Water Resources

Putting China's wetlands on the map

In his attempt to track avian flu in China, Peng Gong ended up creating the only comprehensive wetlands map the country has. When Gong compared that map, described in an article published in Chinese last month, to another as-yet unpublished one, he found that nearly 30% of China

Publication Date: 
12/03/2009
David Cyranoski
Nature
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Wetlands, Land Use, Land Reclamation, Avian Flu, Water Resources, Birds, Migratory Species, Invasive Alien Species, Wetland Conservation, Remote Sensing, Scientists, China
Biodiversity

Court raps state over wetlands

The high court on Friday indicted the state for its failure to implement orders to protect the East Calcutta Wetlands and other water bodies.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Wetlands, East Kolkata Wetlands, Wetland Conservation, High Court, West Bengal
Biodiversity

Rs 49-cr proposal for Chilika lake development

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has submitted a proposal of Rs 49.54 crore before the 13th Finance Commission (TFC) for the all-round development and conservation of biodiversity in Chilika lake.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Wetlands, Lakes, Chilka, Chilka (Nalaban) SA, Biodiversity Conservation, Finance, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar
Water Resources

Restoration of water bodies

Restoration of lost water bodies that once served as natural sanctuaries for fish has become indispensable to protect indigenous fishes and maintain ecological balance and biodiversity.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Wetlands, Water Resources, Fish, Bangladesh
Water Resources

New project to protect the wetlands in Colombo vicinity

Sri Lanka Ministry of Environment is to develop the wetlands around the parliament and in Battaramulla area as urban gardens.

According to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Patali Champika Ranawaka this project is to be implemented under the programme of Green Circle introduced by the Ministry.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2009
Colombo Page (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Wetlands, Sri Lanka, Colombo
Agriculture

Soil-less agriculture gains ground

A few years ago, we published an article written by Rezaul Haq, Tapan Kumar and Pritam Ghosh, called

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
A.H.M. Rezaul Haq, K. Wadud Nawaz
LEISA
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Wetlands, Agriculture, Aquatic Plants, Floods, Invasive Alien Species, Bangladesh
Biodiversity

Biodiversity and climate change in the himalayas: sustainable mountain development

Professor Bruno Messerli, together with the team at ICIMOD made a tangible proposal for the long-term preservation of Himalayan genetic heritage: to select four representative

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
ICIMOD
Tags:
Environment, Mountains, Himalaya, Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge, Biosphere Reserves, Biodiversity, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Wetlands
Biodiversity

The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Southern Africa

Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in southern Africa is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented within the development planning process.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
& et al, W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle
IUCN
Tags:
Freshwater Ecosystems, Wetlands, Water Resources, Aquatic Plants, Fish, Endangered Species, Fauna, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, South Africa, River Basin
Climate Change

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD)

This paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change, as a basis for examining their potential role in the measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) being discussed under the Kyoto Protocol. The question is addressed also in relation to relevant aspects of other intergovernmental agreements.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Dave Pritchard
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
Tags:
UNFCCC, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Wetlands, Water Management, Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Capture and Storage, Ramsar Convention, Developing Countries, Sea Level Rise
Biodiversity

World's Largest Wetland Threatened In Brazil

Date: 18-Feb-09
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Raymond Colitt

CORUMBA - Jaguars still roam the world's largest wetland and endangered Hyacinth Macaws nest in its trees but advancing farms and industries are destroying Brazil's Pantanal region at an alarming rate.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Wetlands, Endangered Species, Birds, Wetland Conservation, Brazil, Paraguay

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