Mangroves

Gujarat is ready for CAA and will implement it as per Centre's direction, CM Vijay Rupani tells Firstpost

Amid widespread protests that have hit campuses across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani is determined to implement the CAA in his state, in line with his determination to implement social sector initiatives through his experiments in Gujarat

Salt pans save Mumbai from the worst floods but they are, currently, being threatened

About 1,800 acres of Mumbai's salt pans maybe used for central govt's scheme to provide low-cost housing.

Mumbaikars fear the rising sea levels as floods become regular occurrence in the monsoons

While mangroves are important, the loss of natural drainage systems such as rivers and creeks was also crucial.

Fifty-six-year-old Seema Adgaonkar guards Mumbai’s defense against climate change

She was one of the four Range Forest Officers at the Mumbai Mangrove Conservation Unit, guarding the cities mangroves.

Last Royal Bengal tigers native to the Sunderbans may not survive climate change

Climate change will affect tiger habitats more dramatically than sea level rise in the Sunderbans.

International Day of Forests: From Asia's mangroves to Amazon rainforest, take this quiz to check your knowledge of world's green cover

Every year, 21 March is celebrated as International Day of Forests in order to raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests

Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans on a rapid decline, may go extinct by 2070: Study

Sea level rise & climate change are twin threats to Bengal tigers and their last remaining stronghold.

Some species of corals are becoming resilient to warming ocean temperatures

The insides of a particularly long-living genus of corals, Porites, led to the new finding.

Coastal erosion: Homes disappear, walls crumble as climate change ravages India's already battered coastline

In the next three decades, coastal erosion will occur 1.5 times faster than the past three decades. India’s coasts are under attack both from man-made activities — such as growing construction, damming of rivers, sand mining and destruction of mangroves — as well as natural causes linked to climate change such as rising sea levels.

Bombay High Court orders complete construction freeze on mangroves, directs Maharashtra to protect privately-owned land

Reinstating an interim order it passed in 2015, the Bombay High Court also prohibited any sort of commercial exploitation of the mangroves in Maharashtra.