India

 Morocco lifts ban on Spanish fishing boats

To give succour to those affected by the huge slick from the oil tanker Prestige, Morocco has temporarily lifted its ban on Spanish fishing boats. The move should ease the strained relations

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
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Marine Pollution, Oil Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life, Marine Fisherfolk, Birds, Migratory Species, Morocco, Spain
India

 Protecting turtles

MoU to safeguard the dwindling number of turtles on the anvil in India

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Endangered Species, Turtles, Migratory Species, India
Water Resources

Siltation problems in Sukhna lake in Chandigarh, NW India and comments on geohydrogical changes in the Yamuna-Satluj region

During the last hundred years or so, deforestation and wind-water borne soil erosion have been steadily increasing and have now become the major environmental problems the world over.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2002
Yadvinder Singh
ENVIS Bulletin: Himalayan Ecology and Development
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Forests, Soil Erosion, Water Resources, Lakes, Sukhna, Aquatic Plants, Reservoirs, Drainage, Sedimentation, Birds, Migratory Species, Sukhna SA, Chandigarh
India

 Fatal flight

A severe hailstorm took a heavy toll on resident migratory birds in Assam recently. The storm killed more than 200 such birds in different parts of the state. Commonly known as the Asian openbill,

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Storms, Birds, Migratory Species, Bangladesh, India, Assam
Fisheries

 CLIPPED WINGS

Many species of pre

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Cotton, Birds, Migratory Species, Pakistan, Crops
Water Pollution

 Punished at last

The former head of the biggest hunting association of France has been directed to pay a penalty for violating a European Union's (EU) law aimed at protecting migratory birds. Pierre Daillant, former

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Birds, Migratory Species, Legislation, France, European Union (EU)
Industry

 Air attack

Two German environmental groups fighting against Airbus Industrie's encroachment of the M

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lakes, Birds, Migratory Species, Legislation, Germany
Environment

 CHINA

Hong Kong's pledge to protect its environment

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Wetlands, Endangered Species, Rail Transport, Migratory Species, China
Water Resources

 No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Avilash Roul
Down to Earth
Tags:
CITES, Rivers, Indian Ocean, Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Trade, WTO, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Turtles, Migratory Species, United States Of America (US), Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
Natural Disasters

 Saving the sturgeon

the sturgeon population is fast declining due to poaching, illegal trade, habitat loss, dam constructions, pollution, damaging aquaculture practices, lack of regional cooperation in conservation

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Life, Fish, Dams, Aquaculture, Migratory Species, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Global

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