Cabinet keeps GO on Kolleru lake in abeyance
In a rare case of its kind, the Karnataka state council of ministers has decided to keep in abeyance a government order released by the forest department declaring Kolleru lake as a
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Clayoquot Sound designated biosphere reserve
Canada has two new sites designated as biosphere reserves by a United Nations agency. UNESCO has added Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island and Redberry Lake in Saskatchewan to the list of six other
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Thousands of fish de in Connecticut Lake, sumping oficials
As thousands of dead fish washed up on the lake's rocky shore last week, and calls poured in to the Connecticut Environment of Environmental Protection, state officials gathered lakeside
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Court moved against dumping garbage on lake bed
The issue of dumping garbage on the dry bed of Thangal lake in Kallikuppam by the Ambattur Municipality (Chennai) has been taken to
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Pulicat lake area continues to be tense
Tension prevailed for the second day in Pulicat lake area. The fisherfolk from the 29 villages attempted again to close the Buckingham Canal at Kalanji, near Kattupalli to prevent the hot water
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Stop construction around Upper Lake
Sadprayas : Sadprayas, a voluntary organisation, has demanded stoppage the construction of structures in the green belt of the Upper Lake and removal of buildings already constructed so that the city
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Udaipur facing environmental threat
The political parties are yet to wake up to the threats of environmental pollution and at times they need to be told about it. The pollution of the world famous lakes of Udaipur caught the attention
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Lake town panic leads to govt notice
The state government is issuing a notification to clear all closed factories of hazardous chemicals in the wake of the Lake Town incident, where an abandoned unit has been discharging toxins into
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Glacial expedition leaves for Lunana
A joint Bhutanese-Austrian expedition of 12 scientists left for the Lunana glacial lake are in Gasa dzongkhag for a two month study to get more information about glacial
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Eco-friendly tableaux to be awarded
In an innovative scheme aimed to protect the Upper and Lower lakes of the State capital from pollution through immersion of tableaux during the festival time, the Environmental Plannning and
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Lake formed due to landslide
A massive landslide in the ecologically fragile area of Khaniyara at Dharamsala, has not only led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees, but could speall a big disaster as an artificial lake has been
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Asbestos leak threatens Lake Michigan - report
Asbestos is leaking into the groundwater beneath a dump site next to Illinois Beach State Park and heading toward Lake Michigan, a local paper reported. The $18 million Johns Manville
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A disaster in waiting
Unconfirmed reports of earthquakes in the vicinity of a Tajikistan mountain lake triggered panic among international disaster-relief organizations. Officials were relieved to discover that none of
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Orrisa policy on Chilka Lake
The Orissa government is formulating a new policy on Chilka Lake to protect the rights of the local fishermen. State chief minister Giridhar Gamang told newspersons that police and the district
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Over 100 trees disappear from lake
Amidst allegations of systematic encroachment by land sharks, over 100 trees have disappeared from the 47-acre Doddanekkundi Lake at Kaggadaspura near the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Flanked by
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Rare species of birds, animals smuggled out of hill areas
Rare species of medicinal herbs and hill tortoises of Hajong lake (NC Hills) are being regularly smuggled out of the hill areas of Assam by a section of greedy smuggling in collusion with a section
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Fishermen call Orissa bandh on 5 June
The Chilka Matsyajibi Mahasnagh, a fishermen's organisation speardheading the agitation against prawn culture in Chilka Lake, has given a call for Orissa Bandh on 5 June in protest against the
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Flooding fears grow as death toll rises
Senior officials from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, the three countries bordering Lake Constance, met to discuss the catastropic floods that have caused numerous deaths and paralysed some of
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Birds or People ? China argues the question
Declared a protected reserve by China, the Cao Hai lake and its surroundings is a crucial wintering ground for dozens of species of migratory waterfowl. A large and growing population of desperately
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Why fisherfolk in Kenya resort to poisoning
Unemployment, poverty, lack of capital and lax enforcement of the law are to blame for the poisoning of fish in Lake Victoria, environmental experts in Kenya say. The practice, which led to ban on