Sewage pond called Mansarovar
To restore Shahpura lake, also known as Mansarovar, Bhopal Municipal Corporation must innovate its sewage treatment system
Climate change fuelling conflict in Lake Chad Basin: Report
Shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather heightening tensions, says human rights group
Saving city lakes
To counter the rapid decline of its lakes, Karnataka is creating a new authority with powers to fine and imprison encroachers and polluters. Will …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2022)
How some poachers became protectors of birds in villages around Chilika
Sensitisation activities by wildlife officers helped former hunters to turn a new leaf and become guardians of migratory birds visiting …
Carcass of Spinner dolphin found in Odisha
The recovery of the carcass has taken the number of dead marine animals in Odisha in the last five months to six
Odisha resumes evicting illegal prawn gherries in Chilika
29 of 97 acres of prawn culture pond area cleaned on day 1; drive to continue for few more days
Odisha village still reels under wrath of Cyclone Fani
Around 2 lakh people depend on the Chilika Lake for their livelihood, which is also home to 261 species of fish, 28 species of prawns and 34 …
Glacial lake keeps disaster managers on toes in Sikkim
Floods caused due to outbursts of glacial lakes are a matter of concern in Sikkim Himalayan region
Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, spills over into Lake Chad Basin
Some 7.1 million people are now severely food insecure across Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2023)
Carnivorous alligator gar, the latest threat for Srinagar’s idyllic Dal Lake?
Scientists fear the presence of the non-native fish will harm the fragile flora and fauna of Dal Lake
Drying trends recorded in more than 30 Indian lakes: Study
In about 100 large lakes, climate change and human water consumption were identified as the main drivers of water losses and a decline in lake volume
Almost 50,000 birds counted at Chilika lake on May 25
Habitat improvement, availability of food and eviction of prawn gherries in the lake had caused more birds to flock to Chilika this year
Dolphin numbers have shrunk in Odisha, reveals Census
Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary was found to be having the largest number of the animals, though the figure was much less than in 2018
Kashmir: High organic load in Jhelum causes fish to come ashore
As fish wash ashore, experts point to environmental degradation of rivers and lakes in the valley
Bengaluru should celebrate World Water Day every day
Contrary to popular imagination, water resources have been misused rampantly in the urban centres, not rural areas
Not an ideal immersion
Instead of artificial tanks, devotees use lakes and large water bodies for immersion of idols of Lord Ganesh
Kyrgyzstan's glaciers at risk
Ninety four per cent of the country’s glaciers may melt by the end of this century and the situation is only aggravated by gold mining in …
Mining effect: Aravalli gets new lakes
Deep digging in the mountain range for minerals has ruptured aquifers that now water mining pits
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2023)
Over 15,000 hectares under illegal prawn enclosures: Chilika Development Authority
Rampant unlawful prawn culture is destroying the ecology of the lake, say environmentalists
Migratory birds leave Chilika early as summer sets in
Eastern Odisha’s average maximum temperature for February has gone up by 3-4 degrees Celsius