The Ramsar Convention recognizes the interdependence of people on wetlands for their important economic, cultural, scientific and recreational values. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Union of India & Ors dated 11/09/2015 regarding free flow of water in the Nayanjuli water
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A new open-access data portal to be developed by FAO will use satellite imagery to help water-scarce countries in the Near East and North Africa better manage this precious resource. Currently all countries
Amidst a rapid urban growth, industrialization and climate change, the Kathmandu valley denizens have continued to face a perennial shortage of drinking water. Per day, around 350 million liters of
Scientists at the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute have developed a methodology to pinpoint the ground water potential in rocky areas. A large portion of area in and around Hyderabad is hard rock terrain, and ground water is believed to be trapped in fractures of the bed rock.
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Nepal has shown an interest in exchanging its hydroelectricity with Bangladesh as the Himalayan nation has a potentiality of 83,000MW power depending on its water resources. “A high-powered Nepalese
All private water tankers in the City will henceforth have to mandatorily mention the source of water in their trade licence. As part of the drive to keep a tab on private tankers supplying water, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has directed all the private water suppliers to obtain licences from competent authorities. Private tankers have also been asked to make sure that they have the registration certificate and permit issued by the Regional Transport Authority.
They are the glimmering jewels in the depths of our oceans, but plant-eating tropical fish are beginning to threaten Australia's forests under the sea. Climate-driven changes are causing the fish to
Water is probably the last thing people think of when they consider photovoltaics, and yet it is an important resource during solar manufacturing.
Maintaining that its move to build three more dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not affect the flows to down stream areas, China today said it is in “communication and cooperation” with India over
India claimed on Thursday that the stage of differences or disputes on controversial Kishenganga had not arisen and the issue could be further discussed at Commission level.
Drought in the south-western US will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s, federal water
An integrated water policy for the Saarc region is imperative for equitable use of river water for agricultural development, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday.
Irrigation is central to Pakistan’s agriculture; and managing the country’s canal, ground, and surface water resources in a more efficient, equitable, and sustainable way will be crucial to meeting agricultural
Chilika, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has borne the brunt of Phailin with its shoreline plantation shattered by strong gale and tidal surge. Although a proper survey is yet to be conducted by the Forest Department to assess the loss, eye estimate reports said devastation of Chilika’s beautiful shoreline plantation was visible. More than 70 per cent of the forest situated on the edge of the water has been either uprooted or buried under thick sand cover.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on irrigation facilities in backward and rural areas, 07/07/2014.
Line departments directed to repair water storing infrastructure before monsoon Vellore Collector P. Sankar has directed the officials of the line departments such as Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, Public Works Department (PWD), Rural Development Department and the Revenue Department to carry out repairs to the water bodies well before the onset of the north-east monsoon to improve holding capacity of the tanks and ponds and facilitate recharge of groundwater.
The Bombay high court order directing the state government to ban construction on wetlands can lend a lease of life to acres around the city’s coast where either construction or dumping of debris has destroyed
