NASA maps trace causes of global mangrove habitat loss

While overall mangrove habitat loss declined between 2000 and 2016, losses from natural causes such as erosion and extreme weather …

On verge of destruction

The Tadadi port project in Karnataka will deal a severe blow to the sacred mangroves

COP14 on wetlands begins; draft resolution for international mangrove centre in China on agenda

Experts in India have expressed surprise at China, a temperate country, offering to host an international mangrove centre 

Mumbai Coastal Road: Pathway to ruin

On July 16, the Bombay High Court ordered that construction on the $1.7 billion Mumbai Coastal Road, to be built by reclaiming the city’s …

Mired in sewage

Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition

Deep waters

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

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Guns, saws and double standards

Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year

UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves

Science and Technology - Briefs

Rising sea levels and tidal erosion eating up Sunderbans

Rising sea levels are real. A trip to the Sunderbans, in the Bay of Bengal, shows how devastating it can be in tandem with insidious tidal erosion.…

NASA highlights loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island in the Nicobars

More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Mangrove coverage is declining, but there is hope, flags study

Mangrove coverage can increase despite sea-level rise if sediment supply is sufficient and land accommodation space available, according to the study

Line of conflict

Fisherfolk of Salaya are up in arms against Essar's port project; say the conglomerate has bent all rules to usurp their fishing ground

Adani port under scrutiny

Jayanthi Natarajan agrees to inspection of the project for environmental violations

Science and Technology - Briefs

Notice to Mundra for flouting laws

Environment ministry asks to reply within 15 days why the clearance should not be revoked

How to conserve and increase the world’s marine protected areas

DTE coverage of the Fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress in Canada

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 27, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Kerala creating eco-fence against natural calamities

South Asia

India should focus on protecting its existing mangroves

An alarming 50 per cent of the world’s mangrove forests have disappeared in the last five decades due to coastal developments

Letters

Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF committee report

Report recommends reform of coastal zone regulations, establishment of environment restoration fund

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …