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SOUTH ASIA

EU fishers up against dearer fuel

Hilsa vanishing from poor and middle-class people’s menu in Odisha

Over-exploitation of fish stocks, construction of dams, use of gill nets and climatic factors to blame

Olive Ridley turtles disoriented, lay eggs in villages away from nesting sites

Such turtles are at risk of being attacked by jackals and dogs or dying of dehydration

Jellyfish, stingrays join Ganesh immersion in Mumbai

Scientists say rising sea temperatures have brought them to Mumbai coast for breeding

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Anti-nuke protests in Tamil Nadu

Gram sabhas call for closure of Koodankulam plant  

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'We are using the sea as a dustbin'

The Indian coastline no longer belongs to its traditional custodians—the small fisher people. A jamboree of development—cities, SEZs, …

Near but not dear

A recent study conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature- International on birds in the Midway Islands proves that pollution too makes the …

Seas of despair

Heavy metals are polluting the North Sea. And there is nothing we can do

Documenting dissent

DECOMMISSIONING THE BRENT SPAR·Tony Rice and Paula Owen·E & FN SPON (An Imprint of Routledge), 1999·182pp

Dead sea of Japan

Pak loses $30 million after EU ban on export of seafood

Ahmedabad's mega project for industrial effluents

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In Short

Biomonitors for pollution

Seaweeds could act as indicators of heavy metal pollution in sea

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board revises its consent order to Kudankulam plant

Madras High Court had questioned the heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge

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Turtle in trouble

Dead waters

The seas around the UK will not be free of radioactive discharges for several years

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