Pollution level at Keenjhar rises
Keenjhar Lake, one the major sources of water supply to Karachi and Thatta district, Pakistan has developed eutrophication, which occurs when lake water becomes enriched with nutrients, and causes
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Immersion adds 1540 ton soil in Upper Lake
The immersion of idols in the upper lake for years has increased glass wastes and soil in it to a great extent. Chemicals of various types were also reaching in the lake that were polluting the
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Kaski district farmers take to fisheries
Farmers around the Rupatal lake in Kaski district have chosen the way of generating income through commercial fisheries in an institutional way by protecting the disappearing lake. They have
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Chinese lake example of Deng reforms
The glinting lake in the heart of Xiamen in south China was once rated as one of the most polluted lakes in China. The first treatment plant was constructed on the island in 1989 under the Yuandang
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Team to study Keenjhar mangroves
Sindh (Pakistan) Forests Department is sending a team of experts to the Keenjhar Lake on Saturday to study the "mangroves" that have been discovered in the lake, it is learnt. According to the
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Team to study Keenjhar mangroves
Sindh (Pakistan) Forests Department is sending a team of experts to the Keenjhar Lake to study the "mangroves" that have been discovered in the lake, it is learnt. According to the sources, the team
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Global climate rise causes drop in African fish stocks
Climate change, rather than over fishing, has been blamed as the primary cause of the large fall in fish harvests in Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake in the world, a report published in the
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Hungary's shrinking lake fuels climate change fears
Lake Balaton, central Europe's biggest fresh water lake and one of Hungary's main tourist attractions, is shrinking, prompting warnings of a potential ecological and economic catastrophe. For the
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3 lakes to have special tanks to immerse idols
In an effort to protect Bangalore city lakes from getting polluted this festival season, the Bangalore city corporation (BCC) has built special immersion tanks in Ulsoor lake, Sankey tank and Yediyur
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Great Salt Lake Mercury Worries Scientists
Federal scientists studying the Great Salt Lake have found some of the highest levels of mercury ever measured anywhere -- prompting concern about some of the migratory birds that feed on the lake's
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Of Lakes, Farms and Real Estate
How to create real estate out of waterbodies
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Tibet
The Yamdrok Tso pumped-storage hydroelectric plant has become fully operational from late 1997, reports the World Rivers Review . Situated 120 km from the country's capital Lhasa, on the banks
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Projects galore
the India-Canada Environment Facility has approved Rs 17.58 crore for two environment projects in India. In the first project, the icef has approved a grant of Rs 3.20 crore to the World
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Sliding mountains
Landslides are not new to the Himalaya
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Radioactive threat
LARGE areas of western Siberia and the Arctic Ocean are facing threat of conta-mination by deposits of radioactive salts in a Ural Mountains lake, says Yuri Vishnevsky, head of the Russia's Nuclear
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In Court
spilling on oysters: The Far North District Council of New Zealand said it will spend US $3.6 million to reduce the risk of sewage spills in the environmentally sensitive areas of Paihia, Haruru
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Migratory birds expert Taej Mundkur on bird flu
Taej Mundkur, an expert on migratory birds, tells Padmaparna Ghosh that bird flu spreads through respiratory route , and not just the faecal route. Mundkur is on the scientific committee of bird flu of the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO
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Highlights of the report
• Twelve air-polluting industries continued their operations despite being asked to take remedial measures • In violation of the Air Act, 91 stone crushing units were not brought under
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Uganda
Killer Crocs Humans encroach and animals pay the price. Officials recently killed four crocodiles blamed for killing at least 40 people. Following an intense outcry from villagers, the Ugandan
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Right to fish
Tawa shows the way in ensuring fishing rights to people