A complicated bus-ride

What does Barack Obama

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
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

 Bail us out: consume

Earlier this year, I called the Union budget myopic (see Down To Earth, March 31, 2008). Let me reiterate why. The Union budget did not take into account the fact the world was beginning to face new

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
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
Fisheries

Orissa: turning seas of trouble into seas of plenty

This paper discusses the decline in fish catch and the potential threat that this poses for the 4.5 lakh strong fisher population of Orissa . It also outlines the solution -- sustainable fisheries management -- which will safeguard the livelihoods of the traditional fishing population, while by default, reducing turtle mortalities significantly.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Sanjiv Gopal, Areeba Hamid
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisherfolk, Turtles, Orissa (Odisha)

 No let-off till zero discharge

A few years ago I wrote about a textile town called Pali, in Rajasthan, which had completely toxified its seasonal river Bandi with industrial discharge. Then, I said the real story was not about

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
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
Fisheries

Traditional fishing practices and socio-cultural activities of Koli community in Konkan region of India

Dr Francis Day, the First Inspector General of Fisheries in India, stated: "Our fishermen are a very miserable lot of people and extremely poor." This view is no longer tenable as the Koli community has certainly advanced a great deal although it is not up to the mark.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
YN Ulman, VG Naik, JM Talathi
Asian Agri-History
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4
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Tags:
Marine Pollution, Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisherfolk, Koli, Traditional Knowledge, Raigarh (D), Maharashtra, Ratnagiri (D)

 Ignorance and arrogance make for good floods

This year, for once, the devastating floods of Bihar seem to have touched us. Last year, when the same region was reeling under what was said to be the worst floods in living history, we simply did

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
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

 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
Fisheries

Save the coast, save the fishers

A campaign by the National Fishworkers

Publication Date: 
01/08/2008
Harekrishna Debnath
Samudra
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50
33
Tags:
Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Displacement, Marine Fisherfolk, India, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Environment

 Zone of contention

Objections to CZM notificationFinalization of the Coastal Management Zone (cmz) Notification 2008 may be delayed, with states, ngos, activists and fish workers

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Marine Fisherfolk, Legislation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, India, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Environment

Coastal Management Zone: Implications for fishing communities

The 1991 Coastal Regulation Zone Notification is to be replaced by rules based on a new concept called the Coastal Management Zone. This article, after discussing the proposed CMZ notification, points out several problem areas, particularly, for traditional fishing communities. The article also discusses ideas to address these issues.

Publication Date: 
20/06/2008
Sebastian Mathew
Economic and Political Weekly
43
25
17
Tags:
Coastal Development, Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisherfolk, Legislation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India

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