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Seagrass distribution and its vulnerability in India
The coastal vegetation is of specialized nature, which grows under different conditions with one ecosystem linked to the other including the coral reefs. The vegetation can be classified into four groups 1. Marine algae or seaweeds 2. Seagrasses, 3. Mangroves and 4. Sanddune vegetation,which grows on a sandy shore beyond the highest high tide level.
Seagrasses are submerged angiospermic monocotyledon plants. They are adapted to the marine environment and complete their life cycle underwater In contrast to other submerged marine plants (e.g. seaweeds), sea grasses flower, fruit and produce seeds. They also have true roots and internal system for the transport of gases and nutrient. They generally grow in shallow coastal water from the inter-tidal zone to depths up to 10m. In turbid estuarine environment, such as the Indian coast, where there is an enormous deposition of silt into the sea by major rivers, sea grasses are rarely encountered at depths below 10m. In less turbid areas, such as the Caribbean sea and Australian coast, sea grasses can be found at depths of 50m or more
тАЬGarbage doesnтАЩt have to be a dirty thingтАЭ
Waste Impact Trust is a NGO founded by Ms. Gayitri Handanahal who has served for 13
years in the social sector under diverse areas such as skill development among BPL Self
Help Groups, Safe drinking water with the Naandi Foundation. For the last four years she
has been working in Solid Waste Management. She conceptualized and coordinated a
programme namely, тАЬReimagine WasteтАЭ as a series of Waste Hackathons in collaboration
with the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) at the Indian Institute
of Science (IISc). These hackathons have specific themes on waste and are supported
by corporates and institutions through 4-day events and the post hackathon activities.
Hackathons provide a platform for creativity to find low cost, high impact solutions
for day to day problems of waste management using technology. The unique aspect
of these hackathons is that the vulnerable communities are part of the hacking teams
and contribute to solutions from conception to prototyping to creating business plans
Mangrove ecosystem and its impact on fisheries
Mangrove formation is a tropical phenomenon confined to tropical coastal areas, and sometimes extends to sub-tropical or slightly beyond. Areas where mangroves occur include estuaries and marine shorelines. In comparison with the tropical rainforest biome which contains thousands of tree species, mangrove forests are less in diversity. But the ecosystem these trees create provides a home for a great variety of other organisms. Mangrove forests form an interface between marine and terrestrial environment
Instruments for siltation and sedimentation analysis
Land clearing and grading have adverse effects
on lagoon, mangrove and other estuarine coastal
ecosystems due to sediment transportation.
Experiments have shown that the erosive power of
water flowing with a velocity тАШVтАЩ, varies as тАШV2тАЩ while
the transporting ability of water increases to a velocity
of тАШV6тАЩ. Sediments, which move as bed load at one
section may be in suspension at another section.
As the silt originates from the watershed, the
characteristics of the catchment area such as itтАЩs aerial
extent, soil types, land slopes, vegetal cover and
climatic conditions like temperature and intensity of
rainfall have great significance in the sediment
production in the form of sheet erosion, gully erosion
and stream channel erosio
RAMKY GROUP- Experts in domestic waste management
Ramky Group since inception in 1994 in Hyderabad has been focusing on developing projects
that positively impact both the environment and the economy. As part of the blueprint to be
an active participant in global economic progress, Ramky Group has augmented potential in
key growth sectors including Water and waste water management, Transportation, Industrial
Infrastructure, Commercial, Residential, Social, Institutional and Irrigation Infrastructure,
Environment Management, Energy Generation, transmission and distribution. Major
operations of the group are conducted through companies sucha as Ramky Infrastructure
Limited (RIL), Ramky Environ Engineers Limited (REEL), Ramky Estates and Farms Limited
(REFL), Ramky Life Sciences Limited (RLSL) and Ramky Life Sciences Limited(RLSL)
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Solid waste management in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, the fourth largest city in Karnataka State is situated in the west coast of
Southern India. It is the fast growing city in education, commerce and industry. The
city with more than 5.5 lakh population faces the challenges of dealing with its solid
waste. The rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to the generation of
huge amount of garbage and wastes in the urban areas. The initiative by Mangaluru
City Corporation (MCC) could successfully collect the solid waste generated within
Mangaluru City and process it at centralized processing plant at Pachanady of the
City Corporation. The raw waste received at the site is pre-sorted and further sent to
processing shed. The pre-sorted waste materials are being used as a raw material for
windrow composting and vermin-composting. Some percentage of hotel waste and
market waste is being used for bio-methanation plant. The rejects from windrow,
vermin-composting and bio-methanation plant is sent to sanitary landfill site
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