 years. Mangrove forests once covered more than 200,000 km2 of sheltered tropical and subtropical coastlines.

Publication Date:

06/07/2007

Author(s): N. C. Duke, J.-O. Meynecke, S. Dittmann & et al

Source: Science

Vol:

317

Issue:

5834

pp:

41

Tags:

Ecosystems, Forests, Land Use, Mangroves, Deforestation, Carbon Sinks, Biodiversity

Climate Change

Climate contours: living with change - biodiversity, communities and livelihoods

Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems in the Himalayas (CCIFEH) Programme is a joint initiative of WWF-India and WWF Nepal, funded by WWF-The Netherlands.

Publication Date:

01/07/2007

Source: WWF-India

Tags:

Ecosystems, Wetlands, Sundarbans, Lakes, Mangroves, Climate Change, Biodiversity, India, Ladakh

India

Deep waters

Publication Date:

14/05/2007

Author(s): Arnab Pratim Dutta, Sujit Kumar Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070515

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mangroves, Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Beaches, Sethusamudram Project, Ports, Marine Fisherfolk, Conflicts, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), India, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu

Industry

Harbouring doubts

Publication Date:

14/05/2007

Author(s): Arnab Pratim Dutta, Sujit Kumar Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070515

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Acquisition, Mangroves, Coastal Erosion, Beaches, Ports, Displacement, Marine Fisherfolk, Conflicts, Pondicherry, Corruption, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Air Pollution

India

South Asia

Fishermen shot Two people were shot dead and two others drowned in the Indian Ocean when the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire at Indian fishermen on March 29. According to the Tamil Nadu Fisheries

Publication Date:

29/04/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Sundarbans, Mangroves, Forest Fires, Marine Fisherfolk, Sri Lanka, India, Kanniyakumari, West Bengal

Industry

Useful mangorves

Indira Hiriway of the Centre for Development Alternatives in Ahmedabad has recently produced a working paper on the valuation of mangroves in Gujarat.

Publication Date:

30/03/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Nutrition, Mangroves, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Drugs, AIDS, Gujarat

India