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13 January 2022

Navi Mumbai: Hopes of saving wetlands soar as NMMC wants 'Flamingo City' tag

Deaths of Olive Ridley Turtles leave conservationists in TN worried

Uncertainty looms over the Western Ghats as Kasturirangan Committee draft gets postponed

‘Great Blue Wall’ aims to ward off looming threats to western Indian Ocean

In a first, bioagent insects released in 3 Gadchiroli lakes to counter weed

Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category

Around 8,000 trees to be axed for construction of Greenfield Shamli-Ambala highway

NGT directs Jalpaiguri DM to look into illegal boulder mining along Chel River Range

Extreme rainfall driven by climate change hampering global economy: Research

Sunderbans losing dense mangrove cover, reveals key government report

Uttar Pradesh: Sukwa dam in Bundelkhand bags global heritage honour

Pune: Now, treated water use mandatory for construction

Hyderabad: Delta forms in Hussainsagar as filth spills, algae blooms

L&T, Bengal govt tie up for flood management

Water supply to be affected in parts of Delhi due to high ammonia levels in Yamuna

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January 24, 2022

‘Fleas’ flee the Pashan lake in Pune!

Restoration efforts focusing on desilting and re-contouring of Pashan lake have added to the deterioration of the lake habitat, threatening survival of organisms such as water fleas, warn freshwater biologists Mihir Kulkarni and Sameer Padhye.

Pashan lake, threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration (Image Source: India Water Portal)

January 24, 2022

Tools and opportunities to tackle climate action

While the shift to a low carbon world is essential, it is crucial that it is just and equitable and that it presents everyone with equal access to tools and opportunities to make a difference.

Solve Ninjas at work (Image Source: Reap Benefit)

January 24, 2022

Planning ahead: How the CRISP-M tool advances early climate action

A mobile and web-based tool that has the potential to increase communities’ resilience to climate change

After a successful pilot, the CRISP-M tool is planned to roll out in two districts and seven states in India (Image: CRISP-M animation)

January 23, 2022

Floodplain wetlands of the Diara region facing degradation

Ganga plays key role in regulating wetland dynamics of the region

Landscape-specific approaches instead of individual wetland-specific strategies if adopted, might help better interpret the wetland scenario (Image: Mapio)

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