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 …
Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to force the government to demand on a greater share of water resources from neighbours upstream of its vital rivers, Turkey, Iran and Syria, in any bilateral deals with them. In a resolution, Iraqi lawmakers agreed to block any agreement signed with the three nations …
A barge carrying 2,000 tonnes of allegedly stolen crude oil has sunk off the coast of Nigeria's Niger Delta, causing some environmental damage, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. The boat sank near the Forcados oil terminal, operated by Royal Dutch Shell's joint venture with state-run oil major NNPC, in …
Bangladesh might turn to desert if the problems arisen from Farakka Dam are not resolved. All political parties, social and cultural organisations should be united to combat the 'environmental aggression' resorted by the neighbouring India, said speakers at a discussion. The country has incurred a huge financial loss in agriculture …
Floodwaters receded somewhat in inundated towns across northern Brazil on Sunday, but the number of people made homeless by the floods rose above 300,000, and two people were missing after an overloaded canoe overturned in swift waters. Forty deaths have been confirmed in northern Brazil
The Himalayas has one of the largest concentrations of glaciers and permanent snowfields outside the polar region. Snow and glacier melt forms an important source for many rivers originating in the Himalayas. Numerous studies suggest that global warming has started affecting snow melt and stream run-off in the Himalayan region. …
Industries got a whacking yesterday as experts and environmentalists maintained that rivers around Dhaka are getting polluted wholesale by industrial waste. Even industries with effluent treatment plants do not run those facilities. The capital's sewage is also mostly untreated and dumped into the rivers as the Dhaka Water Supply and …
Dhanya Matsa | ENS CANDIDATES contesting from the 32 parliamentary constituencies that fall under the Western Ghats region in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala would now have to sign a letter promising to take up measures to protect the Western Ghats. An initiative of the Tamil Nadu Green …
The government has decided to extend stone apron and pitching along (Katcha Kharif) bund in district Kashmore, to protect agriculture land, buildings, communication, highway and other infrastructure from the heavy flood of River Indus. According to sources, main objective of the scheme was to ensure safety of the K.K Bund …
The Puthimari embankments on both the banks have a number of vulnerable points and if immediate steps are not taken to strengthen the embankments at these points, the river may cause more devastation for the localities situated along its banks in the coming days. This was the apprehension expressed by …
Building real cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is …
Transboundary waters are rising on the international agenda. As the forces of climate change, population shifts, and economic stress converge on water scarce countries, the issues of shared freshwater resources move from long term concern to geopolitical urgency. For many nations, transboundary water is becoming essential water.
Residents in the low-lying areas of Punakha and Wangduephodrang spent a panicked and a hectic day yesterday after receiving reports of an impending flood along the Phochu because of a natural dam burst below the Lunana area. There was, however, only a slight increase in the water level of Phochu, …
RIVER water is considered polluted when it is altered from the natural state in its physical, chemical and microbiological composition and when its suitability for any safe and beneficial use becomes questionable. The signs of physical water contamination may become obvious through bad taste, offensive odours, unchecked growth of aquatic …
The world's coastlines are highly dynamic landforms, tapestries of terrestrial and aquatic life and distinctive ecosystems. The coastal zone also contributes to human sustenance, culture, and economics in ways that belie its small size, but 5 percent of Earth's landmass. Three-quarters of global population lives within the coastal zone, and …
Low-lying Bangladesh risks devastating impacts from rising world sea levels caused by climate change with risks that millions will be forced from their homes this century, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said. She told Reuters that rich nations would have to help the densely populated country of 150 million people, possibly …
Some of the developing world's largest rivers including Ganges in South Asia are drying up because of climate change. Researchers from the US-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) said this after analysing data combined with computer models to assess river flows across the world. NCAR analysed data of running …
- Adityapur Municipal Council bleeds as transporters evade tax Jamshedpur, April 28: On the banks of Kharkai, a row of trucks wait for their turn to get loaded. Sand is what they carry. Sometimes the consignment is authorised, but more often it
Many people scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish. HABITAT Amanda Shearin, …
