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Monitoring guidelines for sand mining released
Posted on 29 Jan, 2020 11:39 PMGuidelines to monitor illegal sand mining released
For the first time, the Environment Ministry has released Enforcement and Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020 to monitor and check illegal sand mining in the country.
![Illegal sand mining continues in the country unabated (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18786183543_9c510fc748_o_1_0_0.jpg?itok=Gv8SCrvW)
Rubber monoculture: Death knell for agrobiodiversity
Posted on 29 Jan, 2020 04:44 PMPeople tend to be happier and reinvigorated in green spaces. Agrobiodiversity - the number and abundance of different species in particular systems is known to promote happiness. It ensures the resilience of ecosystem services such as food production, climate regulation, and pest management that in turn underpin human wellbeing.
![Tripura had the highest rate of growth of rubber plantation during the first decade of the millennium as compared to any other state (Image: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rubber.jpg?itok=dxObko2Q)
Neeru and the Nilgiris
Posted on 24 Jan, 2020 11:36 AMLocally called Neeru, water of the Nilgiris in its springs and wetlands has been the fountainhead for two main rivers systems of South India. Today, with growing anthropogenic influences, there is a water crisis in the hills that needs our attention more than ever before.
![A view of the Nilgiris (Image credits: Golkul Halan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/neeru_1.jpg?itok=t5jynk64)
Increased river traffic threatens Gangetic dolphins
Posted on 22 Jan, 2020 08:57 PMGangetic dolphins under threat thanks to increased river traffic
![The Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gangetic_dolphin1_0_1.jpg?itok=4rKh9adf)
Cauvery riverfront development plan gets an approval
Posted on 22 Jan, 2020 08:41 PMCauvery riverfront development plan gets a nod
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_5.jpg?itok=27Nw1WTn)
Can ruin of quality forests be made up by plantations?
Posted on 18 Jan, 2020 04:49 PMThe recently released biennial State of India’s Forest Report 2019 (SFR) indicates an improvement in forest cover since 2017 but dense forests continue to turn into non-forests.
![Chir pine trees felled by forest fires in Uttarakhand, 2016 (Image: Ramwik, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ramwik.jpg?itok=eW9-8MkI)
2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since 1901: IMD
Posted on 10 Jan, 2020 10:55 AM2019 was the seventh warmest year on record in 118 years: IMD
![2019 was the seventh warmest year on record in 118 years (Photo: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/21239153153_0a2b1a318b_z_0.jpg?itok=UB4Bv1UR)
Shoddy impact assessments, mining and ruin in Goa
Posted on 22 Nov, 2019 03:40 PMDevelopment and its impact on the environment has long been a contentious issue in India, where lack of adequate monitoring and control mechanisms have led to severe degradation of land, water and forest resources. Mining activities in Goa have not only poisoned its land and water, but also affected livelihoods by negatively impacting agriculture, fisheries and forests.
![A mining site in India (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/goa_mining.jpg?itok=56GetyHC)
Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha
Posted on 13 Nov, 2019 10:45 AMCyclone Bulbul causes devastation in West Bengal and Odisha
![A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31642433665_20dc424529_z_2.jpg?itok=uSqAF1rH)