A risky route

A Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai is facing stiff resistance from fishers, urban planners and environmentalists. But, the …

Large prawn fisheries damage the Sundarbans

The entry of large business houses into the Sundarbans is not only jeopardising the interests of local fisherfolk, but also causing major …

Lost lakes

Karnataka High Court expected to uphold agreements that allowed private firms to develop lakefronts and charge entry fee

Simmering

Pottery units, papad -makers, leather workers, furniture makers, even dance bars: Dharavi is a bustling economy now threatened by builder-driven …

Cod crisis

The European Union imposes strict restrictions on cod farming. But it could be too late

Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large-scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

Small fish, big net

In the face of a rising demand for fish and a stagnating aquaculture growth, government wakes up to the potential of small fishery

Homeless hilsa

The ocean fish that swims against the tide to spawn in rivers is moving away from Bangladesh

International Horseshoe Crab Day: Species under grave threat in Odisha

Hundreds of the crabs have been killed in Odisha each year to supply their meat and shells to Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states

Virgin islands In peril

Tourism planned in Sri Lanka’s islands threatens their fragile ecosystem and the lives of people there

In troubled waters

After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep …

No respite for Ridleys

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

Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable

Bay in distress

A proposed shipyard threatens the rich biodiversity of a south Goa bay, but government is unmoved

The unholy accrual

Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins

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 …

Trouble at sea

From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused

New rules for coasts

Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists

Developed nations are not bothered about marine resources

Fifty-five-year-old thomas kocherry , one of the founders of the National Fishworkers Forum -- a trade union network of 200,000 traditional …

"Polluters are today's environmentalists"

Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, Thomas Kochery , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 …

Farming fish and mussels

When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam …

"We are not afraid to lay down more lives for our rights"

Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of …

A fish moves west

Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. Silting, dams and pollution pushed the fisher into deep ocean leading to …

Aaj Ka Roadshow

Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …

Short circuit

On the face of it, the ambitious Sethusamudram project to bridge the east coast with the west coast of the country seems a great idea. The …