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 …
'Deep sea fishing in India is already a flop'
THOMAS KOCHERY was one of the first persons in India to have taken up the issue of unsustainable exploitation of marine resources and its impact …
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 …
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
There's nothing august about Mumbai
July 26, 2005: It began raining at 11 am. In the next 24 hours, India's most populous city received 944 mm of rainfall. The resultant flood …
Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …
Brinksman
As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …
"Polluters are today's environmentalists"
Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, Thomas Kochery , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 …
Deep waters
Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …
The last frontier
The Earth's overexploited seas are in danger of turning into the Last Frontier. In giant, demonic trawls, the World's oceans are being …
Still life in waves
The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …
'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, …
Scorching salt
As the world celebrates yet another Environment Day, groups of marginalized people in some part of the globe or the other get evicted from their …
Kudankulam meltdown
The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …
Gentle on critical pollution
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …
‘Marine Protected Areas must be evaluated for effectiveness’
At present, focus is only on coverage; quality and effectiveness not assessed, point out experts
International Horseshoe Crab Day: Species under grave threat in Odisha
Hundreds of the crabs have been killed in Odisha each year to supply their meat and shells to Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states
Eels have fascinated us for ages — now we need to stop eating them
All available data consistently show that current eel abundance is only a shadow of what it used to be a few decades ago
Sea sparkle blues: What sparkly tides mean for India’s marine ecosystems
A rise in blooms of Sea Sparkle may lead to more large-scale fish mortality
Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. A UN treaty and lessons from Antarctica could help
Stronger Antarctic leadership is urgently needed to safeguard the Southern Ocean and beyond
Global warming: Mollusc species collapsing in eastern Mediterranean, finds study
Marine organisms that cannot adapt to rising temperatures migrate to cooler water areas or die
There will be more plastic than fishes in oceans by 2050
Instrument meant to survey plankton population accidentally records amount of plastics in the oceans
Polymer plume: Over 170 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans, says study
Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has reached unprecedented levels over the past 15 years
CSE launches coastal cities’ coalition to fight marine litter crisis
Policies to strengthen land-based waste management need better implementation, say experts