Incident raises concerns about impact of city development on wildlife, such as tall buildings & light pollution forcing birds to fly at higher altitudes. Environmentalists demand action.
Conservationists say biodiversity at Deepor Beel wetland affected by raised water level in lake during Rising Sun Water Fest. Forest dept says level raised to improve water quality.
On its own, Jewar Airport doesn't threaten Dhanauri’s ecosystem. But environmentalists fear that the inevitable commercialisation of the surrounding areas will kill the wetlands.
NGT this month invoked ‘polluter pays’ principle to say the construction of 22 cement pillars at the Ramsar site ‘cannot be allowed’. Will appeal, says Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
About 30-40 trains traverse the Kamakhya-Azara section, also known as Deepor Beel corridor, on a daily basis. In the 5 km stretch, 3.5 km is designated as an elephant corridor.
Naturalists and wetland conservationists recommend positive attitude of local communities towards wetland values and conservation, writes Medini Baruah.
To shed light onto the complexity of the carbon sink capacities of wetlands, it is highly important to differentiate capacities within and between ecosystems.
In a study published in the Nature journal Wednesday, scientists attributed the methane growth in 2020 to wetland emission and changes in ‘atmospheric sink’.
Improving water quality, sequestering carbon — With India designating 5 more wetlands as 'Ramsar sites', we look at the Ramsar Convention signed by nations to protect its wetlands.
The Gen Z movement was a serious wave that RSP and Balen together managed to capture—the first milestone reflecting the relevance of issues-based politics.
SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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