Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
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. TIRUCHI: The loss of wetlands is increasing at an alarming rate in Tamil Nadu and …
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 …
To bolster the efforts for preserving the rich wetland resources of the State, the government is considering to constitute a State Wetland Authority. This was announced by Minister of Environment and forests, Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday. After inaugurating the central function of the World Wetland Day organized by the Department …
PALAKKAD: The district administration is planning to plant bamboo, vetiver (ramacham) and lagar stroemea (neermarathu) as part of the efforts to protect the river banks, District Collector K V Mohan Kumar said. He was speaking after inaugurating the seminar to mark the observance of the World Wetlands Day at the …
Rajahmundry, Feb. 1: Following encroachment, and proposals for establishment of industries, especially, thermal power plants in wetlands with rich bio-diversity, the environmentalists called for conservation and protection of wetlands in the state, to mark the World Wetland Day to be observed on February 2. For instance, a proposal for setting …
Mumbai: Mumbaikars may have to fight it out to get the mangrove wetland centre, proposed nearly two years ago on 452 hectares of marshland along the Eastern Express Highway at Bhandup. Announced on March 3, 2008, by then state forests minister Baban Pachpute, the proposal has since been wrapped in …
Ministry of Environment on Friday approved 2 million dollar for the Pakistan Wetlands Programme to execute the work plan of 2010. This was announced by the Federal Secretary for Environment Kamran Lashari while chairing a high level meeting. The provincial and territorial secretaries, representatives of the Wapda, Economic Affairs Division, …
The health and livelihoods of people in rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries is often strongly related to ecosystems services and water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Although provision of both is integral to water management, the linkages between the two are rarely recognised in approaches to ecosystem management …
Manoj Anand Assam's environment ministry has identified four wetlands: Jon-Beel, Kaziranga, Dhar Beel and Bordoibam Bilmukh. It is pushing for their status as Ramsar sites. THE ASSAM government has embarked upon an ambitious plan of protecting its wetland for maintaining the ecological balance by proposing to mark four major wetlands …
The State Government has submitted a proposal to the Centre for the preservation of all the wetlands in Assam, said the Minister in charge of Environment and Forest, Rockybul Hussain. In reply to a Zero Hour question by Ananta Deka (CPM) in the State Assembly today, the Minister said that …
The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), conducted each year in January, is a waterbird and wetland-monitoring programme initiated in 1987 within the framework of the International Waterbird Census. This report summarises the results of the AWC from 1987 to 2007, comprising counts at 6,705 sites in 27 countries. A total of …
Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the Ministry would widely expand projects for conservation of inland wetlands and coastal areas facing the threat of destruction. Talking to reporters after interacting with scientists at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology …
V.S. Palaniappan SHARING A POINT: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh having a word with the principal Jose T.Mathew (left), during his visit to the Central Academy for State Forest Service in Coimbatore on Sunday. Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh …
Wetlands are considered the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems and play an important role in maintaining of biodiversity. The wetlands of Bangladesh serve a diverse habitat of various flora and fauna. The majority of country's land was formed by river alluvium from Ganges and the Brahmaputra and their tributaries …
Conservation is a tricky thing. It's about finding the balance between the needs of wildlife and mankind. It's about preserving what exists, saving what's diappearing, and encouraging what's naturally developing. WWT's (Wildlife & Wetlands Trust) work in Koshi Tappu, Nepal is a fascinating project that requires careful dedication to all …
Kachchh, the second largest district in the country (45,652 sq. km), is located in the north-western region of Gujarat. In spite of being arid, Kachchh district has 80.21% of the total wetlands area in Gujarat2 (21.77 lakh ha). Most of the wetlands in this arid region are man-made, probably to …
Hyderbad, Sept. 22: A division bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday stayed the construction of a thermal power plant at Bhavanapadu of Santhabommali mandal in Srikakulam district for three weeks. The bench directed the chief secretary to file authenticated maps …
ollowing your News story 'Putting China's wetlands on the map' (Nature 458, 134; 2009) and the related Correspondence 'Time for China to restore its natural wetlands' (Nature 459, 321; 2009), we also wish to stress the need to manage and protect China's existing wetlands, and to remind delegates to the …
Nangal: Avinash Rai Khanna, a member of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) and former MP from Hoshiarpur, has taken a serious notice of the sewage water of the Nangal Municipal Council falling into the Nangal national wetland. He expressed distress over the fact that the same water was …
