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Ladakh's Startsapuk Tso, Tso Kar lake complex added to list of Ramsar siteIn a tweet, Union Environment Prakash Javadekar said, "Happy to share that high-altitude wetland complex in Changthang region of Ladakh is ...
Begusarai wetland becomes Bihar’s first & India’s 39th site of international importance
COP14: India identifies 130 wetlands for priority restorationThe highest number of such identified wetlands are in Uttar Pradesh (16) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13), Jammu & Kashmir (12), Gujarat (8)...
Centre decentralises management of wetlands; 'Wise Use' principle to widen ambit of permitted activitiesSeeking to protect over 2 lakh wetlands across the country, Centre has come out with rules to identify and manage these ecologically fragil...
SC pulls up Centre for defying wetlands orderIn April, the SC had set a deadline of June-end for the government to notify the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, but the Cent...
SC directs Centre to take steps to preserve over 2 lakh wetlandsIn a major direction to preserve ecologically crucial wetlands threatened by encroachment in many parts of the country, the Supreme Court d...
Vanishing wetlands: Indiscriminate development & poor regulation are wrecking a critical piece of India's ecologyRather than the large wetlands, it is a complete absence of regulation for smaller ones that is playing havoc with this ecosystem, says PA ...
- Gujarat marine sites to get German help
The Gujarat forest department will collaborate with the German federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nucl...
- Vadodara's wetlands in troubled waters
The city has lost over five lakh square meter of wetland area in the last decade, a recent study indicates.
Gujarat government to train locals in wetland conservationAs per the survey of ISRO on Wetlands in Gujarat 18 per cent area of the entire state, which adds to 1,50,174 sq km land are included in we...
3 Gujarat bird species in 'endangered' listThe latest 'red list' of endangered bird species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes 15 Indian b...
- Gujarat move to preserve its wildlife gets IUCN support
International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s oldest and the largest global environmental organization, has joined hands with...
- Coastal zone violations to be mapped
Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh declared on Wednesday that a comprehensive mapping of all coastal regulatory zone ...
- Dry Gujarat, rich in wetlands
It is official now. Gujarat has one of the largest wetland covers in the country. Of the 10 million hectares of wetland in India, three mil...
- Nirma's Bhavnagar Cement plant has to relocate: MoEF tells SC
The MoEF informed the SC that the cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetlan...
- SC denies relief to Nirma cement plant
The Supreme Court has not granted interim relief to Nirma for its proposed cement plant at Bhavnagar in Gujarat.
- Supreme Court denies relief to Nirma cement plant
The Supreme Court has not granted interim relief to Nirma for its proposed cement plant at Bhavnagar in Gujarat.