The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to conduct a thorough identification of all water bodies, ...

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

India has a wealth of wetland ecosystems distributed in different geographical regions. Most of the wetlands in India are directly or indirectly linked with major river systems such as the Ganges ...

Gujarat's wetlands cover a 3.5 million hectare area which accounts for 17.8 per cent of the state's geographical location.As per the Space Applications Centre-ISRO (2021), a satellite-based ...

Jayshree Vencatesan becomes the first Indian to win the Ramsar Wetland Wise Use Award for her dedication to wetland ...

This growth is largely due to the creation and expansion of human-made wetlands, such as artificial ponds, tanks and waterlogged areas, as per a report titled "Indian Wetlands: High Resolution ...

The impact of wetland loss is not unique to Mumbai. Cities across India are facing similar challenges, including water insecurity, flooding, and the loss of essential ecosystems. Across India ...

A bench headed by justice Abhay S Oka held that any encroachment on a wetland must go and shot down the argument by Rajasthan ...

India is a signatory to the Ramsar Convention. As of 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated 75 Ramsar sites (wetlands of international importance) in the country.

Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin inaugurated the Dr M S Swaminathan Wetland Park, the city's first, a few days ago without ...