Tonle Sap reserve proposed
Cambodia has moved a step closer to protecting the Tonle Sap including Prek Toal with the despatch of documents of UNESCO's Paris headquarters seeking nomination of the lake as Biosphere Reserve.
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Lead in hunting, fishing targeted
New Zealand duck shooters and anglers are being targeted by environmentalists, who say heavy loads of lead are contaminating some New Zealand lake beds and wetlands. The Forest and Bird Protection
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Dal to be first Wi-Fi-enabled lake in world
The lovely Dal in Kashmir will soon be the world's first wirefree enabled lake providing the tourist on the houseboat, romantically floating down the placid waters by the flower-vendors, facilities
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Stinking water bodies projects
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayee's assurance that his government is preparing a project for aid from the World Bank for conservation of Wullar Lake in Kashmir valley sounds well. This assurance
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Upper lake is more toxic
According to a recent report of Bhoj Wetland Project, the toxicity of the lake has been increased due to the increase in number of idol immersion this year. According to the report 851 idols wre
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‘Gap between total & treated sewage hurting water sources’
Cities in India are dreaming of becoming New York and London but we seldom worry about as basic an issue as sewage and its disposal in our country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has brought out a two-volume book titled Excreta Matters: Report on the State of India’s Environment to highlight how only 20 per cent of sewage is being treated in the country. Sunita Narain, director general, CSE, talks about the murky issue plaguing the water sources in this interview to Rashme Sehgal.
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Radio isotopes mechanism to study Chilka lake
For a long-term managemetn of the fishery resources of Chilka Lake, in Orissa, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, rado isotopes mechanism would be used for the first time to determine the
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Need to prevent upper lake from degration
The Environment Planning and Co-ordination Organisation (EPCO), has launched 'Bhoj Wetland Project' for the conservation and management of lakes in the city. The Environment Planning and
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Government consulting experts on sea wall near Konark
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has started consultation with several institutions to find out ways to check erosion of coast at Puri and Konark.
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Environmentalists to save lake
Bhutanese environmentalists have stepped in to save a drying lake in Wangduephodrang and assuage the fear of local people who believe it might spell misfortune for their
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Rs 600 cr Dutch grant to restore Kolleru lake
The Netherlands Government has agreed to give a grant of Rs 600 crores to restore and maintain the natural habitat of the famous Kolleru lake near
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Plan to preserve Dal Lake
The Union Minister for Environment and Forest, Prof Saifuddin Soz, announced that Rs 291 crore would be spent on the preservation of the Dal Lake in Srinagar in a phased manner . In addition to this,
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City feels tremors, people hit streets
KOLKATA, 11 APRIL: Tremors felt in several districts of the state due to an earthquake, measuring 8.5 on the Richer scale, that hit off the western coast of northern Sumatra, triggered panic in the city
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HP to power Punjab, Haryana
Record hydroelectric power generation in Himachal Pradesh due to thawing of glaciers and frozen lakes is good news for Delhi and the rest of northern India. The 20 state-owned run-of-river projects currently generate 7.6 million units daily, "the maximum generation during the peak season", said Sunil Grover, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board's director of generation.
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Norwegian experts will help in blasting Koyna river bed
A five-member team of Norweigian experts will be arriving after christmas to conduct an explosion in the belly of the Koyna lake. This most "delicate" operation will mark the completion of the major
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Outlook on water environmental management in Asia 2012
The WEPA Outlook is the flagship publication of WEPA which includes basic information on the water environment and its management in each WEPA partner country. The Outlook 2012 consists of three main chapters.
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Declaring area around Dalma wildlife sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone
Whereas, the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur lies between Latitudes 22°46'30" and 22°57' N and Longitudes 86°3' 15" and 86°26'30" E in the East Singhbhum and Sariakela- Kharsawan districts of Jharkhand
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Oil sands mining and reclamation cause massive loss of peatland and stored carbon
We quantified the wholesale transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Contrary to claims made in
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Hundreds of eco-activists clean up Yamuna
Hundreds of young and old eco-activists turned up at the Yamuna ghats in this Taj city on Sunday morning to pick up trash, mostly polythene bags, to mark the start of World Water Week March 18-25. Programme coordinator Shravan Kumar Singh said: "UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is known for his love for environmental and nature conservation programme. Through our clean up exercise today (Sunday) we have sent out a strong message - that we want the cleaning up of Yamuna to be taken up at the earliest and on war-footing."
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Dal lake 'dwellers' to be relocated
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to formulate a comprehensive scheme for rehabilitating the "dwellers" of Srinagar's world famous Dal lake at Chandpora in phases. Reviewing the progress