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Citizens, experts oppose Thane Ring Metro project, cite planning flawsThane residents and transport experts are opposing the new Rs 12,200 crore Integrated Ring Metro project. They call it a waste of public mo...- Expansion of cargo handling capacity at JSW Dharamtar Port recommended for EC grantA government sub-committee found coal dust and wastewater impacting mangroves at JSW Dharamtar Port. This occurred before an expert panel r...
- SC allows cutting of 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai Coastal Road projectThe Supreme Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to cut more than 45,000 mangroves. This is for the proposed Versova-...
- 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...
- Mangroves of Sunderbans are under threat, courtesy air pollution: Key points from studyThe study has shown how huge amounts of pollutants, mainly enriched with black carbon or soot particles, arriving from not only Kolkata met...
- Mass afforestation drive in Bengal: White and red sandalwood trees planted along Red RoadOver the past decade, the forest area has witnessed an increase from 17.2% in 2011 to 21.6% in 2021. Additionally, the forest protected are...
- Gautam Adani's Adani Group announces country’s biggest plantation drive of 10 crore treesThe group made the pledge to plant 10 crore tress at the 1t.org — the 'Trillion Trees Platform' of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The plat...
- 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 ...
- Apple comes forward to protect mangroves, local livelihoods in IndiaThrough the partnership, AERF will enter into conservation agreements with local community members, offering support in exchange for conser...
- Mamata Banerjee's mangrove project does not enthuse eco-watchersSpecialists who have been observing Sunderbans’ ecology wondered whether it was possible to plant five crore or even more saplings in this ...
- Bullet train: Bombay HC wants to hear experts for decision on cutting mangrovesIn March this year, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority had told the court that it had given its nod for cutting over 53,000 ...
- As tides rise, Indian villagers find a friend in mangrovesWithout mangroves, fields would be flooded by brackish sea water, making the soil saline and unfit to grow staple crops or vegetables.
- Man-animal conflict to rise in Sunderbans : studyThe study also brought out the fact that most of the dense mangrove forest will degrade into less dense, open mangrove forest by the turn o...
- Mangroves protect against tsunamis, says expertMangroves are effective in pollution control and also help in controlling the 'Green House' effect by absorbing carbon dioxide.
- 3.5 lakh liters furnace oil spills in fragile Sunderbans as tankers collide in fogAn oil tanker carrying around 350,000 litres of oil capsized on the Shele River in the Sundarbans early Tuesday morning, threatening the wo...
- Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: StudyThe vast mangrove forest in the Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the...
- Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: StudyThe vast mangrove forest in Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere due to rise in the salinity of water, ...
- 200 residents take green path to save mangrovesMore than 200 residents of Nerul and Seawoods joined hands to save mangroves.
- The Mangrove whispererA Class II dropout farm worker is the man behind Kerala's lush mangroves, and a movement.
- 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 ...
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