According to P Sujanapal, a scientist with Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala’s mangrove cover has severely disintegrated in the last four decades with their spread declining from 700 sq km to 24 sq km in that period..

Environmental activists argue that instead of solely focusing on the superficial beautification of water bodies, the plan should be to restore them and maintain them..

China clay or kaolin, also called white clay, in crude and processed forms, is used in various industries like cement, rubber, paper, ceramic, glass, paint and plastic, each industry requiring different grades of it..

The manual asks that builders create a comprehensive inventory of 'dominant, rare, endangered, threatened, endemic and indicator species and species abundance and distribution of biological species of study area.'.

At the heart of this management system was Mangar Bani, a sacred grove extending over 274 hectares (677 acres) near Mangar village..

Asher also said that the mining in the state is also increasing the incidents of landslides..

Moths are highly diverse organisms and scientists estimate there are between 150,000 to 500,000 moth species in the country..

The trees, located next to a perennial stream, were flanked by rock boulders and had the thick canopy of the semi-evergreen forest of the Kalsubai Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary above them..

Kerala-based environmentalist K V Dayal has developed a unique homegarden in his 1.5-acre land following an agroecological design wherein 10 percent of the land is maintained as a natural ecosystem with a manmade hill and a pond, while 90 percent is a cultivated ecosystem or a food forest..

Reforestation is one of the ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change, according to some experts..

Once on the brink of a water crisis because of severe groundwater depletion, Puri has now become the first city in the country to supply 24×7 quality drinking water directly from tap..

Coral reefs in all waters of the world are under threat today, primarily due to anthropogenic factors. Localised threats include marine pollution, coral overmining, bottom trawling, blast fishing, infrastructural development activity along the shoreline, among others..

Shukla’s observations, echoed by several others activists and participants in movements against mining and allied activities, square strongly with the work of Performance Studies scholar Diana Taylor..

If the state chooses to reserve the mining leases in favour of its newly created corporation, it will need the central government’s approval for the same..

The northeastern state also has a rich history of traditional fishing; the indigenous community would go into the streams and the rivers with hooks and lines, harpoons, nets, and other gear..