Claude Alvares
Claude Alvares | |
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Alvares in 2019 | |
| Born | Claude Alphonso Alvares 1947 or 1948 (age 76–77) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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| Occupation(s) | Environmentalist, Author, Editor |
| Known for | Goa Foundation, Other India Press |
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| Children | 3 |
Claude Alphonso Alvares (born 1947 or 1948) is an Indian environmentalist based in Goa. He is the editor of the Other India Press and Director of the Goa Foundation, an environmental monitoring action group that has filed successful public interest litigation cases. Alvares is a member of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). He is also a member of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Wastes constituted by the Supreme Court of India.