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In a significant step toward safeguarding the marine ecosystem in South and Southeast Asia, the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project Phase II (BOBLME II) officially kicked off with an inception workshop held from 12 – 14 December 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - International Waters and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), this five-year collaborative project aims to tackle urgent challenges and promote sustainabi...

The two-day 24th Odisha Science and Environment Congress ended at the Berhampur University on Tuesday. It was jointly organised by the BU and the Odisha Environmental Society (OES).   The primary objective of the event was to foster innovative research initiatives addressing pressing global

A book 'Waves of Art', which is a part of an artistic campaign launched by the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), reveals the work of 52 artists from four countries.The book has 71 lively artworks explicitly sketching the status and conditions of ...

The book has 71 lively artworks explicitly sketching the status and conditions of female workers, bringing forth both the miseries and power of the women in the fisheries sector of the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal.BOBP

The book has 71 lively artworks explicitly sketching the status and conditions of female workers, bringing forth both the miseries and power of the women in the fisheries sector of the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal.BOBP

Tamil Nadu will become a seaweed industry hub with its proposed seaweed park, and the state government is on a mission mode to uplift the seaweed farming, said a senior state government official.Inaugurating the Seaweed India-2022 Conference ...

Uniindia: Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) Unveiling the state government’s plan to upscale <br /

This paper maps out the key drivers, actors, and policies that have shaped the shrimp aquaculture industry in post-independence India. While the existing aquaculture regulations vilify the farmers for the industry’s socioecological disaster, this paper—through its analysis—shifts the liability to the multilateral consultancies and technical research institutions that were

The export of shark fins has been banned since 2015. Yet, the business continues to thrive.

The planned International Webinar on Entrepreneurship Development on “Seaweed Business by Cooperatives” went off well on Thursday with participants from across the globe making significant contributions to the discussion. Jointly organized by Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Govt of India, LINAC-NCDC, Ministry of Agri and NEDAC, Bangkok, the Webinar had Dr Rajeev Ranjan, Secretary Department of Fisheries as the chief guest. Introductory remarks were made ...