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Sumaira Abdulali

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Covers:  Sand mining, noise pollution, climate change and environmental issues
Noise, sand, environment-litigation, advocacy, education,awareness. Published in @forbes_india @TimesofIndia @outlookindia muckrack.com/sumaira-abdula…

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Sumaira Abdulali is an award-winning activist and writer based in Mumbai whose original writing on environmental issues has been published in magazines and newspapers Forbes India, Outlook, Times of India, Mumbai Mirror, DNA and others. She helped shape a 6-month awareness campaign against noise pollution in partnership with the Times of India in 2016, worked with other journalists and contributed articles towards the campaign.

She has participated in and helped shape documentary films on sand…

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Forbes India - Firecrackers: The Pollution We Consciously Choose

Forbes India - Firecrackers: The Pollution We Consciously Choose

'Green-crackers', supposedly reduced-emission firecrackers promoted by the government as safe, are often bann…

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Noise pollution from honking: The need for an enforcement drive

Noise pollution from honking: The need for an enforcement drive

Sumaira Abdulali is a multi-award-winning environmentalist who is especially known for her work against noise…

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Forbes India - Devastation In The Western Ghats In The Name Of Unplanned Development

Forbes India - Devastation In The Western Ghats In The Name Of Unplanned Development

The first of 49 new mines sanctioned in the dazzlingly beautiful Sawantwadi-Dodamarg Wildlife corridor in 201…

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Why beach sand mining is so dangerous

Why beach sand mining is so dangerous

Destroying irreplacable beaches will make ourselves more vulnerable to sea-level rise. Legalising of beach sa…

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Forbes India - COP26: Will India Commit To Or Cop-out Of Climate Obligations?

Forbes India - COP26: Will India Commit To Or Cop-out Of Climate Obligations?

A coal mine in Jharkhand: PM Modi asserted India's moral right to continue to increase emissions in the conte…

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Gender And Climate Change: Meet The Women Of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey, And Beyond | For...

Gender And Climate Change: Meet The Women Of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey, And Beyond | For...

An important goal of the UN climate summit in Glasgow that starts on October 31 is to curtail deforestation. …

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Crude Neglect

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By Sumaira Abdulali 
| The Times of India
Every monsoon, many whites and beaches along India’s west coast are encrusted in black by waves of oil and tar balls. This year, the pollution arrived unusually early: Normally washing ashore in June first week, it was already defacing beaches along the Konkan coast by May 9. Of all the environmental crises along India’s coastline, the accumulation of oil-spills and tar-balls is among those least discussed in the public domain. Beach clean-up initiatives focus on plastic and debris.
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Coastal Restoration: Saving Sand - DredgeWire

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By Sumaira Abdulali , Lisa Parker
| DredgeWire
Posted on July 17, 2024 Increasing demand for this seemingly abundant and common material harms human and natural communities — and fuels a lucrative and dangerous illegal industry. Coastal ecosystems — including oyster reefs, sandy beaches, mangrove forests and seagrass beds — provide important habitat for marine life and food and recreation for people. They also protect shorelines from waves and storms. But these precious systems face serious threats.
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Amid Focus On Development, Scant Attention To Environment - Forbes India

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By Sumaira Abdulali 
| Forbes India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget Speech 2024 references the ‘Panchamrit’ goals of India’s international commitments of net-zero by 2070 made at CoP26 of the UNFCC; However, the Budget’s focus on “unprecedented development, and golden moments to realise the dream of developed India @ 2047” entirely dominates, at the cost of environment and of India’s climate commitments.
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I started writing to convey my passion for the work I do to protect the environment to other people, especially young people.

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