Rights panel seeks report on filling of wetlands…

[ad_1] The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has asked Kozhikode District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh to inquire into the complaint that over 100 families have had to face waterlogging after the encroachment and filling of…

NGT warns of summoning WRD and State coastal…

[ad_1] The Counsel for the State government has requested additional time to provide more details. The Bench has scheduled the next hearing for March 18. | Photo Credit: File photo The Southern Bench of the…

Onus on SWAK to demarcate wetlands and not…

[ad_1] The Kerala High Court has observed that it is the duty of the State Wetland Authority of Kerala (SWAK) to demarcate boundaries of the wetlands identified in the State and not the responsibility of…

World Wetlands Day observed – The Hindu

[ad_1] Mangrove trails and plantation drives were held in connection with World Wetlands Day on Sunday (February 2). Grassroute, an environmental organisation at Nayarambalam, Vypin, organised a mangrove trail at Puthenkadappuram, Nayarambalam. Nearly 20 students…

Two Kaziranga wetlands yield more birds than many…

[ad_1] River tern, a threatened species. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two interconnected wetlands in the 1,300 sq. km Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have recorded more birds than many Ramsar sites in India,…

World Wetlands Day observed – The Hindu

[ad_1] Students of The American College visit Samanatham tank in Madurai in connection with Wetlands Day on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Correspondent The American College on Saturday observed the World Wetlands Day, and the…

Ramsar tag for two more wetlands in Tamil…

[ad_1] Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Two bird sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district — Sakkarakottai and Therthangal — have been designated as Ramsar sites. With this, the State…