Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

New rules for coasts

Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists

India, Japan pitch for carbon credits from nuclear energy

Non-profits irked. Say lessons not learnt from Fukushima

Soon, an early warning system for cyclones and floods

Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia was put in place soon after the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian …

Kerala creating eco-fence against natural calamities

Letters

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 …

Life post Fukushima

It is one year since the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster ravaged Japan. How is the country coping?  …

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 …

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 …