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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 7, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

WWF demands protection for naturally-restored Mahmudia wetland in Romania’s Danube Delta

Agricultural leaseholders have obtained a court ruling to revert area to cropland, endangering the wetland  

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

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

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 …

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

IUCN urges Europe to implement nature restoration law

Failing to spend on nature restoration can inflict long-term economic impacts, warns IUCN

Toxic floods: Environmental risks around oil infrastructure put South Sudan on edge

During floods, crude oil, wastewater and chemicals pose acute and long-term risks to the local environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 4, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors

The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

COP14: Information on 75% of wetlands included in the list of Ramsar Sites is outdated

Information on 1,826 of 2,349 Ramsar Sites worldwide is outdated or missing

Pond ‘stolen’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga: No action so far, locals allege such encroachments rampant

Around 200 out of 350 ponds in town encroached, filled up in last three decades, says activist

How Assam’s Deepor Beel is perishing from concretisation, waste dumping

The lake is home to exotic birds, wildlife and supports livelihoods of hundreds 

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 

Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts

Experts suggested 5 wetland conservation targets for 2030 should be discussed during CoP15, CoP27

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 8, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

Time for version 2.0: IUCN Red List outdated and unreliable, claim scientists in new paper

Existing practice disallows wider participation and use of researcher knowledge, defeating purpose of conservation

Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700 — but most could still be saved

People need to stop looking at wetlands as wastelands and draining them to make it ‘useful’

The state of India’s urban wetlands and why they need to be protected urgently

The ecosystem services of wetlands need to be highlighted in our development policies, urban planning and climate change mitigation

Budget 2023-24: ‘Amrit Dharohar’ to encourage conservation of vital wetlands in India

Scheme to promote wetland conservation through community participation

This UP lake continues to stink despite over Rs 300 cr spent on cleaning it

Lack of funds to operate sewage treatment plants around the lake, locals say only boating area cleaned regularly

Manipur govt orders floating homestays off Loktak; Locals demand rollback

Sharp reduction in fish production in lake forcing them to take up alternative means of livelihood