Contain marine pollution
A recently published report of the U
N Environment Program (UNEP) states that a stupendous 2/3rd of the sediments flow into the oceans is attributable to South & East Asia. A similar report by the Department of Global Ecology of Carnegie Institution at the Stanford University states that around 25% of the annual consumption of fertilizers (present consumption estimated over 30 million tonnes), pesticides (more than 90,000 metric tones annually) and synthetic detergents (more than 1 lakh tonnes) finds recourse to sea water, having serious ramification for the future. That report further states that the total volume of annual discharge, only from Bombay & Calcutta, are to the tune of 365 MT and 350 MT, respectively. Add to this the much ambitious Sethusamudram Project – linking Palk Bay with the Gulf of Mannar – is expected to create major disturbance in the region’s marine life (flora and fauna in the region is constituted of 3,500 species).
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A recently published report of the U
N Environment Program (UNEP) states that a stupendous 2/3rd of the sediments flow into the oceans is attributable to South & East Asia. A similar report by the Department of Global Ecology of Carnegie Institution at the Stanford University states that around 25% of the annual consumption of fertilizers (present consumption estimated over 30 million tonnes), pesticides (more than 90,000 metric tones annually) and synthetic detergents (more than 1 lakh tonnes) finds recourse to sea water, having serious ramification for the future. That report further states that the total volume of annual discharge, only from Bombay & Calcutta, are to the tune of 365 MT and 350 MT, respectively. Add to this the much ambitious Sethusamudram Project – linking Palk Bay with the Gulf of Mannar – is expected to create major disturbance in the region’s marine life (flora and fauna in the region is constituted of 3,500 species).For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
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