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Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP

• Forest dept, CIDCO plan mangrove wetland centre in Navi Mumbai

  The mangrove cell is also planning to start the western coast’s first marine interpretation centre at Airoli. Soon, Mumbaikars can walk through the mangroves along the Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai and get closer to flamingos in the Thane creek. The forest department and the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) are undertaking a joint survey of mangroves in the area with the plan of creating a wetland centre there.

  • 15/04/2014

  • Indian Express (Mumbai)
  • • Maharashtra
    • Mumbai
    • Mangroves
    • Wetlands
    • Forest Conservation
    • Wildlife
    • Birds
    • Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP
    • Ecosystems
    • Forests

• Andaman forests under threat from deer and elephants: Report

  The tropical rainforests of Andaman islands are under threat - not from illegal felling of timber or clearing of forests for development activities - but from being finished off by an invasive species

  • 12/08/2013

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Andaman Islands
    • Elephant
    • Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP
    • Environment
    • Tribes
    • Wildlife

• Assessment of post tsunami coral reef resource in Pongi Balu coast, south Andaman Islands

  <p>In the present study, an assessment of the status of coral reefs along the Pongi Balu coast, south Andaman Islands, which is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, has been made by scuba diving, low draft glass-bottom boat and visual interpretation in some places during low-tide condition.</p>

  • 25/02/2011

  • Current Science
  • • Tsunami
    • Corals
    • Andaman Islands
    • Mahatma Gandhi Marine NP
    • Marine Ecosystems
    • Remote Sensing
    • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
    • Natural Disasters