Wetlands and urban lakes across the world, including in India, are disappearing fast due to rapid and unplanned urbanisation. These ecosystems store large amounts of carbon, support biodiversity, and regulate climate, but…
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to look for a new airport site for Chennai, abandoning the Parandur location to protect agricultural lands and local livelihoods, according to a letter published in…
One year after Louisiana completed a wetland restoration project in the Barataria Basin, shrimp, crabs and red drum have returned to the newly created habitat. Engineers dredged 8 million cubic yards of…
Two Tulane University students have turned millions of discarded glass bottles into sand for rebuilding Louisiana’s sinking wetlands. Their project, Glass Half Full, had diverted over 3 million pounds of glass from…
More than 300 bird species have been recorded at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in northern California, a 307-acre wetland that was built in 1986 to treat the city's sewage using…
Southwest Florida has completed the Picayune Strand Restoration Project, reversing drainage from the 1960s when the land was cleared for the world's largest residential subdivision. The project removed over 260 miles of…
In the 1990s, New York chose wetlands over conventional storm sewers on Staten Island, saving taxpayers $80 million (about Rs 640 crore) in infrastructure costs. The city preserved natural streams, ponds, and…
In a letter to The Hindu on August 8, reader Vinayak M. Rayla expressed disappointment over repeated disruptions in Parliament, saying they prevent meaningful debate on issues affecting citizens and erode public…
Birdwatchers in Kerala say the State is receiving fewer winter migratory birds than in earlier decades. The visitors travel thousands of kilometres from the Arctic, northern Eurasia and Central Asian wetlands to…
Kuttanad’s ecological crisis follows decades of interventions that have altered its natural hydrology, fisheries, flood regulation and wetland ecology, according to a commentary published by Mongabay-India. Kerala’s below-sea-level rice fields, canals and…
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