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Ecology and Environment
Process of obtaining green nod simplified to allow ease of doing business: Govt
Posted on 05 Jan, 2022 01:04 PMEnvironment Ministry reports reduction in environmental clearance time from 150 to 90 days
![Ease of doing business at the cost of environment (Source: IWP Flickr Photos) Photo for representation only.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/9004427505_74322c1111_c.jpg?itok=hQK4G6_R)
Activists urge Chhattisgarh CM to rethink expansion of mining in Hasdeo Arand forest
Posted on 20 Dec, 2021 06:52 PMReconsider decision to expand mining in Hasdeo Arand forest: Activists to Chhattisgarh CM
![A devastated forest at a coal mining site. Photo for representation only (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/15010336808_383bd10b55_c.jpg?itok=JcotfR0w)
Government gives a boost to PMKSY, Renuka ji, and Lakhwar hydro projects
Posted on 20 Dec, 2021 04:00 PMCentre approves Rs 93,000 crore to PMKSY, Renuka ji and Lakhwar
![Yamuna flows under (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/5694778033_e1f85674e7_c%20%281%29.jpg?itok=89LNGj70)
Water contamination grips the country: Centre
Posted on 08 Dec, 2021 10:53 AMCountry’s water contaminated with lead, arsenic, fluoride: Centre
![Water contamination continues to remain contaminated (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/2971048977_94e9d309ed_o.jpg?itok=WXMS_amA)
Ecosystem services of traditional water bodies
Posted on 05 Dec, 2021 04:49 PMPeople obtain a variety of benefits, both tangible and intangible, from ecosystems. The complex and dynamic interactions between ecosystems and people have resulted in exponential rise of ecosystem services research in recent decade.
![Households living close to tanks pursue a variety of livelihood activities based on resources available in tanks for their sustenance (Image: Amitabha Gupta, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/800px-Moyna_Garh_island_at_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg?itok=QPvFOufO)
IIIT-Delhi to organize 1st International Conference on Pollution Prevention and Clean Technologies
Posted on 04 Dec, 2021 01:17 PMAbout the event:
Government to revoke the three contentious farm laws
Posted on 24 Nov, 2021 02:51 PMPM Modi announces the repeal of three farm laws
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First digital flood inventory (IFI) in geospatial format created for India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2021 06:56 PMIndia’s first digital flood inventory (IFI) in modern geospatial format created
![First digital flood inventory (IFI) in geospatial format created (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos). Image for representation only](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/3583138166_5e167c6271_c.jpg?itok=Aia0Vboe)
Mangroves - Wetlands or forests?
Posted on 21 Nov, 2021 07:40 PMHave you noticed short trees or bushes along coastlines with a dense tangle of roots hanging out that makes them look like they are standing on stilts? These are mangroves. Mangroves can be trees, shrubs, ferns and palms that occupy the boundary between the land and the sea.
![Mangrove forest at Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Shankaran Murugan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/Mangrove_Forest_in_Pichavaram%2C_Tamilnadu%2C_India_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg?itok=5XCSsRcX)
Sustainable solutions for urban areas
Posted on 11 Nov, 2021 07:37 PMOver the last five decades, rapid increase in urbanisation has led to the deterioration of ecosystem health.
![Climate change and severe weather conditions are overwhelming most towns and cities (Image: Parminder Jassal, pxhere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/city.jpg?itok=uD5LE1Dl)