Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
Ilam, Oct 13: Locals are actively engaged in conserving a wetland area located in Jamuna of the district. They want to refill the pond in the middle of the wetland area as there is the availability of adequate water sources on large expanse. A pond construction committee has also been …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 04 - 11 October 2014.
Guwahati: At a time the government's priority is conservation of wetlands across the state, a reply to an RTI application filed by environment activist Rohit Choudhury has revealed a startling fact. The state-level steering committee on wetlands has not met even once, said the state public information officer (SPIO) and …
Almost nine years after the Bombay high court ordered notification of mangroves on government land in the state for better protection, mangroves in Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts are yet to be notified as “reserved forest”. Moreover, groundtruthing in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts have reduced the proposed mangrove area …
Even as the wetlands of the State are facing rapid encroachment and some of them have by this time been eliminated by encroachment and illegal settlement, the State Level Steering Committee on Wetlands has not held any meeting during the past ten years. This was disclosed by the State Public …
A study was conducted to explore the potential for concurrent rice-fish culture in the wetland rice fields of Assam, North East India. For the present study, a representative wetland located in Cachar district of Assam, North East India was selected. Water quality parameters such as water temperature, dissolved oxygen, biological …
Salt marsh areas are recognized as important natural sinks for metals. Bhal region one selected for this investigation can be classified as a 15 km wide coastal wetland comprising of marshy areas towards the Gulf and of either freshwater-salt marsh or freshwater bodies in landward margin of 10 km, which …
Global wildlife populations have declined by more than half in just 40 years according to “Living Planet Report 2014” produced by World Wildlife Federation in collaboration with Zoological Society of London & the Global Footprint Network. The biggest recorded threat to biodiversity globally comes from the combined impacts of habitat …
The federal government issued a new blueprint Wednesday for its efforts to restore the Great Lakes, including plans to clean up 10 contaminated rivers and harbors and step up its attack on poisonous algae blooms that coat parts of three lakes each summer. The program will include a new attempt …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 24/09/2014 regarding location of the site for solid waste management near Deepor Beel Wet Land, Assam.
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 14 - 20 September 2014.
This paper describes the fishery catch structure of Vembanad wetland system during August 2012 to July 2013. The estimates of fishery production indicated an annual landing of 4387.31 t, in which 480.98 t and 3906.33 t contributed by southern and northern zone of Vembanad respectively. Eighty species of finfishes, five …
Changing rainfall pattern part of a trend: Centre for Science & Environment The worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 60 years and the subsequent devastation are due to a combination of unprecedented and intense rain, mismanagement, unplanned urbanisation and a lack of preparedness, Sunita Narain, director-general, Centre …
Concerned with the rapid depletion of biodiversity, especially that of marine life and avians, the state wildlife board has put forward a resolution to conserve the biodiversity of wetlands that lie unprotected. It is now under the consideration of the state government. Wildlife board officials point out that the four …
In the last five decades, a total of 4,000 ponds have been filled because of the indiscriminate earth-dumping and unplanned urbanisation As the High Court has given a directive to stop the filling of all kinds of wetland in and around the city Rajshahi, a vested-interested group is using a …
This report makes the case for addressing ecosystem degradation as one of the root causes of risk and vulnerability and for opting for ecosystem-based solutions as a way to reduce disaster risk and build community resilience. It focuses on water-related hazards in particular, as they make up a vast majority …
An Act to conserve the paddy land and wetland and to restrict the conversion or reclamation thereof in order to promote growth in the agricultural sector in the state of Manipur.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 29/08/2014 requesting for declaring Bil Akbarpur habitat as a protected area as well as quash the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the Respondents (Uttam Steels …
Green activists and environmental experts on Tuesday criticised the government approval of 40 development projects ignoring the Detailed Area Plan of Dhaka city. They made the criticism in their reactions to the approvals given on Monday by an inter-ministerial committee entrusted to review the plan. Eminent civil engineer Jamilur Reza …
A fresh environmental assessment of the Tibetan Plateau has found that the region is getting hotter, wetter and more polluted, threatening its fragile eco-systems and those who rely on them. The report, released in Lhasa by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the government of Tibet, finds that precipitation …
