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.

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
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Coastal Development, Sea Level Rise, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
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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30/12/2008
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Coastal Development, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Habitat And Urbanisation

 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

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
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Mangroves, Coastal Development, Corals, Aquaculture, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Habitat And Urbanisation

 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

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
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Coastal Development, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Habitat And Urbanisation

 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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Habitat And Urbanisation

 Fishers at bay

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

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
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Coastal Development, Beaches, Habitat And Urbanisation, Marine Fisherfolk, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Orissa (Odisha), Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Mining

Centre green light to mineral mines expansion

The Union forest ministry has given environmental clearance to the proposed expansion plans of Usha Martin Limited

Publication Date: 
29/12/2008
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Mining, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Jharkhand, Paschim Singhbhum
Environment

10 things we did to change the enviornment

Starting with the granddaddy of them all, Project Tiger in 1973, to the more recent vehicular pollution norms and the coming up of sustainable architecture, a green agenda has been part of governance much before it became a globally cool movement.

Publication Date: 
29/12/2008
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Western Ghats, Ganga Action Plan, CNG, Global Warming, Biosphere Reserves, Project Tiger, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Wildlife

Call for separate wildlife cadre

Pre-empting the annual National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) meeting, slated to be held soon, 11 independent NBWL members met Ministry of Environment and Forests officials on Monday and demanded a separate wildlife cadre, dedicated to wildlife management.

Publication Date: 
23/12/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

OIL denies seismic survey inside National Park

DIBRUGARH, Dec 22

Publication Date: 
23/12/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Environment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Dibrugarh (D), Oil India

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