Water Resources

Global wetland outlook: state of the world’s wetlands and their services to people 2018

Natural wetlands are in long-term decline around the world says this global report on the state of wetlands. Between 1970 and 2015, inland and marine/coastal wetlands both declined by approximately 35%, where data are available, three times the rate of forest loss.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2018
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Tags:
Wetlands, Wetland Conservation, Ramsar Convention, India, Global
Water Resources

Notification for identification of wetlands issued: MoEF tells NGT

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has informed the National Green Tribunal that it has issued a notification for identification and protection of wetlands which prohibit encroachments

Publication Date: 
06/09/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wetlands, Waste Disposal, Supreme Court, Environment Act 1986, Environmentalists, Water Resources
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding SJR Watermark Project on the bank of Kaikondrahalli Lake in Bengaluru, 04/09/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. S. Ravi Vs. State of Karnataka & Others dated 04/09/2018 regarding restraining construction activities at Kaikondrahalli Vilalge, BBMP Ward No. 150 (Bellandur Ward), Mahadevpura Zone, Bengaluru. The grievance of the applicant is that the project called ‘SJR Watermark Project’ on the bank of Kaikondrahalli Lake in Bengaluru was within less than 10 meters from the edge of the lake as against the requirement of distance of 30 meters which is a buffer/no development/no construction Zone.

Judgement Date: 
04/09/2018
Tags:
Wetlands, Bangalore, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Land Encroachments, Karnataka, Construction Industry
Water Resources

Recommendations for the wise use of urban and peri-urban wetlands in Kolkata, India


Publication Date: 
29/08/2018
Priyanie Amerasinghe, Dipayan Dey
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)
Tags:
Wetlands, Urban Development, Kolkata, India, Urbanisation, Agriculture
Water Resources

East Africa’s wetlands endangered, Rwandan researcher says

The East African wetlands are in great danger due to human activities including human settlement.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2018
Africa News
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Pollution, Freshwater Ecosystems, Industrial Pollution, Rwanda, Africa
Water Resources

Kyetinda wetland encroachers facing eviction

KAMPALA - Residents of Makindye in Kampala who have encroached on Kyetinda Wetland in recent years have been left on tenterhooks.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2018
New Vision (Uganda)
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Land Encroachments, Uganda, Environment, Africa
Water Resources

Kenya: Nema Demolishes South End Mall in Nairobi

South End Mall on Langata Road has become the latest casualty of the ongoing campaign by the national environment watchdog to reclaim grabbed wetlands in the capital Nairobi.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Land Encroachments, Wetlands, Kenya, Urbanisation, Africa
Water Resources

Kenya: Nema Demolishes South End Mall Along Lang'ata Road

South End Mall on Langata Road has become the latest casualty of the ongoing campaign by the national environment watchdog to reclaim grabbed wetlands in the capital Nairobi.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Land Encroachments, Environment, Kenya, Freshwater Ecosystems, Africa
Environment

Politicians to blame for the KC Valley project mess, says expert

Dr T V Ramachandra, lead scientist at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), who had warned the government in 2015 of the dangers of supplying poorly treated water, to Kolar insists that it is pol

Publication Date: 
06/08/2018
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Kolar, Indian Institute Of Science (IISC), Wetlands, Environmental Health, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Environment
Water Resources

The relationship of indigenous peoples and local communities with wetlands

Today, there are an estimated 370 million indigenous peoples across the world. Although they represent a relatively small portion of the global population, they account for the largest portion of linguistic and cultural diversity on Earth.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2018
Gonzalo Oviedo, Mariam Kenza Ali
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Tags:
Wetlands, Indigenous Peoples, Ecosystem Services, Ramsar Convention, India, Global

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