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PM Modi plants mangroves in Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai mangrove forest in Bali

PTI, 16 November 2022 Link to the article PM Modi was joined by other world leaders, including U.S. President Biden and...
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Mangroves Help Fight The Effects Of Climate Change. So Why Is Mumbai Destroying Them?

Sushmita Pathak, NPR, 25 November 2019 Link to the article Mangroves by the water in Mumbai. Bhaskar Paul/The India Today...
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Forest dept allots 53 ha for water supply projects

Yogesh Naik, Mumbai Mirror, 2 Nov 2019 Link to the news article
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Mumbai at far greater risk from rising sea

Times News Network, 31 Oct 2019 Link to the news article
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Into the woods

Sharmeen Hakim, Mumbai Mirror 20 Oct 2019 Link to the news article  
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Sky-bound Navi Mumbai airport leaves project-affected behind

Nikhil S. Dixit, Mongabay, 17 Oct 2019 Link to the article Delayed by years, the development work for Navi Mumbai international...
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Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: No mention of environment in BJP, Sena manifestos

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, 16 Oct 2019  Link to the news article Despite being the source of life, nature and wildlife do...
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Aarey: How Green Was My Forest

Debi Goenka, India Legal Live, 15 Oct 2019 Link to the article The Supreme Court once again stepped in to...
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Aarey Row: A matter of convenience

Hemal Ashar, Mid-Day, 08 Oct 2019 Link to the news article Aarey battle highlights netas’ selective concern for greens and...
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Expansion of Mumbai underground halted over pollution fears

Joe Wallen, The Telegraph, 7 Oct 2019 Link to the news article Campaigners reacted with fury to news that the construction...
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Shocked That All Cases Were Dismissed by HC, Say Aarey Activists

The Quint, 04 Oct 2019 Link to the article and Video Video Editor: Ashutosh Bhardwaj “Things looked like they were...
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Afforestation Fund: Money Down the Drain?

Debi Goenka, 30 Sept 2019 Link to the article While the release of a whopping sum for planting trees is...
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Urban Debate: India’s Toxic Hell – Big win for Mahul residents, Bombay HC makes landmark judgement

The Urban Debate With Faye D’Souza, Times Now News, 23 Sept 2019 Link to the video Big win for the residents...
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Mumbai-Pune Expressway success outweighed project’s criticism

Sanjay Jog, DNA, 20 Sep 2019 Link to the news article Green activists had raised alarm over cutting down of trees,...
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Forest department tells SC: ‘Razed illegal structures at Tungareshwar ashram’

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, 19 Sep 2019  Link to the news article The Maharashtra forest department said they completed the demolition...
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How much of Mumbai’s salt pans can be developed? Master plan in the works

Tanushree Venkatraman, Hindustan Times, 12 Sept 2019 Link to the news article Debi Goenka, from Conservation Action Trust, an NGO...
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Green group submits ideas for clean air action plan to MPCB

Times News Network, 7 Sep 2019 Link to the news article
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Mumbaiites send suggestions to MPCB to get city’s air pollution action plan passed

Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai, 07 Sep 2019 Link to the news article Activists have submitted source-wise recommendations for Mumbai’s air pollution action...
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Maharashtra: Residents, environmentalists to oppose Centre’s plea in SC to dissolve body

Kavitha Iyer, The Indian Express, 05 Sept 2019 Link to the news article Last month, the Union Ministry of Environment,...
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Tungareshwar ashram gets SC reprieve

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, 31 Aug 2019  Link to the news article The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday stayed the ongoing...
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Supreme Court to hear Maharashtra plea seeking extension of ashram demolition deadline today

Sandhya Nair, Times News Network, 30 Aug 2019 Link to the news article
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Forest dept begins demolition of Tungareshwar ashram

Badri Chatterjee and Ram Parmar, Hindustan Times, 30 Aug 2019 Link to the news article The state forest department citing...
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At Tungareshwar wildlife sanctuary: Ashram trustees demolish part of structure

Ram Parmar and Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, 27 Aug 2019 Link to the news article Last month, the Supreme Court (SC) had...
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Are Mumbaikars prepared for the environmental impact of new coastal projects?

Apekshita Varshney, Citizen Matters, 15 May 2019 Link to the news article MUMBAI’S COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE Mumbai Coastal Road: Haji Ali Interchange...
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Tribals’ Rights: Ministries’ Stand-off

Debi Goenka, 5 May 2019 Link to the article Above: A tribal family enjoys a meal in the forest in Odisha’s...
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A Dubious Affair: Examining Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project

Harsh Ghildiyal, The Bastion, 25 April 2019 Link to the article Mumbai’s proposed coastal road project continues to press on,...
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Mumbai Coastal Road project: Status quo on reclamation work continues

Swati Deshpande, Times News Network, 23 April 2019 Link to the news article In a leg-up to activists fighting against...
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Coastal road work remains on hold as HC refuses to lift stay

Kanchan Chaudhari, Hindustan Times, 24 April 2019 Link to the news article The HC has now posted the bunch of...
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HC directs BMC to stop coastal road work, maintain status quo till June 3

Sonam Saigal, The Hindu, 24 April 2019 Link to the news article Petitioners say project poses risk to livelihood of...
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Coastal road project: HC asks BMC to stop all reclamation work, maintain status quo

Sailee Dhayalkar, The Indian Express, 24 April 2019 Link to the news article The High Court was hearing a petition stating...
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Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise

Michael Carlowicz, NASA Earth Observatory Link to the article Thirty years ago, scientists and engineers launched a new satellite to...
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Digging Deep: How mangroves are affected by climate change

Indian Express, Ritvik Chaturvedi, 29 July 2022 Link to the article Rising temperatures could push mangrove distribution towards higher latitudes. (Image...
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Mangrove deforestation drops, but new protections still needed

Emma Cummings-Krueger, 23 November 2022 Link to the article Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every...
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India’s mangrove forests may benefit from $4 billion fund planned at CoP 27

IN Bureau, 10 November 2022 Link to the article India is likely to benefit from a $4 billion plan announced...
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Day 2 of G20 Summit: PM Modi reaches Mangrove Forest in Bali

Sangri Today, Muskan Kumawat, 16 November 2022 Link to the article On the second day of the G20 Summit, all...
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PM Modi plants mangroves in Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai mangrove forest in Bali

PTI, 16 November 2022 Link to the article PM Modi was joined by other world leaders, including U.S. President Biden and...
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Debris dumping in Army Club illegal, will file FIR: Mumbai collector

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, 22 April 2019 Link to the news article Forest dept says stones dumped within 50m of mangroves;...
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Holding back the tides: Sydney’s battle against coastal erosion

The Guardian, 16 January 2019 Link to the article As Australian beaches succumb to destructive coastal surges due to climate...
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Depleting ‘natural capital’

Kiran Pandey, Millenium Post, 11 October 2018 Link to the article Growth doesn’t always come at a price. But it did...
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Gates at Panje wetland worries eco-activists

Sonali Telang, The Asian Age, 4 October 2018 Link to the news article It may prevent tidal water to reach...
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THE ENGINEERS OF ECOSYSTEMS AS MANGROVES FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

Nash Konston, The Bobr Times, 2 October 2018 Link to the article Scientists propose to restore aquatic ecosystems through aggressive varieties....
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Heat: the next big inequality issue

The Guardian, Aug 13 2018, Amy Fleming with Ruth Michaelson and Adham Youssef in Cairo, Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem, Carmela Fonbuena in Manila and Holly...
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SC asks TN to seal 11 resorts on Nilgiris elephant corridor within 48 hrs

The Hindu, Aug 09 2018 Link to the news article File photo of Karamalai Tea estate in the Valparai Plateau....
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Here’s Why Mumbai Floods Year After Year

Hussain Indorewala and Shweta Wagh, The Wire, July 20 2018 Link to the news article Our cities can be made less...
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Extensive erosion of mudflats changes shoreline in Gulf of Khambhat

Ravi Mishra, July 18 2018 Link to the article Erosion in high tidal mudflats. Tidal mudflats of Gulf of Khambhat...
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Cost cutting: For Shivaji memorial, Maharashtra makes sculpture shorter, sword taller

Indian Express, Vishwas Waghmode, July 16 2018  Link to the news article The project, a flagship programme of the BJP-led government...
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Mangroves and their deforestation may emit more methane than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis, 13 July 2018 Link to the article A recently published study finds mangroves release more methane than previously...
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As Mumbai Crumbles Under Rain Again, BMC Boss Says Too Many People Crowding the City

Chaiti Narula, News18.com, 13 July 2018 Link to the news article Every year, the country’s financial capital is paralysed as roads and...
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How climate change can erode Indian coastline more intensely than ever

The Indian Express, July 4, 2018 Link to the news article Rising sea levels, accompanied by stronger waves and currents,...
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Less than 1% of India’s mangrove cover deforested in 15 years: Global study

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, May 13, 2018 Link to the news article Says US study; India also among top 10...
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Carbon stock loss in mangrove forests: India ranks 8th

Badri Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, May 13 2018 Link to the news article (HT Photo) Carbon stock refers to the amount of...
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New study finds mangroves may store way more carbon than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis, May 2 2018 Link to the article A new study finds mangrove soil held around 6.4 billion metric...
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Maharashtra’s road agency wants portion of Arabian Sea to be deemed as govt land

Sandeep A Ashar, The Indian Express, April 24 2018 Link to the news article The sea bridge, which is part of...
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Coastal regulation zone draft rules cut buffer, boost builders

Times News Network, April 19 2018 Link to the news article A draft on coastal development rules issued by the Centre on Wednesday...
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Surya Dam protest: A rural-urban water conflict brews on outskirts of Mumbai

Kavitha Iyer, The Indian Express, March 23 2018 Link to the news article Farmers, including tribals, hold hunger strike against MMRDA’s...
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Devendra Fadnavis approves Rs 12,156.95 crore MMRDA budget; metro corridors, trans harbour link to get boost

Firstpost, March 22 2018 Link to the news article With a focus on speedy implementation of various infrastructure projects in...
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India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk

Soumya Sarkar, The Hindu, March 09 2018 Link to the news article Mangroves isolate carbon at two to four times the rate...
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Matheran on the losing track

Gajanan Khergamker,  Governance Now, January 23 2018 Link to the article The toy train in Matheran, once a proposed UNESCO...
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Global warming: NASA tool predicts which city will flood first; Mangalore, Mumbai at risk

Malavika Vyawahare, Hindustan Times, November 16 2017 Link to the news article In this August 27, 2017 photo, people look at...
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Not Rs1,800 crore, Goregaon-Mulund link road will cost Rs3,800 crore

Sanjana Bhalerao, Hindustan Times, October 06 2017  Link to the news article Mumbai transport experts said they were unamused by how...
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