Claude Alvares | |
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Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Environmentalist, Author, Editor |
Known for | Editor of the Other India Press |
Spouse | Norma Alvares |
Children | 3 |
Claude Alphonso Alvares is an Indian environmentalist based in Goa. Alvares is the editor of the Other India Press[1] and Director of the Goa Foundation, an environmental monitoring action group that has filed successful public interest litigation cases.[2]
Alvares is a member of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).[3] He is also a member of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Wastes constituted by the Supreme Court of India.[4]