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Oceans and Coasts
![Access to drinking water, a basic human right. (Source: IWP flicker photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handpump_1.jpg?itok=76mUN645)
Honestly, not the best policy changes
Posted on 19 Aug, 2016 04:19 PMSaileena Sarkar's introduction to the East Kolkata Wetlands began as soon as she moved to the city. She says, “The Kolkata wetlands have been a point of interest since I came to the city.
![An earthmover submerged downstream of the Srinagar Hydroelectric project, Uttarakhand. By permitting contractors to begin construction on a project before the EIA is approved, the government is enabling disasters in the future.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/submerged_crane.jpg?itok=yI8m0yrf)
Maharashtra wetlands: Govt withdraws plea against construction ban
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 03:13 PMMaharashtra government withdraws plea against ban on construction on wetlands
![India's wetlands under threat (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/deepor_beel_0_0_0_1.jpg?itok=m8nrYAVx)
Centre releases draft of new National Forest Policy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 08:50 AMEnvironment ministry releases the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy
![A forest area in Sikkim (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596533168_44da30af96_z.jpg?itok=n5isl-ow)
Sailing the ocean to save marine life
Posted on 04 Jun, 2016 05:14 PMHe is called Mobi Dick's Avenger.
![Captain Siddharth Chakravarty with the illegal driftnets confiscated by Sea Shepherd during Operation Driftnet (Photo source: Sea Shepherd)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/captain_siddharth_chakravarty_sea_shepherd.jpg?itok=hvGQps1s)
Cyclone Roanu: Wanes off India but creates havoc in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Posted on 24 May, 2016 09:44 PMIndia escapes impact of cyclone Roanu while it creates havoc in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
![Tropical cyclone of 2013 (Source: NASA WorldView)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cyclone_phailin_11_october_2013_0.jpg?itok=cSlisyUZ)
Mangrove nurseries protect coasts and livelihoods
Posted on 13 May, 2016 01:40 PMKendrapara and Jagatsinghpur are among the most vulnerable districts affected by cyclones and climate change in coastal Odisha. In the last few decades, the coasts of Odisha have witnessed three major devastating storms.
![Mangrove Nursery at Naupal ( Source: Regional Centre For Development Cooperation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangrove_nursery.jpg?itok=j9OrZIrN)
Small scale fishworkers fishing for jobs elsewhere
Posted on 19 Mar, 2016 01:31 PMChinna, 35, harvests fish and is engaged on a piece rate basis by the local contractor who has rights to fishing in the village tank in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. At times, Chinna also uses family labour to complete his work.
![Traditional fishers livelihoods are directly threatened by mechanised fishing methods (Source: Vikas Sahayog Kendra, Palamau)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vsk.jpg?itok=otJIBut5)
National Water Commission in place of CWC and CGWB
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:28 AMGovernment proposes to set up a National Water Commission
![The Upper Lake, Bhopal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18952566665_7bf8a91e62_z.jpg?itok=RB4RpRFi)
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PMActivists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
![A thermal power plant in Ennore, Chennai (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00090_0_1.jpg?itok=fnDNaIX8)