Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the …

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

Bureaucracy on the beach

Sun, sea and garbage

Perilous port

Proposed seaport in Vizhinjam can spell disaster for fishers, tourism and biodiversity in Kerala

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

Deep waters

Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …

Shifting sands of (mal) development

Shells of everyday life

From jewellery, to food and medicine, shells have served many purposes

Home coming

After initial doubts over whether the turtles would retain Orissa as the site of their annual nesting exercise, the reptiles return for the …

Reptile theory turns turtle

The reproductive behaviour of a turtle species overturns a theory that held that reptiles always lay eggs on land

News Snippets

Proposal rejected

THE PHILLIPINES

Follow up

Kerala beaches kayo the heart

Researchers believe that the minerals present in the sand on the Kerala coast are responsible for a rare heart disease

THAILAND

BRAZIL

Turtle terror

Vohra panel wants beach tourism left to states

A panel reviewing beach tourism policy rules out a common strategy and suggests that the states know best how to use their beaches

ECO-TOURISM

Coastal folly

Garbage on the beach

You forgot the lizards

"Resorting" to loopholes