State lacks proper and scientific demarcation of wetlands

At a time when the builders of Noida and Greater Noida are facing the ire of the district administration and Noida authority over dust pollution at construction sites, environmental activists have

This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.

JAIPUR: The Lake Development Authority of Rajasthan would have to form a State Wetland Authority as the union minister of environment, forest and climate change, Prakash Javadekar said that the reg

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. G. D. Martin Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/02/2016 regarding reclaiming of hundreds of acres of paddy land and wet land in Choornikkara Village, Ernakulam District, Kerala by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. causing severe environmental damage.

Environmentalists and naturalists decry a key-hole view of conserving wetlands.

Kolkata: The city is losing its waterbodies faster than any other metro in India, revealed a study by a green NGO, which also warned that if ponds and lakes are filled up at the current rate, all t

Official functions marked World Wetlands Day today to commemorate signing of an international treaty to save water bodies.

The theme of World Wetlands Day this year is ‘Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods’.

Rwanda Environment Management Authority has called upon citizens to protect and sustainably exploit wetlands because they are a source of valuable natural infrastructure for agriculture, water stor

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