SOUTH AFRICA

Lessons from Kakarapalli

COSTA RICA

CAG report shows how Karnataka's solid waste management is in disarray

Faultlines at urban bodies: Lack of segregation, no identification of dump sites, absence of GPS

India needs to protect its wetland flora

Wetland flora help maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far

Malaysia's bird numbers dwindling

Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

Rice at risk

Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …

As told to Parliament (March 20, 2023): Rainfed rice can go down by 20% in 2050 in absence of climate adaptation

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades

Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh

Resort to heritage

Bangladesh is betting big on its traditional form of farming: floating gardens. Can it help climate-proof the country?

IN COURT

Global Eco Watch: Chinese pink dolphin numbers rise in Pearl river estuary

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Lucknow’s waterbodies perish at the hands of unregulated construction

Land records of Lucknow Nagar Nigam state the city has 964 tanks and ponds, a majority of which are unidentifiable due to reclamation

In court

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …

If only cities can see wetlands

It is time we realised that a water body is not an ornamental luxury or a wasted land

'Adopt decentralised, low-energy approach'

Manu Bhatnagar, an urban environmental planner, has been heading the natural heritage division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural …

IN COURT

Sewage treatment wetland in making

IARI develops wetlands that treat sewage water for irrigation

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

Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job

Local bodies and activists in Bengaluru, Pune are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment 

Assam gas leak and fire: Yet another case of procedural lapse

A lack of standard operating procedures for handling hazardous materials, no proper training is prevalent in several industries

Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanisation in the city increased by almost 20 times

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