Kerala cabinet not to amend paddy land, wetland act
The government has decided to back off from the proposed amendments to the Kerala Conservation of Paddy-land and Wetland Act, 2008, that would have given private entrepreneurs permission to fill up to
View ArticleBeijing to build national park with neighboring province
Beijing and neighboring Hebei Province will combine land to develop a national park stretching dozens of miles in northern China, the local government said over the weekend. Baoding, a city in Hebei
View ArticleIndore region home to 207 species of birds
A total of 207 species of birds have made Indore and its surroundings their home, revealed a survey conducted by forest department. This is the first time the department has carried out an effort to
View ArticleMumbai's wetland birds on endangered list
MUMBAI: The Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Bar-tailed Godwit, commonly seen on the Sewri mudflats, have been added to the list of endangered birds. In all eights birds from India have
View ArticleCommon pochard now rare in NCR
Conservationists were alarmed this week to find one of NCR's once most-commonly sighted wetland bird, common pochard, to have been labelled `near-threatened' in the latest red list of birds released by
View ArticleMP ‘bird areas’ rise to 19
Two new important bird areas (IBAs) — Sirpur Lake in Indore and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — have been added to the existing list of IBAs in Madhya Pradesh. Currently, there are 17 IBAs in the state that
View ArticleNGT warns Ghaziabad authority over Dadri wetlands
As Greater Noida’s Dadri wetlands, home to nearly 200 species of rare and migratory birds continues to shrink, the National Green Tribunal has warned the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) of coercive
View ArticleWhat’s being done to protect wetlands: HC asks Centre, states
Delay in identification and notification, encroachment are taking a toll on fragile wetlands. : Concerned over the shrinkage of wetlands in India, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Centre
View ArticleAccused who killed 30 migratory birds in Khatauni arrested
DEHRADUN: The forest department has apprehended four accused in the Khatauni area of Terai west forest with carcasses of 30 migratory birds of Cormorant species. This is the first such case where...
View ArticleChennai Floods Due to Impact of Climate Change: CSE
An Indian green body today said that the floods in Chennai are an impact of climate change and the "unprecedented deluge" that the city has witnessed is a reminder of increasing frequency of such freak
View ArticleHeavy metals pollution influence the community structure of cyanobacteria in...
Anthropogenic inputs influence the community structure and activities of microorganisms, which may impinge the functioning of estuarine and coastal ecosystem. The aim of the present study was to...
View ArticleOrder of the Kerala High Court regarding construction in 'nanja-2'...
Order of the Kerala High Court in the matter of Ayishabi vs The Perinthalmanna Municipality dated 04/12/2015 regarding construction in 'nanja-2' land (land fit for paddy cultivation).
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Wetlands, 08/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Wetlands, 08/12/2015. In a number of cases (Original Application No. 121 of 2013, No. 153 of 2014, No. 02 of 2015, No. 501 of 2015, etc) being heard in...
View ArticleChennai paid the price for loss of wetlands and open spaces: study
Encroachments on buffer around rivers will have consequences, say experts hennai’s resilience to the recent deluge has taken a severe beating as nearly a quarter of its wetlands, open space and flood
View ArticleRefining soil organic carbon stock estimates for China's palustrine...
Palustrine wetlands(PWs) include all bogs, fens, swamps and marshes that are non-saline and which are not lakes or rivers. They therefore form a highly important group of wetlands which hold large carbon
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Lakes, 15/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Lakes, 15/12/2015. The State wise details of amount sanctioned and released to the State Governments so far for undertaking various projects for...
View ArticleWetland loss, development put Kashmir bird migration at risk
The cackle and cry of Kashmir’s annual bird migration has long been a welcome ruckus for those living in the Indian-controlled Himalayan territory. It signals the summer’s end, the coming snows and the
View ArticleCoalminers accused of 'playing Russian roulette' in Sydney's...
Environmental groups say the Baird government is "playing Russian roulette" in Sydney's water catchment by approving coalmining without a full understanding of its impacts, taking a "damage first, fix
View ArticleAssessment of flood vulnerability at village level for Kandi block of...
Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal is situated in the Mayurakshi–Dwarka Plain. This is one of the maximum flood-affected blocks in Murshidabad. The average frequency of occurrence
View ArticleRussian boreal peatlands dominate the natural European methane budget
About 60% of the European wetlands are located in the European part of Russia. Nevertheless, data on methane emissions from wetlands of that area are absent. Here we present results of methane emission
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