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Dugong conservation range notified by TN govt
2 years, 3 months ago

Dugong conservation range notified by TN govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The State government notified India’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in the Palk Bay, covering 448 square kilometres of the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts in a bid to protect the endangered Dugong species and its marine habitats in the region on Wednesday. The announcement on the conservation reserve was made by the State government on the floor …

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India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 3 months ago

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday notified the country’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in Palk Bay covering the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts with an area of 448 square kilometers. The coastal communities along Palk Bay understand the need to conserve dugongs and they have been cooperating with forest department in the conservation efforts ever since. To realise these objectives …

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Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you
2 years, 4 months ago

Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Sharks have been around since before Pangea broke apart, said Catherine Macdonald, director of Field School and lecturer at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science. “It’s probably these bigger species that play an outsized role in helping shape the ecosystems they’re a part of.” Shark pregnancies …

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Seagrass meadows provide essential services for marine life, need to be protected say experts
3 years, 3 months ago

Seagrass meadows provide essential services for marine life, need to be protected say experts

Firstpost  

A wide range of animals depend on them, including tiny invertebrates that are a food source to fish prized by small-scale, artisanal fishing operations. With the world’s biggest biodiversity summit set to kick off Friday in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, experts are sounding the alarm over a long-overlooked seagrass increasingly threatened by human activity. Named posidonia oceanica — or …

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Seagrass in Coastal Areas are 'Trapping' Plastic as Humans Don't Cut Pollution
3 years, 11 months ago

Seagrass in Coastal Areas are 'Trapping' Plastic as Humans Don't Cut Pollution

News 18  

Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap bits of plastic in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls,” researchers said Thursday. With no help from humans, the swaying plants — anchored to shallow seabeds — may collect nearly 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean alone every year, they reported in the journal Scientific Reports. “We show that …

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