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Minister to visit mangrove damage site in Andheri, to form probe panel if necessary

July 07, 2025 9:34 pm

Munde admitted that complaints were received about the reclamation in the buffer zone of mangroves so the government officials imposed a fine of Rs 2.22 lakh last year but as developers continued the reclamation, officials imposed a fine of Rs 87.26 crore in April 2025.

Buried mangrove patch revived in Vashi, environmentalists pitch for walkway

April 10, 2025 3:41 pm

Around 3,500 truckloads of debris have been cleared from the 4.2-hectare plot in Vashi, which has 1.91 hectares of artificially formed waterbodies.

Mumbai Coastal Road Project Phase 2: BMC proposes mangrove nurseries to densify, compensate loss of Mumbai’s unique ecosystem

March 15, 2025 6:58 pm

Currently, the civic authorities have floated an Expression of Interest (EoI) for renting 10-15 hectares of land that could be used for setting up mangrove nurseries.

Gujarat village's inland mangrove to be state's first Biodiversity Heritage Site

January 31, 2025 9:58 am

The inland mangrove in Kutch district’s Guneri village is reportedly one of only eight of its kind across the world.

How mangroves in Odisha likely reduced Cyclone Dana’s impact

October 27, 2024 12:41 pm

Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees and shrubs typical of estuarine and intertidal regions, meaning they grow in areas where freshwater and saltwater meet.

HC allows felling of 2,612 mangroves to construct 5th & 6th line between Borivali & Virar

September 09, 2024 4:17 pm

The fifth and sixth railway lines between Borivali and Virar are being constructed under Phase III-A of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project at a cost of Rs 2,184 crore.

At a mangrove patch near Khambhat in Gujarat. Photo by Bharat Jethva

Mangroves ecosystem in India vulnerable to collapse due to cyclones, shrimp aquaculture, says report

July 27, 2024 10:26 am

The report said that Southeast Asia accounts for 49,500 sq km or 33.6 per cent of global mangrove cover with Indonesia alone having 21 per cent of the world’s mangroves.

'Will benefit large sections of population', Bombay HC allows felling of 350 mangrove trees for Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway

February 16, 2023 4:00 pm

The court asked NHAI to strictly comply with all the conditions laid out in the project approval by the MoEFFC, including compensatory afforestation through forest departments and developing a nursery to raise seedlings of forestry species.

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Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation seeks nod from Bombay HC to fell 24.57 hectares of mangroves

November 25, 2022 1:31 am

The project requires Forest department's clearance for 26.51 ha of land (3.77 ha of forest land and the remaining for Railway land). The forest land also includes cutting of mangrove (24.57 ha), as per the MRVC.

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Digging Deep: How mangroves are affected by climate change

July 29, 2022 4:24 pm

Mangroves are tropical forest ecosystems that occupy shallow, warm water in the intertidal region between land and sea. Like many plants that rely on water-based seed-dispersion, they're also affected directly by rising temperatures.