How locals are trying to save the dying Deepor Beel
Some initiatives, along with bettering the health of the beel, have also provided employment to women from the community
What is killing Uttarakhand’s small wetlands? Degraded Niranjanpur pond carves a live example
These waterbodies are neglected for their size and disappear even before they are documented
Budget 2023-24: ‘Amrit Dharohar’ to encourage conservation of vital wetlands in India
Scheme to promote wetland conservation through community participation
Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors
The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Water birds on the rise, but it is not all good news
Expert speaks to Down To Earth on the findings of Day 1 of the Asia Water bird Census
One more to go
There are no revenue records for a wetland in Srinagar. Is that why it is being encroached and constructed upon by the government?
Dying for a wetland
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Coastal wetlands prevented property loss worth $625 million during 2012 Hurricane Sandy: study
During Hurricane Sandy, coastal wetlands reduced the damage in 12 states in northeastern US by 1 per cent
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 7, 2022)
Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary faces threats
The lake plays a vital role in absorbing carbon, which in turn, mitigates the effects of global warming
Caught in the wet
Wetland management is drawing increasing flak for advocating misdirected conservation strategies and disregarding local needs
Agencies working towards making Haiderpur wetland in west UP a Ramsar site
Haidepur is significant as it supports rich biodiversity, offers livelihood opportunities for locals
Centre proposes controls over wetlands
Regulations not enough to conserve marshes and lakes, say experts
Unique programme in Bangladesh shows the way to wetland management
The project to conserve the biodiversity of the Tanguar Haor in northeastern Bangladesh has brought rewards
Top 5 facts you should know about the largest transboundary Ramsar Site
The Congo Basin, one of the largest freshwater bodies in the world, is now home to the largest transboundary Ramsar Site
Road construction projects are destroying Goa's traditional wetlands
Intensive infrastructure projects in Goa are threatening a unique wetland system that protects the state from flooding
NGT probe into cruise operating in Bhopal Ramsar wetland
Pollution control authorities directed to monitor contamination by ship periodically
Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats
When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂ but lasts in the atmosphere for slightly less than a decade
Don’t blame just climate change; ‘haor’ destruction also behind Sylhet floods: Experts
Sylhet’s traditional wetlands, which act as sponges absorbing surface runoff, have been destroyed, thereby enabling the current floods, they say
Brazilian scientists warn that the Pantanal is at risk of collapse
Once a model for sustainable land use, scientists alert world to “the tragedy of the commons” afflicting one of Earth’s most …
Wetland protection policy needs to be strengthened: Javadekar
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, the Environment Minister reviews India's regulatory framework for wetlands
How an entrepreneur saved Kerala wetland ecosystem from real estate interest
The Supreme Court ordered Taurus Investment Holdings to not undertake reclamation or filling up of Veli-Akkulam wetlands on June 4
Only Ramsar site in Bihar neglected and on verge of drying up
Bird hunting, land acquisition threaten Kawar lake even as state government proposes other sites for declaration