Mumbai's mangroves being destroyed for residences?
12 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai's mangroves being destroyed for residences?

Firstpost  

A report suggests that the MMRDA, the nodal body funding development projects in the city, might be preparing to hack mangroves to develop a residential complex. Is Mumbai’s development body destroying the city’s mangroves in order to build another business complex and rake in money? A report in the Mumbai Mirror suggests that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is preparing to remove streteches of mangroves along the coast in central and eastern Mumbai. Playing an important role in fostering marine life and preventing land erosion from the coast by the sea, the mangroves play an important role in maintaining Mumbai’s ecological balance.

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Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods
1 month ago

Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods

The Hindu  

Coastal mangroves act as bio-shields against natural catastrophic disasters, including cyclones and flooding. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay focused on evaluating how emergent coastal vegetation acts as a natural barrier against the impact of tsunamis. The team included Professor Manasa R. Behera, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Climate …

Mangroves saved $855 billion that could have been lost to floods globally
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mangroves saved $855 billion that could have been lost to floods globally

India Today  

A new study from the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz has revealed that mangroves provide an astonishing $855 billion in flood protection services globally. The study, titled Building Coastal Resilience with Mangroves: The Contribution of Natural Flood Defenses to the Changing Wealth of Nations, emphasises the critical role mangroves play in shielding coastal communities from floods, …

HC allows felling of 2,652 mangroves for two new lines on western railway
6 months, 3 weeks ago

HC allows felling of 2,652 mangroves for two new lines on western railway

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court last week permitted the Western Railway to fell 2,612 mangroves for the construction of the 5th and 6th railway lines between Borivali and Virar stations. While approving the proposal, the high court has further directed the WR to file an undertaking stating that Western Railway will complete the plantation and maintenance of 7,823 mangroves near …

Court directs Maharashtra government to conduct mangrove survey within 4 weeks
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Court directs Maharashtra government to conduct mangrove survey within 4 weeks

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to conduct survey and physical verification of mangroves falling within the jurisdiction of City and Industrial Development Corporation within the next four weeks. Notably, Maharashtra’s total mangrove cover is approximately 32,000 hectares, of which 16,984 hectares are now legal forests, and require clearance under the Forest Clearance Act to be …

Half of world's mangroves under threat, says conservation group
10 months ago

Half of world's mangroves under threat, says conservation group

The Hindu  

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse as a result of human activity, rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to the latest survey by an international conservation group. Unless action is taken, a quarter of the world's total mangrove areas could be completely submerged within 50 years, with critically endangered ecosystems in India, Sri Lanka …

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds
10 months, 1 week ago

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds

NPR  

Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems, with trees whose roots stretch down into brackish water, are at risk of collapse. "Undoubtedly the main threat we have found is exactly climate change and …

Fresh satellite-based survey of mangroves in Maharashtra to assess destruction
11 months ago

Fresh satellite-based survey of mangroves in Maharashtra to assess destruction

Hindustan Times  

NAVI MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Maharashtra Mangrove Cell has asked the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre to conduct a fresh satellite-based survey of the sea forests along the state’s coastline to help understand the spread and destruction of mangroves. According to S V Ramarao, chief of Mangroves Cell, “We have asked MRSAC to conduct new satellite-based mapping on …

Enhance mangrove coverage for environment protection, says Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 9 months ago

Enhance mangrove coverage for environment protection, says Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Development Shobha Karandlaje on Monday, June 5, said there was a need to enhance the coverage of mangroves across the coastline along with increasing forest cover elsewhere. She was speaking after launching the Mangrove Sapling Plantation Drive to mark World Environment Day at Kodi in Kundapura organised by the Forest Department. While …

Concerted efforts under way to reverse mangrove forest depletion in Ramnad
1 year, 10 months ago

Concerted efforts under way to reverse mangrove forest depletion in Ramnad

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: With the massive mangrove stretch spread over the district's coastal stretch shrinking over the recent decades owing to human intervention and climate change, the forest department has been taking concerted efforts to reverse the depletion through planting drives. According to the forest department, the Avicennia marina is the only dominant mangrove species existing in Ramanathapuram district. Special schemes are …

FIR over destruction of 500 mangrove in Bhiwandi
1 year, 10 months ago

FIR over destruction of 500 mangrove in Bhiwandi

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against drivers and owners of four trucks at the Narpoli police station following a revenue department complaint about the destruction of 500 mangrove trees and landfilling in Bhiwandi’s Kasheli. Thane, India - April 26, 2023: Construction debris dumped on forest land has destroyed more than 500 mangrove trees, at Kasheli, near Dutt Mandir, Bhiwandi, …

Clean-up drive reveals construction, bio medical wastes in Kharghar mangroves
1 year, 11 months ago

Clean-up drive reveals construction, bio medical wastes in Kharghar mangroves

Hindustan Times  

NAVI MUMBAI: City-based Mangrove Soldiers along with Kharghar Wetlands and Hills for the first time undertook a clean-up drive in a three-km mangrove stretch spread across Kharghar sectors 16 and 17 on Sunday. Clean-up drive reveals construction, bio medical wastes in Kharghar mangroves Besides plastic waste and litter, they also found sacks filled with construction debris and bio medical waste …

In India, mangrove trees make way for booming city of Kochi
1 year, 11 months ago

In India, mangrove trees make way for booming city of Kochi

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I had literally fought with the government to come …

Explained | Why have mangroves got a Budget push?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why have mangroves got a Budget push?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Budget for 2023-24 announced an initiative for mangrove plantation along the coastline and on salt pan lands, under MISHTI. The ‘State of World Mangroves 2022’ report by the Global Mangrove Alliance puts the total mangrove cover of the world at 1,47,000 sq km. Mangroves in India are distributed across nine States and three Union …

Explained | How mangroves help in averting climate change risks
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | How mangroves help in averting climate change risks

The Hindu  

The story so far: India joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate on Monday, launched on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt. The 2022 State of World’s Mangroves Report, prepared by the Global Mangrove Alliance, finds that mangroves prevent more than $65 billion in property damages and reduce flood risk to some 15 million people every …

AP PHOTOS: In Kenya, nearly a decade of mangrove restoration
2 years, 9 months ago

AP PHOTOS: In Kenya, nearly a decade of mangrove restoration

Associated Press  

The village of Gazi Bay on Kenya’s coast, just 55 kilometers south of bustling Mombasa and tucked away from the country’s well-trodden tourism circuit, has gained traction in recent years as a model for restoring and tending carbon-sucking mangrove trees that now crowd its bright green shoreline. Nestled between sandy beaches, still waters and coconut palms, the Mikoko Pamoja project …

AP PHOTOS: In Kenya, nearly a decade of mangrove restoration
2 years, 9 months ago

AP PHOTOS: In Kenya, nearly a decade of mangrove restoration

The Independent  

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How the Koli community is fighting to save Mumbai’s mangroves
3 years, 7 months ago

How the Koli community is fighting to save Mumbai’s mangroves

Live Mint  

“Everyone talks about mangroves, but no one really knows what they are or what they mean,” says Yogesh Pagade, 32, a fisherman and activist from the Koli community. “Near Yogesh’s village -- there are a lot of MIDC villages -- people work as security guards, labour.” The mangroves are also marred by sewage water and discarded plastic, medical waste that …

The importance of mangroves to protect India’s coast from the adverse effects of climate change
3 years, 8 months ago

The importance of mangroves to protect India’s coast from the adverse effects of climate change

The Hindu  

THE occurrence of two cyclones in consecutive seasons—Cyclone Nisarga in 2020 and cyclone Tauktae in 2021—is highly unusual for the west coast of India but fits in with the warnings of experts. A 2019 report entitled “Flooded Future: Global vulnerability to sea level worse than previously understood” brought out by the American research institute Climate Central predicts that “many of …

Maha forest dept extends scheme linked to sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems
3 years, 10 months ago

Maha forest dept extends scheme linked to sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra has extended its Mangrove Protection and Employment Generation Scheme for five years through a notification issued on May 19. First cleared by the state Cabinet in September 2017 at a cost of ₹15 crore, and launched the same year, the scheme aims to create employment opportunities linked to sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems, whether on government or on private …

How mangrove forests helped stall environmental crime
3 years, 11 months ago

How mangrove forests helped stall environmental crime

BBC  

How mangrove forests helped stall environmental crime Alamy Mangroves are incredibly efficient at taking carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the rich soil around their roots The majestic mangrove forests of Kenya's east coast have helped to bring levels of poaching and logging down, while taking large quantities of carbon out of the air. Gazi's rich coastal forests …

NGT panel finds damage to 30% mangroves in Andhra’s Kakinada
4 years ago

NGT panel finds damage to 30% mangroves in Andhra’s Kakinada

Hindustan Times  

A joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal to look into the cutting of mangrove forests in the coastal area of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district for a housing project, has confirmed destruction of nearly 30% of the mangrove area at the site. The committee also directed the district administration not to proceed with the township project …

Maharashtra: Four-acre mangrove patch destroyed near proposed eco park in Uran
4 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra: Four-acre mangrove patch destroyed near proposed eco park in Uran

Hindustan Times  

A group of environmentalists has unearthed a four-acre patch of dried up and destroyed mangroves at a site less than 200 metres from the proposed mangrove park by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Belpada, Uran. During the last meeting of the Bombay high court -directed state mangrove and wetland grievance redressal committee on November 2, the Konkan commissioner, chairman panel, …

Mumbai civic body to plant 1,000 mangroves along Mithi river in Mahim
5 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai civic body to plant 1,000 mangroves along Mithi river in Mahim

Hindustan Times  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will start planting 1,000 mangroves at the mouth of Mithi river at Mahim Causeway on Friday. On Wednesday, Sharad Ughade, assistant commissioner of H West ward, said, “We have received mangroves from the forest department and will start planting them in two days. On the landward side, we will plant mangrove associates.” Mangrove associates refer to …

Congress' Milind Deora deplores razing of mangroves for bullet train, says govt forgot lessons of 2005 Mumbai deluge
5 years, 9 months ago

Congress' Milind Deora deplores razing of mangroves for bullet train, says govt forgot lessons of 2005 Mumbai deluge

Firstpost  

Milind Deora said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should intervene and ensure that natural buffers like mangroves and salt pan lands are protected. Mumbai: Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Maharashtra government is permitting development at the cost of environment and described as unfortunate the plan to raze over 50,000 mangroves for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. In …

MMR growth risks bird habitat, Navi Mumbai airport
5 years, 9 months ago

MMR growth risks bird habitat, Navi Mumbai airport

Hindustan Times  

Residential and commercial projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region are eating up habitats of migratory birds, which may have to turn to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport for their new home. A year-long study by Bombay Natural History Society, called ‘Coastal Wetlands and waterbirds of Navi Mumbai: Current Status’, found 2.5 lakh birds will be forced out of their …

Mangroves dry up in Mumbai: Suburban collector asked to probe, take action
6 years, 2 months ago

Mangroves dry up in Mumbai: Suburban collector asked to probe, take action

Hindustan Times  

The coastal authority has pulled up the Mumbai suburban district administration for failure to protect mangroves along Carter Road, Bandra. Following complaints from residents, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority issued a notice to the Mumbai suburban collector earlier this week asking him to investigate the matter and submit an action taken report to the coastal authority at the earliest. …

Versova creek in Mumbai has most mangrove species
6 years, 4 months ago

Versova creek in Mumbai has most mangrove species

Hindustan Times  

Even as four species of mangroves have gone missing, Versova creek, with 10 species, tops the list of diversity in the city’s forests, followed by Gorai creek, according to a recent study. The team that studied 24 mangrove sites between August 2015 and May 2016 found a total of 10 true mangrove species belonging to five families and eight genera …

A first in Navi Mumbai: 4 held for dumping debris in mangroves
6 years, 5 months ago

A first in Navi Mumbai: 4 held for dumping debris in mangroves

Hindustan Times  

Two transporters and two drivers were arrested for dumping debris in the mangroves near Vashi railway station on Thursday. Last year, over 200 mangroves trees near Vashi railway station in Navi Mumbai withered due to plastic and other garbage dumped near them. The culprits were dumping debris in an area between Vashi station and Kerala House,” said Prakash Chaudhary, range …

Mangroves near Mumbai are being destroyed methodically through debris dumping
6 years, 9 months ago

Mangroves near Mumbai are being destroyed methodically through debris dumping

Hindustan Times  

Near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust storage terminal area close to Belpada village, a 289-hectare mangroves patch is being destroyed through systematic debris dumping. HT found that large tracts of mangroves had dried up near Hovercraft jetty, fourth container terminal at JNPT, where Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal Private Limited is located, and even areas where hacked mangrove trees were stored …

Mumbai’s Affordable Home Dream May Remain Just That – A Dream
6 years, 10 months ago

Mumbai’s Affordable Home Dream May Remain Just That – A Dream

The Quint  

Anarock Property Consultants too pointed out the potential drawbacks of development on salt pans. They not only provide thousands of salt harvesters a livelihood but also help maintain ecological balance by supporting thousands of species of migratory birds and fish, Prashant Thakur, head of research at the firm, wrote in a note. With their mangroves, salt pans act as a …

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk
7 years ago

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk

The Hindu  

The sight of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, straddling India and Bangladesh, is humbling. An estimated 80% of the global fish catch relies on mangrove forests either directly or indirectly, a 2008 paper in the Journal of Sea Research claims. They found that mangroves stabilise shorelines by slowing erosion and provide natural barriers protecting coastal communities from increased …

Rajahmundry: Mangroves felling poses threat
7 years, 9 months ago

Rajahmundry: Mangroves felling poses threat

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: The illegal felling of mangrove forests has become rampant, with villagers are clearing forested areas to take up aquaculture, which offers them huge profit margins. Though authorities of the forest department have implemented measures to safeguard reserved forest areas and sanctuaries from encroachment, they have not paid attention to the encroachment of mangrove forests. Wildlife conservationist A. Appa Rao …

QMumbai: Mangroves Under Threat From BMC; Trouble in Shiv Sena
7 years, 10 months ago

QMumbai: Mangroves Under Threat From BMC; Trouble in Shiv Sena

The Quint  

It is not just the builder mafia that mangroves in Mumbai are facing a threat from. The planning committee’s report has stated that there are no mangroves on one site and the ‘natural area zone’ shown on the plot is deleted and the areas have been reserved for affordable housing. We are challenging the BMC to do a joint site …

QMumbai: Bieber Fails to Impress Much; Mangroves In Trouble
7 years, 10 months ago

QMumbai: Bieber Fails to Impress Much; Mangroves In Trouble

The Quint  

Mumbai, whose seams had burst decades ago, could now lose its mangroves to builders, legally. The latest Mumbai Draft Development Plan has included the entire mangrove land at the Thane creek in the city’s land area, opening up a way for builders to take over the area. As per the BMC’s DP 2014-2034, the city’s land area has increased by …

Save Mangroves: Bombay HC Directs Thane Civic Body To Create Public Awareness [Read Order]
7 years, 10 months ago

Save Mangroves: Bombay HC Directs Thane Civic Body To Create Public Awareness [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has directed Thane Municipal Corporation to keep vigil and see that no activity other than maintenance of mangroves takes place within the boundaries of demarcated mangroves.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a batch of petitions filed against the destruction of mangroves for illegal constructions that had taken place. The …

The Thai village that escaped the tsunami
10 years, 3 months ago

The Thai village that escaped the tsunami

Al Jazeera  

Mangrove forest sheltered Muslim coastal area, but now developers are looking to bulldoze it for a tourist resort. Baan Nai Rai, Thailand – Ten years ago when a massive tsunami swept away every house in this small Muslim village in southern Thailand, Cham Khiaw-Nin didn’t lament the loss of his property but rather the damage done to the mangrove forest. …

The Thai village that escaped the tsunami
10 years, 3 months ago

The Thai village that escaped the tsunami

Al Jazeera  

Mangrove forest sheltered Muslim coastal area, but now developers are looking to bulldoze it for a tourist resort. Baan Nai Rai, Thailand – Ten years ago when a massive tsunami swept away every house in this small Muslim village in southern Thailand, Cham Khiaw-Nin didn’t lament the loss of his property but rather the damage done to the mangrove forest. …

Call for steps to protect mangroves
10 years, 8 months ago

Call for steps to protect mangroves

The Hindu  

It was a totally different experience for a small group of nature lovers who undertook a trekking into mangrove areas behind the Visakhapatnam International Airport on Sunday. They came across several rare birds, crabs and other creatures during their visit and expressed their concern at wanton destruction of mangroves which are important feature of the ecosystem and help protect the …

Coastal zone authority steps in to check destruction of Kochi's mangroves
11 years ago

Coastal zone authority steps in to check destruction of Kochi's mangroves

The Hindu  

The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority has intervened to check the destruction of mangroves in the coastal belt of Kochi. It was on the basis of Mr. Ramachandran’s complaint that the authority directed the district administration to take steps to check the destruction of mangroves. The KCZMA member said the district authorities had failed to demolish the illegally constructed compound …

Kochi to be robbed of mangroves
11 years, 11 months ago

Kochi to be robbed of mangroves

The Hindu  

Kochi will soon be deprived of nearly 20 acres of rich mangrove vegetation following the Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority’s decision to propose compensatory afforestation for developmental projects initiated by the government and the local bodies. The authority’s decision to give in-principle approval for the estimated Rs.480-crore Kochi Oceanarium project at Puthuvype will result in removal of over 15 …

Study warns of dangers to world's mangrove forests
14 years, 11 months ago

Study warns of dangers to world's mangrove forests

China Daily  

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