The Documentation Centre of ICSF was initiated in 1999, in Chennai, India.

Promises made by successive governments to rejuvenate the polluted Periyar River remain on paper, prompting stakeholders to raise it as a key election issue this time. Greens and activists blame political parties for making tall claims to restore the Stat...

Some Indian fishermen returning home after spending time in Pakistani jails could be a security threat to India. Intelligence agencies fear that fishermen, who are imprisoned across the border are probably being radicalised and might be used by terror gro...

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has constituted a 15-member Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority, which will be headed by the additional chief secretary environment and forests. The authority shall deal with environmental issues relating to t...

Bangladesh will get its ocean research and survey ship, built in Malaysia, by the end of the current month which is expected to help assess fish stock and other marine resources in the Bay of Bengal. A seven-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Fisheries ...

The historic Champakkara market, one of the busiest and the oldest in the city, is expected to get a face lift with the progress of the Kochi Metro Rail project works and as the urban authorities start work on turning Kochi into a smart city. The market h...

At least 261 Indian and 15 Iranian were sentenced by a judicial magistrate for a period they have already spent in detention for fishing inside the Pakistani territorial waters in Arabian Sea. Judicial Magistrate (West), Salman Amjad Siddiqui, directed th...

As long as the 21st-century man will continue to tamper with natural buffers like the Aravali hills, hotter summers (and warmer winters) will become a way of life. The Aravali bio network has been around for aeons. "They're much more ancient than the Hima...

The World Bank Group has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to help Bangladesh achieve its vision of reaching middle-income country status by 2021 from the current lower-middle income status. According to a statement of the Washington-base...

The average time period for environmental clearances for projects has been brought down from 600 to 190 days and will be further reduced to 100 days to provide ease of doing 'responsible' business, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said today. The minister...

After receiving the copy of the government order under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the opposition pointed out that the rules clearly prohibit mechanized fishing at night in the areas in the specified government notification. They further question ...