Wetlands

Tourism deal

View image A hospitality outfit attempts to restore Mansagar lake Located in the Jaipur-Amber tourist corridor, the Mansagar lake is called the Jal Mahal lake because it houses the 18th century

Publication Date:

30/08/2009

Author(s): Bharat Lal Seth

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Water Resources, Lakes, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lake Action Plan, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Private Sector, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Rajasthan, Jaipur (D)

Solid Waste

PCBA asks Ramky Group to check pollution

The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has warned the Ramky group

Publication Date:

29/08/2009

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Water Pollution, Wetlands, Deepar Beel, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Solid Waste, Garbage, Biodiversity, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Assam, Guwahati

Biodiversity

Use of synthetic aperture radar polarimetry to characterize wetland targets of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India

Timely and accurate information about various habitats of a wetland ecosystem is necessary for the assessment, monitoring and management of a wetland. In this article, the state-of-the-art Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) data have been analysed to characterize various components of a wetland ecosystem.

Publication Date:

25/08/2009

Author(s): Parul Patel, Hari Shanker Srivastava, Ranganath R. Navalgund

Source: Current Science

Vol:

97

Issue:

4

pp:

529

Tags:

Ecosystems, Wetlands, Keoladeo NP, Aquatic Plants, Flora, Fauna, Birds, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Bharatpur (D)

Fisheries

NGO call to check violation of Fishery Act in Golaghat

Bonojyotsna, an NGO working in the field of conservation of natural resources and maintenance of ecological balance has been trying to generate public awareness about local species of fishes which are trapped on a large scale for commercial purposes in the wetlands and other water bodies of Golaghat district, thereby pushing several species to the brink of extinction.

Publication Date:

17/08/2009

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Ecology, Wetlands, Fisheries, NGO, Assam

Biodiversity

Kanjali wetland cleared of weeds

Kapurthala: Executive Engineer, Drainage Department, Gurdial Singh today claimed here that weeds had been removed from Kali Bein especially areas of Kanjali wetland and Subhanpur. After the removal of weeds, water level has receded by several fee and flow of water was restored.

Publication Date:

03/08/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Wetlands, Weeds, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Punjab, Kapurthala (D)

Water Resources

Affidavit filed by DJB on the status of Mayapuri lake and Jahangirpuri marshes to the High court of Delhi

Affidavit filed by Delhi Jal Board on the status of Mayapuri lake and Jahangirpuri marshes to the High court of Delhi.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Source: High Court of Delhi

Tags:

Water Pollution, Wetlands, Land Encroachments, Land Use, Land Acquisition, Slums, High Court, Delhi, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Resources

Wildlife

Protected on paper, hunted in wetlands: exploitation and trade of freshwater turtles (Melanochelys trijuga coronata and Lissemys

Soft shell turtles are among the most threatened groups of freshwater animals that are in need of urgent conservation attention.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): K. Krishnakumar, Rajeev Raghavan and Benno Pereira

Source: Tropical Conservation Science

Vol:

2

Issue:

3

pp:

363

Tags:

Wetlands, Vembanad, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Turtles, Hunting, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Kerala

Water Resources

Flexible water storage options and adaptation to climate change

Water storage has a vital role to play in improving global food security and building resilience for adaptation to climate change. A wide range of storage options are available, each with strengths and weaknesses.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): Terry Clayton

Source: International Water Management Institute

Tags:

Wetlands, Ecosystem Services, Water Resources, Surface Water, Tanks, Reservoirs, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation

Biodiversity

Mountain biodiversity and climate change

The booklet Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change was developed from the contributions made at the International Mountain Biodiversity Conference in November 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal, which brought together representatives from the eight countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region with representatives of global programmes with experience related to data collection and biodiversity conservation

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): Eklabya Sharma

Source: ICIMOD

Tags:

Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Wetlands, Mountains, Ecosystem Services, Himalaya, Eastern Himalaya, Climate Change, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, India

Habitat And Urbanisation