Locals active in wetland conservation
Ilam, Oct 13: Locals are actively engaged in conserving a wetland area located in Jamuna of the district. They want to refill the pond in the middle of the wetland area as there is the availability of
View ArticleCountry's indigenous fish species facing extinction
Indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons including frequent and indiscriminate use of harmful pesticides and chemical fertilisers in...
View ArticleMetro Village: Kerala High Court Orders Status Quo on Filling of Wetlands
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that status quo be maintained with respect to the filling of wetland for setting up metro village in connection with the Kochi Metro rail project. A
View ArticleEffects of thermo-erosion gullying on hydrologic flow networks, discharge and...
Thermo-erosion gullies in continuous permafrost regions where ice-wedge polygons are widespread contribute and change the drainage of periglacial landscapes. Gullying processes are causing long-term...
View ArticleZambia: State Commits U.S $11 Million to Wildlife Project
Government has committed about US$11.5 million to the management of community owned wildlife resource project in Bangweulu in Luapula Province. Tourism and Arts minister Jean Kapata said government with
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of municipal solid...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 21/10/2014 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste in respect...
View ArticleGreater Noida's 2,000-acre eco park to span Surajpur wetlands
GREATER NOIDA: The contours of the proposed 'green lung' of Greater Noida have been drawn up. The consultant for the nearly 2,000 acre ecological park on the city's forest land has submitted a shape and
View ArticleGreen Tribunal bench warns GMDA, GMC
The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today restrained the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) ‘from causing
View ArticleBiodiversity for sustainable development: delivering results for Asia and the...
The countries of the Asia Pacific region are rising to the task of harnessing the positive opportunities provided by biodiversity and natural ecosystems, as catalysts for sustainable development. In...
View ArticleStudy confirms heavy rains, cloud bursts caused Sep floods
The Department of Environment, Ecology and Remote Sensing (DEERS) has completed the study on the satellite based rapid assessment on floods in Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with the national remote
View ArticleHeterotrophic respiration in drained tropical peat is greatly affected by...
Vast areas of deforested tropical peatlands do not receive noteworthy shading by vegetation, which increases the amount of solar radiation reaching the peat surface. Peat temperature dynamics and...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Dighi Port, Raigad,...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Geeta Bhadrasen Vadhai Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others regarding regarding Dighi Port, Raigad,
View ArticleWetlands facing threat in India
Basai Wetland of Gurgaon in Haryana, one of the important bird areas of country, is facing threat of being lost forever. Located close to national capital Delhi, migratory bird count of this wetland has
View ArticleNotices over change of land use of wetland
A local court here has issued notices against 19 people, including Director General (DG), Department of Town of Country Planning (DTCP), in a case pertaining to change of land use of Ghata Wetland into
View ArticleEnvironmentalists exhort people to save bio-diversity spots in city
Environmentalists speaking to citizens at Salim Ali Lake in an initiative organized as part of the Kirloskar Vasundhara International film festival (KVIFF) on Sunday appealed to citizens to save spots
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on conservation of wetland lakes, 26/11/2014
Question raised in Lok Sabha on conservation of wetland lakes, 26/11/2014.
View ArticleExplain how wetland in Dadri shrank: NGT to UP
NEW DELHI/GREATER NOIDA: In a hearing on the issue of a shrinking Dadri wetland, the case on which opened in 2012, the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered the state government to explain how the
View ArticleGovt panel to probe how Dadri wetland shrank
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered the formation of a high-level government panel to probe how the width of the Dadri wetland shrank from its original size and come up with a...
View ArticleNavi Mumbai wetlands may soon turn into dustbowls
Bird watchers and environmentalists are concerned at the dumping of debris in the last surviving wetlands of Uran, once a haven for migratory birds. "During a recent bird-watching trip to Uran taluka,
View ArticleMoEF focuses on Yamuna wetland
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has written to the Uttar Pradesh government to take necessary action for conservation and management of Yamuna wetland in Greater Noida. A letter
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