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Tonnes of fish die in Kelo river, Chattisgarh due to toxic industrial waste - Update from CGNetSwara
Posted on 29 Mar, 2011 03:48 PMAfter exploration she found that more than 3 ton fish have died in Kelo River in last one week.
Patterns of diversity and conservation status of freshwater fishes in the tributaries of river Ramganga in the Shiwaliks of the Western Himalaya – A paper in Current Science
Posted on 20 Mar, 2011 09:47 PMOne tributary was within a protected area (PA; Corbett National Park); the other two were outside the PA (Lansdowne Forest Division). Cast nets were used for fish sampling, which was done from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Tsunami, mangroves and market economy: No lessons learnt - Article by Devinder Sharma
Posted on 16 Mar, 2011 02:40 PMThe terrible earthquake and the disastrous sweep of the tsunami has left a trail of suffering in Japan. As our hearts go out to the Japanese, and to the impacted people, every natural disaster should provide us an opportunity to access where we have gone wrong.
Earthwatch Institute is looking for Research Manager - Apply by 1st April 2011
Posted on 10 Mar, 2011 11:50 AMForwarded to the portal by : Pranab J Patar
Earthwatch Institute is an international environmental organization that engages people in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment
Temple fish sanctuaries: Last bastions of native fish and pristine river stretches - A report
Posted on 01 Mar, 2011 12:56 PM
Temple Fish Sanctuaries: Last bastions of native fish and pristine river stretches
National conference on environment and biodiversity of India , North East Centre for Environmental Education and Research, 20th - 22nd December 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 19 Feb, 2011 03:36 PMOrganizer: North East Centre for Environmental Education and Research (NECEER)
Venue: New Delhi
Topics:
- Floristic and faunal studies
- Human-Wildlife Conflict
State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries – An article from the Public Library of Science
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 08:14 PMThe Indian Ocean extends over 30 per cent of the global ocean area and is rimmed by 36 littoral and 11 hinterland nations sustaining about 30 per cent of the world’s population. The landlocked character of the ocean along its northern boundary and the resultant seasonally reversing wind and sea surface circulation patterns are features unique to the Indian Ocean.
State Forest Policy of Jammu and Kashmir (2010)
Posted on 12 Feb, 2011 08:33 PMIn the backdrop of the essential need for maintaining a healthy forest resource, the valid concern for its continued depletion and degradation, and, being aware of the close association between people and forests, the Forest Department (Government of Jammu and Kashmir), has recently adopted a Forest Policy.
Coastal Regulation Zone (2011) Notification, Island Protection Zone (2011) Notification and Traditional Coastal and Marine Fisherfolk (Protection of Rights) Act (2009) by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Posted on 11 Feb, 2011 09:22 PMThe Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991 has been replaced recently in January 2011 by the latest CRZ notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
Mapping ecologically sensitive, significant and salient areas of Western Ghats: Proposed protocols and methodology by Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel of the MoEF - An article from Current Science
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 08:11 PMThe Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (GOI) had been asked to identify ESAs along the Western Ghats, and to suggest how to manage them. The concept of ESAs has been extensively discussed in the literature. Several ESAs have been set up in India over the last 22 years under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and a GOI committee under the chairmanship of Pranob Sen has proposed certain criteria for identification of ESAs.