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

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30/12/2008
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Habitat And Urbanisation

 The word is management

The question is whom to manage and what to regulate An official of the environment ministry said that the new notification is better because it is site specific.

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Habitat And Urbanisation

 A divided house

Most coastal states, except Orissa, against the notification; environment ministry will take a call in June 2009 The ball is now in the environment ministry

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 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

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Habitat And Urbanisation

 How public?

At the public consultation meeting in Mumbai on August 19, about 30 people spoke out against the CMZ notification. N D Koli, general secretary of National Fishworkers

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 Run-up to CMZ

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests formed a 13-member committee headed by M S Swaminathan (see Interview) to review the Coastal Regulation Zone. In its report, the committee noted that

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 Livelihood security is a must for coastal management

M S Swaminathan, chairperson of the expert committee to review and make recommendations with regard to implementation of Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991, spoke to Down To Earth on the guiding principles of the committee

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 Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India

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 Split wide

Paying no heed to fisherfolks

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 The newer deal for a newer world

After months of downward spiral, the dreaded r-word must be uttered. The world

Publication Date: 
14/12/2008
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