Category Archives: Ecology and Environment
Pollution board notices to 35 mining leases
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 35 of the 104 mining leases registered with it, even as a senior official mentioned that more than 25 per cent of the mines were operating without clearances from the Forest Department. Read more:
Fishermen forum rejects draft CRZ notification
The National Fishworkers Forum headed by Matanhy Saldanha on Friday “completely rejected” the draft CRZ Notification 2010 issued early this week, saying it neither protects the fishing communities’ rights and livelihood nor the coastal environment. Read more:
Plastics, tea packets wash ashore
MARGAO: Flotsam of a different type surfaced on a stretch of the Salcete coastline on Thursday and beaches from Velsao to Majorda were strewn with garbage including plastic bottles and large tea packets. Read More
Mapping of fishing villages, khazans on anvil
PANAJI: The mapping of Goa’s fishing villages and khazan lands is envisaged in the draft regulations on new CRZ notified by the Union ministry of environment and forest. Read More
Centre’s notification of draft CRZ regulations evokes mixed response
PANAJI: The draft regulations notified by the Union ministry of environment and forests ( MoEF) imposing restrictions on development within 500 m of the high tide line and extending special consideration to Goa has evoked mixed reactions. While some hail the protection accorded to fishermen, others have raised apprehensions about the draft regulations’ misuse. Read […]