<p>Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation
In view of the economic recession, particularly in the USA and European countries, the prices of frozen food in the international markets has fallen up to 40 to 45 percent posing a threat to the industry in Bangladesh. "A red alert hovers over the frozen foods industry," said Sheikh Abdul Baki, Vice President of Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters' Association (BFFEA).
Mumbai Mangroves, a natural greenbelt or buffer zone that has the potential to protect the city from powerful rains, are depleting at a fast pace. Ahead of monsoon, the residents of a suburban area have taken it upon themselves to avoid further depletion of the greenbelt.
Law enforcing agencies with the cooperation of coast guards have recovered smuggled timbers worth TK 20 lakh and seized two trawlers in a week from Swarupkathi region under Pirojpur district.
Incidents of killings by Sundarbans tigers and deaths of man-eating feline are going on around the mangrove forest as for years as the authorities concerned remain indifferent to saving their lives.
KOLKATA, 18 MAY: The Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management (IESWM) under the state environment department has undertaken a study to measure the rise in sea level in the Sunderbans every year. This, the authorities believe would save some islands in the region from inundation.
A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country.
MUMBAI: Environmentalists are breathing easy after the announcement of a further delay in the commencement of the Mumbai transharbour link connecting the island city to the mainland. The Rs 6,000 crore Sewri-Nhava Sheva sea link project had invited the wrath of the environmentalists as they felt it would hamper the fragile eco-system of mangroves and mud flats at the Sewri bay.
Mumbai The state government on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court to clear some technical hurdle regarding coastal regulation rules for the proposed international airport coming up at Navi Mumbai.
The new study, conducted by scientists at the University of Delhi, India, and Duke University in the United States, analysed the 1999 'super cyclone' that ravaged Orissa, killing an estimated 10,000 people. Mangroves
Mumbai City's hope of getting a landfill site to accommodate the 6,000 tonnes garbage it disposes each day seems to be fast diminishing with environmentalists opposing the BMC
