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Water Pollution

$1-bn loan pact with World Bank to clean Ganga

India signed a loan agreement with the World Bank yesterday to bring funds for cleaning the Ganga.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
World Bank, Gujarat, Ganga, River Pollution, Rann Of Kutch, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Biodiversity

Karnataka Govt opposes world heritage tag for 10 eco-zones

The BJP Government in Karnataka has decided to oppose UNESCO

Publication Date: 
16/06/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ecology, UNESCO, Western Ghats, NGO, Wildlife, Forests
Biodiversity

We dont need Unesco tag

Green row: Govt resistance to UN proposal draws varied responses
''Hampi has the Unesco heritage tag.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2011
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, UNESCO, Western Ghats, Forests, Hydroelectricity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Biodiversity

383 wetland areas identified in State

Panjim: Wetland Atlas of India, the satellite based imagery, has identified 383 wetland areas in Goa with river and stream leading the chart.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2011
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Wetlands, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ecosystems, Mangroves
Water Pollution

Govt, Bank ink 2 environment deals

The Indian government has signed a $1 billion loan with multilateral lending agency, the World Bank, to help support the cleaning of the Ganga river.

A National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has been set up under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with chief ministers of the five states through which the Ganga flows, including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, being

Publication Date: 
15/06/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Industrial Pollution, Ganga Action Plan, World Bank, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Water Resources

Invasive alien species a threat to coastline

Dona Paula (Goa): India is getting ready to safeguard its 7000-km coastline from invasive alien species.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Marine Ecosystems, Research Agencies, Radioactive Waste, Shipping, Vishakhapatnam (T)
Forests

Encroachment creating alarming situation: Dutta

Urging all concerned including the Government, political parties and different organisations to shun their

Publication Date: 
13/06/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Land Encroachments, Biodiversity, Forests
Biodiversity

The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: An International Assessment

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity reports were born out of an initiative in 2007 to produce an analysis of the economics of biodiversity loss parallel to that of existing analysis of climate change. The reports do not preach to the committed environmentalist who already values nature.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2011
Joan Martinez-Alier, Pushpam Kumar
Economic and Political Weekly
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Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Agriculture, Common Property Resources, India, Forests, Land Use
Energy

MoEF panel rejects 3 Ganga power plans

Environment ministry

Publication Date: 
10/06/2011
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ganga, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Forests, Biodiversity, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Wildlife, Freshwater Ecosystems
Hazardous Waste

Green zone turns toxic wasteland

A laboratory on the premises of the Shibpur botanical garden has been dumping waste in a corner, turning the compound into a toxic wasteland.

The chemical waste is polluting the soil and water bodies of Asia

Publication Date: 
10/06/2011
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal, Biodiversity, Water Pollution, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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