SOUTH AFRICA

Wetland security

Centre proposes controls over wetlands

Regulations not enough to conserve marshes and lakes, say experts

Parched tip

Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing …

Red alert in the east

Real estate developers and government agencies are devouring the wetlands in communist-ruled Calcutta

Nurturing a delta

The World Bank has funded a project to stop the environmental degradation of the Danube delta

The miracle, east of Calcutta

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Wetlands get protection

Wetland wars

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Gainful employment

Mopping up operation

South Africa to drain oil out of beached Italian ship

ECUADOR

Flawed laws

A specific wetlands policy needs to be in place

The man who showed Kolkata’s kidneys to the world, no more

Ever since East Kolkata Wetlands gained worldwide fame, it has been recognised as a model system that depicts sustainable living

Fisherfolk thwart bid to reclaim wetlands

A unique fishing cooperative that salvaged the wetlands leased to them by the Calcutta Port Trust has successfully fought off attempts to …

Put to the horn

Keep out the buffaloes and the cranes will also stay out of wetlands. There is more to controlled grazing and conservation of wetlands than the …

A victim of urbanisation

Building plan irks MEF

Treasure tapping

Drying wetlands

Beyond the tigers of Sunderbans: A closer look at the leeches and the beautiful blue devil

40 civets and a hunt for home

Drained dry

...are the local wetlands in Assam on account of short-sighted flood control measures and unsavoury fishing practices

Silenced Springs

Glaciers retreat. Forests become denuded. Buildings come up where green meadows used to be. And across the Kashmir valley, the natural mountain …

World Wetlands Day 2022: What is the significance of wetlands in the climate change era

If we protect wetlands, we also protect our planet and ourselves