Plans to cut 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai’s proposed Coastal Road between Versova and Bhayandar have sparked protests over the environmental impact and BMC’s afforestation claims.
The Tamil Nadu government is nursing old mangroves back to health and planting new ones across coastal districts like Cuddalore. Local residents are playing a symbiotic role in the plan.
Indonesia's blue carbon ecosystems house 22% of the world’s mangroves and 5% of seagrass meadows, making it one of the most important countries for ocean-based climate change mitigation.
Researchers from IIT-Kanpur & Bose Institute compiled the peer-reviewed study & list 10 recommendations to stop degradation of Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest.
Great Nicobar Island to get transshipment port, airport, township. MP, Haryana earmarked for compensatory afforestation but experts say that can't make up for lost virgin rainforests.
UNESCO, Thailand's AIT and Australia's UNSW are looking to advance the innovative technology of planting floating mangroves that can function as a new source of energy.
Researchers say it’s hard to pinpoint exact reason behind spurt, but feel rapid urbanisation plays a role, and pollution creates conducive environment for organisms these birds feed on.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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