Controversial Canal
While coming down heavily on the "Greater Thal Canal Project', the Karachi city district government in Pakistan has asked the federal government to stop its construction immediately. The city council
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ECUADOR
The secretariat of the convention on wetlands has announced that the government of Ecuador has named two new wetlands of international significance. The protected status of the two areas became
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Adrift and Isolated
A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let down for the fiskerfolk
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VENEZUELA
Lake Maracaibo, South America's largest lake, has been severely polluted because of careless discharge of sewage and chemicals. "The toxic level is incalcu lable and practically irrever sible,' says
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Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake
In 1930, the ruler of the then princely state of Tripura commissioned the British company Martin and Burns to construct a summer resort for him. The Maharaja got his palace nine years later: in the
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Upper Lake becoming dumping ground
Upper lake of Bada talab has become a dumping ground for a major population of the area with sewage water flowing directly into the lake from 27 nullahs. The development around the lakes is also
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Toxicity down under
environmentalists are targeting duck shooters and anglers in New Zealand. They say that heavy loads of lead are contaminating some New Zealand lake beds and wetlands. The Forest and Bird
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Clearing the waters: a focus on water quality solutions
This report from the United Nations Environment Programme addresses the urgency of controlling pollution and preserving water quality around the world. Uses case studies to illustrate both problems and solutions and details key recommendations to improve and protect water quality for the international community, national governments, communities and households.
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KENYA
Cholera has claimed more than 200 victims in Kenya. Health officials in Nairobi say that it has been almost two months since the first death was reported. The bacterial infection has now spread to
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Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems
All ecosystems are exposed to gradual changes in climate, nutrient loading, habitat fragmentation or biotic exploitation. Nature is usually assumed to respond to gradual change in a smooth way. However, studies on lakes, coral reefs, oceans, forests and arid lands have shown that smooth change can be interrupted by sudden drastic switches to a contrasting state. Although diverse events can trigger such shifts, recent studies show that a loss of resilience usually paves the way for a switch to an alternative state.
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Bird flu in Tibet, Kazakhstan
India sounds caution; nations building drug stockpile
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Climate change, acid rain could be good for forests
Moderate increases in temperature and nitrogen from atmospheric pollution actually improve forest productivity. After more than 20 years of research in the northern hardwood forests of Michigan, scientists at Michigan Technological University's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science have reached this surprising conclusion.
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Defiling the sacred
How the environment sacred to Hindus is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
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From butterfly to caterpillar
Stung by unplanned growth, Naini Tal once a queen among hill resorts is being divested of her riches.
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The rued lagoon
THE abundance of fish and crab in Chilika will soon become a thing of the past, if there is no check on the increasing pressure of human activity in the region. A recent study which voiced these
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Highly polluted
Hotels in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani in trouble
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Wish upon a lake
Will Kalpasar quench Saurashtra s thirst?
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Or weed it out
Using water hyacinth
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Bhutan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, October, 2013
Bhutan will have a fully documented realigned national action plan (NAP) to combat land degradation by January next year, which would then be endorsed by the government and submitted to the United Nations convention to combat desertification (UNCCD). Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bhutan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
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INDIA
The Delhi government has decided to ban plying of all 12-year-old light and medium commercial vehicles, includ ing tempos and matadors and 15-year-old two wheelers in the city from January 1, 2001.