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Bending the wetlands loss curve requires urgent scaling up of investments to conserve and restore
Water

Bending the wetlands loss curve requires urgent scaling up of investments to conserve and restore

Ritesh Kumar
6 min read
At least 550 million hectares of wetlands need to be conserved and restored, which would cost the world about 0.5% of the current global GDP
It’s vital for food safety to irrigate crops with water that is free of disease-causing microbes.
Africa

Decades of South African research reveal key strategies to reduce water contamination in fruit and veg

Loandi Richter-Mouton
4 min read
Pathogens and chemicals in irrigation water can lead to foodborne illnesses
Land acquisition for rivers can help maintain small watersheds critical for India's river systems
Environment

Land acquisition for rivers can help maintain India’s critical small watersheds

Anshumali
4 min read
National Water Policy 2012 and National Land Utilization Policy 2013 must be ammended to allocate 10% India's area to streams & rivers in small watersheds
Mauritius is facing a water crisis: harvesting water from its rivers with 10 reservoirs can help — research
International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2025: India’s arid landscape now receives more rains and floods
Gujarat’s surface water shifts mapped using Sentinel-2 & Normalised Difference Water Index
World Oceans Day 2025: A healthy ocean makes a healthy planet
England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs — here’s what will help
Making treatment plants work: The power of practical SOPs
Indus Waters Treaty: The lawfare of India’s position
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas — why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth’s oceans were once green,
FSSM bye-laws pave the way for sustainable sanitation and social inclusion
The growing threat of urban flooding and how remote sensing can help
Cities must adopt decentralised approaches tailored to their specific needs, CSE study of UP’s faecal sludge and septage management journey shows
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