The initiatives were declared World Restoration Flagships and are eligible to receive UN-backed promotion, advice or funding. They were selected under the banner of […]
Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan Cities are growing by leaps […]
Liz Kimbrough United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launched by U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The goal: to prevent, […]
Vitaliy Ryabtsev Since Siberia’s Baikal Lake became a popular destination, a booming industry catering to holiday goers, mainly from China, is eating away at […]
There is a growing voice that governments take into note the importance of wetlands in achieving both the mitigation and adaptation targets to meet […]
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. Dibru-Saikhowa and the satellite areas are […]
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following […]
Save Maldives The decision to build a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi wetland and mangroves and the subsequent reclamation of a significant part of the […]
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due to unregulated urbanisation and unsustainable tourism. Urgent attention […]
Wetlands play a crucial role in making cities liveable and sustainable and their effective management need to be a part of planning and development […]
The environmentalist, who died on Friday, fought his battle as a bureaucrat, researcher, academic, public intellectual and activist It was only 10 years ago. […]
Ken Irvine Today is World Wetlands Day; the 2016 theme is ‘Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods’. This theme is selected to demonstrate the […]
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