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FinCom sets Rs 5K cr for ecology-based projects
The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has allocated Rs 5,000 crores as forest grant to support ecology-based projects initiated by of ministry of forests and environment (MF&E).
Another Rs 2,063 crores have been allocated to support for state-specific projects.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Makeover For Ring Road Marshland Is MAGIC AT MAYAPURI
Delhi irrigation and flood control department stirred into action after matter reached high court. It drew up a plan which has been reviewed by the state govt
Ambika Pandit | TNN
- Date:
- 06/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Conservation of Ousteri Lake, Puducherry
The Ousteri Lake is the most important fresh-water lake of Puducherry region. It is also one of the most important wetlands of Asia. The lake is situated near Oussudu village and is part of both Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. As per the Government of Puducherry records, the total water spread of the lake, when full after the monsoons, is about 390 ha.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Current Science Vol: 98 Issue: 4 pp: 467
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Going, going... how we’ve shrunk our water bodies & how we’ll suffer
JAYANTA BASU AND SOUMEN BHATTACHARJEE
Team Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Team Mamata Banerjee have formed a mahajot (grand alliance) — to fill up water bodies and wetlands.
These precious ecological patches are being filled up here, there and everywhere, all with the blatant patronage or tacit support of local politicians, both CPM and Trinamul, and the administration.
- Date:
- 23/02/2010
- Source:
- Telegraph (Kolkata)
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Methane: the quick fix for global warming?
Its short lifespan and greater potency means tackling methane emissions now could have a dramatic effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
- Source:
- Ecologist
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Plan needed to conserve wetlands
Loss of wetlands increasing at an alarming rate in Tamil Nadu, says Minister
nice: Forest Minister N. Selvaraj releasing a book brought out by the Forest Department during a national workshop in Tiruchi on Wednesday.
- Date:
- 11/02/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
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This wetland has birds flocking to it again
LUCKNOW: The once ailing Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary has seen a turnaround for sure. Thanks to the abundant water at the place, birds are still flocking to the wetland. While the flocks were retreating by February last year, this time they show no signs of it.
- Date:
- 10/02/2010
- Source:
- Times of India (Lucknow)
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State has no policy to save wetlands
Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character.
The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents consider them as unproductive and fill it with debris.
- Date:
- 05/02/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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150 ha in Pallikaranai marshland to be given to Forest Department
P. Oppili
To be declared as Reserved Forest area
The place is a cynosure for ornithologists and nature lovers
CHENNAI: About 150 hectares of land in Pallikaranai marshlands will be handed over to the Forest Department for it to be declared as a Reserved Forest area.
- Date:
- 04/02/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
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World Wetland Day celebrated
CHENNAI: Slide shows, distribution of pamphlets and awareness programmes marked the World Wetland Day celebrations in the city on Tuesday.
Officials of the Kancheepuram Forest Division distributed pamphlets with the help of student volunteers from various city colleges near the Velachery bridge and at the Pallikaranai junction of the Thoraipakkam – Pallavaram Radial Road.
- Date:
- 03/02/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
