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Aviators choke in ECR wetlands
A haven for birds, the wetlands along the ECR are falling prey to urban development and the subsequent pollution it brings. Wildlife experts claim...
NGT seeks action to remove invasive mussel from Ennore-Pulicat
The petitioner stated that the mussel spreads like a carpet over the river bottom preventing prawns from grazing or burying themselves in the river...
Community leaders to help resurrect missing waterbodies
Restoring disappeared waterbodies would recharge groundwater and provide drinking water to local communities, besides boosting water-based...
Expanded CMDA to integrate blue-green infra in planning
According to a CMDA, the city has lost farmlands, floodplains, forests, streams and wetlands due to urban development that increased runoff, reduction...
India aims to have 75 Ramsar sites; 13 from TN
If the Convention on Wetlands agrees to the proposal, India could have a total of 75 Ramsar sites in the 75th year of Independence.
Status report sought on notifying wetlands, Ramsar sites
Senior counsel and amicus curiae PS Raman submitted that about 6.9% of the State’s total spread is wetlands. “Without notifying wetlands and Ramsar...
Forest dept adds more wetlands for bird census
To get a better idea on bird diversification and their migration pattern, forest department has added 339 wetlands into its annual bird census...
CMDA to create sponge parks on OSR land, restore wetlands
Member-secretary Anshul Mishra and other senior officials have rejected applications seeking reclassification of waterbodies into residential zones,...
