A divided house

Snippets

Scientists gather in Greece to brainstorm ways to save world’s oceans

Marine life and mangroves face threat from plastic

EU bans seafood from Pakistan

Bytes

Science and Technology - Briefs

Sun, sea and garbage

World Turtle Day 2020: Here's an app for you to aid conservation

Kurma mobile application lets users collate, exchange data on turtles

Odisha plans regulated Olive Ridley tourism

State's coast is nesting ground for the half the world's population of the endangered turtle; tour operators sceptical of the plan

Forest guards protecting Olive Ridley turtles to be exempted from poll duty

Decision taken after forest officials tell authorities that not exempting them would hamper conservation of wildlife and sea turtles

Australia says no to protecting Japanese whale hunters

Does not buy country’s argument that it is whaling for scientific reasons

Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Natural burden

Oil in the well

Science & Technology - Briefs

The unholy accrual

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

News - In Short

Nowhere to nest

Olive Ridleys jostle for space at the shrinking Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

Great Barrier Reef decides Queensland election

Voters favour Labor party that pledged to revive the condition of the fragile ecosystem

Science and Technology - Briefs

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 …

Sri Lanka: tourism impacts corals, fish catch in coastal town

Coastal conservation law has done little for the health of the very marine park that brings tourists in hordes to Hikkaduwa

ECUADOR

World's biggest colossal squid found

Duplicity