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A two-day workshop, titled “Fishery-dependent Livelihoods, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: The Case of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in India”, was held in New Delhi during 1-2 March 2012. The workshop was a follow-up to the one held in Chennai in 2009, which was titled “Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area (MPA) Implementation in India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?”.

The Passamaquoddy tribe in eastern Maine, US, are indigenous fishers who are trying to exercise sovereign rights to resources.

As Europe moves towards privatization of fisheries, it is faced with the dilemma of balancing social and economic objectives in the new Common Fisheries Policy.

The following is the input of ICSF to the Compilation Document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).

The 'green economy' that Rio+20 hopes to focus on cannot afford to ignore a human-rights approach to sustainable fisheries.

Large miners in Goa, who have been operating in the state for more than 50 years after being granted leases during the earlier Portuguese rule, say the illegal mining started after iron ore prices double since 2008 as steel mills in China, which is deficient i iron ore, rushed to buy low-grade ore from Goa.

Unscrupulous businessmen have been minting money at the cost of the industry and the exchequer, thanks to a faulty mining policy, an investigation shows. Many companies which had got coal blocks at various points of time for setting up iron and steel plants have since sold the allotted blocks for huge gains rather than going ahead with these projects.

The CAG is at it again. About 16 months after it rocked the UPA government with its explosive report on allocation of 2G spectrum and licenses, the Comptroller & Auditor General's draft report titled 'Performance Audit of Coal Block Allocations' says the government has extended "undue benefits", totalling a mind boggling Rs 10.67 lakh crore, to commercial entities by giving them 155 coal acreage without auction between 2004 and 2009.

London-based hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund, which owns 1 percent of Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has demanded to engage with on matters related to business and operations of CIL, in particular. On the other hand, Coal India isn't happy over discussing confidential matters with a selective investor as it may lead to insider trading.

Azospirillum bio-fertilisers as a source of nutrients bring multifarious advantages for the poor farmers including affordability, environmental safety and sustainability of agriculture systems.