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Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands
Lakholaav pond lives on: A perfect example of community initiative and cooperation to keep an urban waterbody alive
Posted on 04 Dec, 2012 12:38 PM“According to a folk tale, the pond was developed by Lakha Banjara, a nomad trader whose tribe used to stay put in the area on its way to bigger cities.
Illegal advertisement boards pose a threat to the Kottooli wetlands in Calicut, Kerala
Posted on 29 Nov, 2012 10:59 AMThe Kottooli wetlands is the largest eco-patch in the Kozhikode city limits. It is interlinked with the man-made Canoly Canal which receives tidal influx from the Kallai and Korapuzha estuaries. The wetland system has been subjected to degradation and loss of biodiversity owing to reclamation, pollution and human intervention, the CWRDM action plan highlights.
Declare Khablir, Bilkanda, Mahispota, Bodai and Talbanda beels in West Bengal as wetlands of national importance: Ground realities and reasons
Posted on 28 Nov, 2012 11:24 AMThe land use pattern of the area in the vicinity of Khablir Beel, Bilkanda, Mahispota and Bodai as seen from Survey of India Topo Sheet 79 B/6 (surveyed in 1958–59 and published in 1973), is predominantly piscicultural and agricultural. The Khardah Khal with its connection to river Hugli (Ganga) is the main source of surface water to this area. Again a Topographical Map prepared by Panihati M
Bangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds - Roundup of news over the last three weeks (October 29 –November 18, 2012)
Posted on 20 Nov, 2012 07:07 PMBangalore’s garbage crisis grows in heaps and mounds
The city is drowning in its own waste with garbage trucks regularly lined up for hours, their burdens putrefying in the afternoon sun. Some neighborhoods have not had trash pickups for nearly three weeks, and vast mounds of garbage are scattered through out the city.
Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PMRajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes
India’s rivers are drying, fresh water biodiversity being destroyed, and people seriously threatened from mega hydro-electric projects - Can CBD help?
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 08:28 PMTwenty years after ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and ten years after promulgating the Biological Diversity Act, India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and their biodiversity
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PMThe blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.
The Rajasthan lake development authority bill- Draft prepared under Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project, Government of Rajasthan (2012)
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 12:59 PMThis draft has been prepared under Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) sanctioned by Government of Rajasthan.
Privatising the Commons- A book review in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 07:35 PMPublished in the Economic and Political Weekly, this article sheds light on the issue of privatising the natural resources, which are commonly shared by the rural people. These resources include forests, pasturelands, wastelands, coasts, lakes and rivers.
Living rivers, dying rivers:Rivers of West Bengal, Orissa & Indus system
Posted on 13 Oct, 2012 11:15 PMWest Bengal rivers
![The Indus river (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indus_near_skardu.jpg?itok=pAcnCITO)