Ecosystems Must Move By 1/4 Mile A Yr To Survive

Paris: Land ecosystems will have to move hundreds of metres each year in order to cope with global warming, according to a letter published in the journal Nature.

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 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 State has 3513 wetlands covering an area of 101239 hectares.

Sangeetha Neeraja

SOUTH CHENNAI HEAPS 4,500 METRIC TONNES OF GARBAGE EVERY DAY AT THE SITE THAT WAS ONCE HOME TO FLORA AND FAUNA; GROUND WATER CONTAMINATED Though the ground water level is high, the water cannot be used due to its bitterness

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.

Experts here view the present move of the State Government to amend the Assam Embankment and Drainage (E&D) Act, 1953 as a good chance to enlarge the scope of the legislation to cover many areas of activities connected with the Water Resources Department (WRD). The Act came into effect in 1954 and it is the basic legislation for the Water Resources Department.