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

Natural disasters in Bangladesh and the losses accruing as a result have increased in recent years due to the adverse impacts of climate change. In fact, Bangladesh occupied seventh position in global ranking and stood third among the countries most hit b...

It was a scene right out of a movie, when a six-member team of the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TRNFRS) marine commandos swam into the sea and rescued four fishermen who fell into the water after their boat capsized, on Wednesday morning. On Wedne...

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Environment Ministry has directed a sub-committee to visit the coastal stretch of Pulicat lake where the Department of Fisheries, Tamil Nadu, has proposed two training walls for permanent stability for the bar m...

Organized shrimp, mussel and fresh water fish farming in the interiors of Goa or in Goan villages can more than offset the losses caused to local businesses and villagers due to the slump in tourism caused due to Covid pandemic and the closure of the mini...

The country's frozen fish exporters have sought 20 per cent cash incentive on their export earnings as the sector is going through a critical time due to the coronavirus pandemic. To this effect, the Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA) f...

Teesta river was once packed to the rafters with fish, enough to sustain the villages on its banks. Ever since the Indian government erected the Gajoldoba barrage on the upstream in 1996, the portion of the Teesta river in Bangladesh has become parched fo...

More than 3,000 Myanmar migrant workers in Mahachai are staging a protest as over 30 Myanmar workers being infected with COVID-19 are discharged from hospital, said Khaing Gyi, Chairman of Aid Alliance Committee (AAC). Thai authorities placed a 14-day loc...

Gosaba, West Bengal: Following the footsteps of Sir Daniel Hamilton, who in 1902 had started the cooperative movement in the Sundarbans, various cooperative societies including the Tagore Society for Rural Development of Rangabelia in West Bengal’s Gosa...

When Karmeswar Deka, a farmer in Bogibari village situated on the outskirts of Guwahati in Assam, decided to dig a pond in his 3 bigha (roughly 1 acre) derelict land in 2007, he was hopeful of a good additional income. He, however, was not aware that the...

Surat District Collector Dr Dhaval Patel on Friday directed farm owners to demolish illegal shrimp ponds at 14 villages of Olpad taluka. The district collector added that the farm owners might be booked underneath Gujarat Land Grabbing Act 2020 in the eve...