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 …
Water of the Buriganga and Shitalakhya rivers has become difficult to treat due to high level of pollution, said Dr MA Taher Khandker, director general of Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board at a seminar yesterday.
Mumbai: A home to winged visitors to the city is on the verge of destruction. Around 60-hectare wetland near Phunde village in Uran, just 60 km away from Mumbai, has almost vanished posing a grave threat to the very existence of the migratory birds. Uran is known for rich avifauna …
BARPETA: Though the Government has initiated a number of development and employment-generating projects, yet due to the lack of commitment and indefferent attitude of a section of officers and politicians, a large number of such projects undertaken in Barpeta district have either been abandoned or are laying half done. The …
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat. The geology is complex, but it boils down …
The Vembanad lake, the second largest wetland in India, is in a state of precipitous decline. IN a convincing, grandmotherly voice, an elderly woman tells her uncaring grandson that he must stop throwing rubbish into the river. This is pollution, and it is bad for the river, she scolds him. …
Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy Askari Taqvi has called for joint efforts to save environment from hazardous impact of residential and industrial waste. Energy and environment were major concerns of all the nations, specially the underdeveloped countries, he said on Tuesday at the concluding session of the first …
Mapping a Better Future: How Spatial Analysis can Benefit Wetlands and Reduce Poverty in Uganda represents an exciting step forward in both combating poverty and protecting vital ecosystems in Uganda. The pioneering spatial analysis contained in the report provides valuable insights aimed at helping decisionmakers across government target and prioritize …
A study of Greenland's icesheet has revealed that a vast store of planet-warming methane appears to be more stable than thought, easing fears of a rapid rise in temperatures, a scientist said on Friday. Methane is about 25 times more powerful at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide …
Beth Middleton, research ecologist, calls for urgent intervention due to climate change Preserving Ecology: (From left ) Ajay Parida, executive director, MSSRF; Beth Middleton, U.S. based research ecologist; and M.S.Swaminathan, chairman, MSSRF, at a programme in Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: Scientists and research institutions need to collaborate more closely to …
About 50% of the land in Bangladesh is classified as wetlands, and major part of this area is covered by freshwater wetlands, the total area of the wetlands of the country has been estimated at seven to eight million hectors. Wetlands of Bangladesh have great diversity, which are classified on …
Environment Ministry will form a comprehensive strategy to counter the threats associated with climate change in association with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), relevant ministries and other partners. It was agreed during a meeting of Environment Minister Hameedullah Jan Afridi with Asia IUCN Regional Director Aban Marker Kabraji …
Clean water policy is in a terrible muddle, and the country has the Supreme Court to thank for it. The 1972 Clean Water Act was written to protect all the waters and wetlands of the United States. Two unfortunate Supreme Court decisions narrowed its scope, weakened its safeguards and thoroughly …
climate change EU wants more action With a world agreement on climate policy scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, negotiations and blame games are reaching a frenzy. During recent EU-US bilateral talks, American policymakers criticized EU
The fisheries department stands accused of violating its brief to protect water bodies across the state by constructing an auditorium on the East Calcutta Wetlands. Benfish, an agency of the department that has been executing the project, has even ignored a stop-work order from the chief secretary. A high court …
