A look at some of the world’s most threatened forests

Unplanned and unrestrained activities for agriculture, industry and urbanisation are ruining our most important ally in nature—the forest

Kanwar lake: birds' paradise lost

Researchers and activists call for urgent revival of Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake

Rare takes on the year just passing by

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The great wetland robbery in Kakarapalli

Police open fire, but people resolute to weed out power plant from wetland in Andhra Pradesh

WWF demands protection for naturally-restored Mahmudia wetland in Romania’s Danube Delta

Agricultural leaseholders have obtained a court ruling to revert area to cropland, endangering the wetland  

Budget 2023-24: ‘Amrit Dharohar’ to encourage conservation of vital wetlands in India

Scheme to promote wetland conservation through community participation

Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors

The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Dying for a wetland

Centre proposes controls over wetlands

Regulations not enough to conserve marshes and lakes, say experts

NGT probe into cruise operating in Bhopal Ramsar wetland

Pollution control authorities directed to monitor contamination by ship periodically

Only Ramsar site in Bihar neglected and on verge of drying up

Bird hunting, land acquisition threaten Kawar lake even as state government proposes other sites for declaration

Violent eviction

COP14: Information on 75% of wetlands included in the list of Ramsar Sites is outdated

Information on 1,826 of 2,349 Ramsar Sites worldwide is outdated or missing

Pond ‘stolen’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga: No action so far, locals allege such encroachments rampant

Around 200 out of 350 ponds in town encroached, filled up in last three decades, says activist

How Assam’s Deepor Beel is perishing from concretisation, waste dumping

The lake is home to exotic birds, wildlife and supports livelihoods of hundreds 

644 ha mangrove will be history

Kerala fast tracks star hotels and IT parks in eco-sensitive area

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 8, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

Time for version 2.0: IUCN Red List outdated and unreliable, claim scientists in new paper

Existing practice disallows wider participation and use of researcher knowledge, defeating purpose of conservation

China

Wet regions may behave like drylands: Study blames heatwaves, droughts

Europe, US might see desert-like changes due to current heatwaves, authors suggest

Kerala court allows law violation

Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes

Only puddles left in Keoladeo

National Park runs the risk of losing UNESCO heritage status  

Are all environment lovers environmentalists?

Colombo gains park, loses wetland

Environmentalists say walking trail through the wetland is blocking water ingress

Bombay HC halts work at Mulund-Thane SEZ

Asks project proponent to immediately stop dumping solid waste to reclaim land