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SC allows Adani Cementation to cut 158 mangrove trees for captive jetty project along Amba riverThe Supreme Court has upheld the Bombay High Court's decision, permitting Adani Cementation to cut 158 mangrove trees for a jetty project i...- Bombay HC nod to Adani group to cut 209 mangroves for power line constructionThe Bombay High Court has granted the Adani group permission to cut 209 mangroves for a high voltage transmission line deemed critical to b...
- HC allows felling of around 20,000 mangrove trees for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectAs per the said order, a 50 m buffer zone must be created around the area that hosts the mangroves and no construction activity or dumping ...
- Growing a sustainable family tree: Why we’ve nurtured mangroves since the 1940sApart from their strengthening powers, mangroves, with saltmarshes and seagrasses, are among just three marine blue carbon ecosystems recog...
- Mangroves destruction, unplanned construction to blame for flooding in Mumbai: ExpertsSimilar concerns have also been raised by agencies like the Mangrove Society of India (MSI), which in its 2019 report stated that 75 cases ...
- Mangrove cover grows 20% in Maharashtra in 2 yearsTen years after the Bombay high court directed the state government to declare mangroves as reserved forest, the results are showing. The m...
- Mangroves protect against tsunamis, says expertMangroves are effective in pollution control and also help in controlling the 'Green House' effect by absorbing carbon dioxide.
- Increase in area covered by mangroves in Mumbai: Sudhir MungantiwarThe area covered by mangroves in Mumbai has seen a substantial rise, the Maharashtra government today said.
- Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World BankUN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in sea level and intensification of present climatic variability.
- HC allows CIDCO to cut mangroves, clearing Navi Mumbai airportBombay HC allowed Maharashtra govt's town planning agency, CIDCO, to cut mangroves in an area of 108 hectares, paving way for international...
- Mangroves in Maharashtra may get status of ‘reserved forests’The state government may declare mangroves as “reserved forests”. Currently, mangroves on government land are deemed “protected forests” wh...
- 50 acres of mangroves destroyed in MumbaiAround 50 acres of mangroves were allegedly destroyed in Lokhandwala by planting "invasive species" and creating a debris path, which resid...
- HC forms team to enquire destruction of mangroves by Adani CoThe petitioner's counsel submitted some photographs showing alleged destruction of mangroves in the coastal area of Mundra.
- Mangrove patches destroyed at Ghodbunder roadRampant destruction of large tracts of mangroves along Ghodbunder road threatens to destroy buffer zones of the Sanjay Gandhi national park...
- Mundra Port & SEZ destroying mangroves: MoEFThe ministry of environment and forests has accused Adani Group's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone of destruction of mangroves in Guja...
- Navi Mumbai airport wait gets longerClearance for the Navi Mumbai airport project will take a while longer as key ecological concerns are yet to be addressed.
- Navi Mumbai airport project: Patel vows to address Ramesh’s concernsOn Thursday, environment minister Jairam Ramesh had met civil aviation minister Praful Patel to sort out differences over the project.
- Fire breaks out in Bhitarkanika National ParkA blaze on Friday morning broke out in parts of Bhitarkanika national park, a Ramsar wetland site, causing destruction of mangrove species ...
- MOEF can decide on mangroves removal to build new airport: HCThe Bombay High Court has made it clear that no authority, including the MOEF, has been restrained from exercising its statutory authority ...
- Realty boom takes a toll on mangrovesThe boom in the real estate sector in Mumbai and Thane has claimed 30% of mangroves - the natural buffer between land and sea.
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