The Goa church wing has said that the setting up of Special Economic Zone (SEZs) were the attempts by the State government to renew 13-year-old proposal of turning the State into
The Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Review is structured into three main parts.
The premise of this paper is that, despite the existence of a well-established regulatory framework to enforce environmental laws and policies in each state of India, there has been a variation in the implementation of environmental judgments.
The diversity and spatial patterns of polychaetes, a proven proxy for environmental assessment studies, were studied in 28 stations covering subtidal and intertidal segments as well as bunders and docks of the Mumbai Port. Univariate and multivariate analyses of polychaete data were used to determine the level of environmental degradation in various segments of
An Environment Ministry order issued on November 3 banning ports and harbours on hotspot stretches on the beaches will not stop the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) projects that have been already started, the ministry sources clarified on Monday.
Fishermen, toddy tappers get fresh demolition notices
Worried there was no word from Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of solution on their old coastal dwellings falling within CRZ, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott on Thursday informed people have started receiving notices again to demolish their age-old structures.
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday laid down strict conditions for allowing new projects and expansion of ports, harbours and jetties, lifting the ban clamped in August.
This follows receipt of the report on coastal erosion and accretion sought by an expert committee headed by Prof M S Swaminathan that was constituted to review comments on the draft Coastal Management Zone 2008.
