Taking stock of biodiversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity, 20 years on, is still struggling to stem the precipitous decline in biodiversity. After missing the 2010 …

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Eyeing the coastlines

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …

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Sun, sea and garbage

World shrinks for oysters

Oil in the well

Bay in distress

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

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

Alien cargo

A ship's ballast water is a serious threat to marine ecosystems

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Oil slick threatens island near Sweden

SNIPPETS

Thailand dumps 189 garbage trucks for artificial reef

POSCO’s port halt

South Korean company’s steel plant and port may impact coast, says expert panel

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UAE concerned about Iran's nuclear programme

Guam makes beach monitoring signs compulsory

Environmental emergency in Lebanon after trash heaps caved in

POSCO unplugged

Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise

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Indonesia to dump hot mud in Java Sea

Cleanup of oil spill begins in Lebanon