Green alert in Navi Mumbai

Travails of a waterscape

Mumbai’s second sea link unlikely

Coastal road could be built to link Worli to Haji Ali

Concerns over Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project

Malaysia's bird numbers dwindling

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

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Haphazard land reclamation fuelled Mumbai's maximum dreams

It also damaged Mumbai's ecology and made flooding a regular feature, says a yet-to-be-released study       &…

Tapping unused government land

There is a need to assess land acquisition and allotment for infrastructure projects, to eliminate the possibility of creating surplus and …

A river hard done by

Documentary>> Making the sewer...A river again: Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi • Observer Research Foundation

Drainage plan helps reclaim land

Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years

A wrong righted: Chhattisgarh becomes first state to give farmers their land back

Chhattisgarh has set an example by returning land acquired forcefully from over 1,700 farmers for a steel plant. Can other states follow suit?

Interaction stressed among social disciplines

SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN ASIAN AGROFORESTRY Edited by William R Burch Jr and J Kathy Parker . Publisher: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co …

Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration

The Declaration focuses on identifying key areas that can help combat multiple crises humanity faces

Land restoration target revised to 26 mln ha: Experts call for strategy overhaul

Due caution must be exercised in setting standards and policies for restoration of degraded lands, say experts

Up for grabs

Goa suffers the infiltration of its pristine landscapes by groups with vested commercial interests

Scheduled abuse

A Union government proposal to amend the Fifth Schedule of the Indian constitution not only sidesteps an earlier SC order, but also threatens to …

Kerala regularises paddy field reclamation and conversion up to 2008

The government expects to make additional revenue of Rs 200 crore; activists say it has yielded to mafia pressure

The changing face of India's lakes

Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and …

The salt of the earth

Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little …

The broken mirror

A pristine lake that once drew birds of several species today lies clogged with weeds, a victim of unplanned economic development.

A risky route

A Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai is facing stiff resistance from fishers, urban planners and environmentalists. But, the …

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work