ECOLOGY PROTECTION

Value lost in sea

Shrinking coastline

As told to Parliament (July 20, 2023): 60% wells recorded rise in water level in May

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Creating panic

Why ‘climate refugees’ in this Kerala village don’t want schools to reopen

The pandemic came as a blessing in disguise for the fisherfolk of Valiyathura

How the world's land and water surface have changed in 30 years

India ranks sixth in conversion of land surface to water 

The harbour divide

New fish landing centre in Puducherry raises concerns of coastal erosion, farming loss

Stolen Shorelines: Journalist’s powerful documentary about dangers facing Kerala’s coastal towns

The 30-minute English-language film will be released end of May 2022

Shifting sands of (mal) development

Threatened marine life

Digha in troubled waters

Blocking the sea

A thought for marine life

Bureaucracy on the beach

Illegal buildings trigger erosion, threaten Puri beach

Natural allies

Turtles return to nest

Nowhere to nest

Olive Ridleys jostle for space at the shrinking Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

Deep sea blues

Bad news for the oceans, is bad news for the environment, the economy and humans

SRI LANKA

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

Life on the edge: Story of the last survivor in Odisha’s erosion-hit Podampeta village

Coastal Odisha is slowly being swallowed by the sea; almost half of its coast has undergone erosion between 1990 and 2015

State of global coastal adaptation: Mumbai scores lower than Konkan, Ghoramara, Puri in adaptation efforts

Mumbai's adaptation strategies did not accurately assess risks or specifically consider the adaptation needs of its vulnerable inhabitants

Against the wall

Even as experts argue that seawalls are not an answer to coastal erosion, the Kerala government is planning another project