Book review: Deep and detailed

Indian Estuaries S Z Qasim Allied Publishers Pvt Limited, Delhi p420

Bailing out turtles

A Kerala village strives to save Olive Ridley turtles threatened by indiscriminate sand mining

Need to save Goa's lifelines

Goa's water security depends on nine rivers considered to be the state's economic veins

River diversion affects fish growth

Chemical imbalance

Waters of the Sunderbans are turning hostile to estuarine life

Kerala's protected, yet polluted lake

Though Kerala's Ashtamudi lake is a Ramsar site, government bodies and industries continue to pollute it

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …

Kerala's backwaters carry modern-day brunt

Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care

Goa's disappearing khazan farms dying a slow death

Virus-resistant maize in the making

Sunderbans polluted

World shrinks for oysters

Stinking for two decades

Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits

Deep waters

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