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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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SOUTH ASIA

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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Living on the edge

Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …

Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management

Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries

Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain

Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period

Defiant Japan to hold annual whale hunt

Ignores threat from conservation activists who have vowed to disrupt the programme

On thin ice

Safe under water

Tiny marine life could be safe from harmful effects of ozone depletion

Threat to dugongs

The massive sea cows are vanishing in India