Tag: Wetlands
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103 species of winged visitors recorded in Pong Dam
The findings have been revealed in 2-day long annual waterfowl count at the Pong Dam wetlands which concluded on 29 January
February 1, 2019 -
World within a world
The Sundarbans are under threat due to rising sea levels and global climate change.
October 26, 2018 -
The wetlands will weep today
Dhrubajyoti Ghosh is larger than life even in death. He is larger than the sum total of all the many awards that he has received; the Ashoka fellowship and the United Nations’ Global 500 laureate that he received fairly early in life and the CEM Luc Hoffmann Award that he received in 2016 amongst others. …
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February 17, 2018 -
Take part in preservation of wetlands: CM to public
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur underlined the need for community participation in preserving wetlands for sustainable livelihood in the state. While presiding over the state level wetland day at Jawali in Kangra district, he said that HP encompasses a wide variety of wetlands, spread in various ecological zones which apart from biodiversity treasures …
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February 2, 2018 -
Dispensation of a failed ecologist
She came to me limping, badly. She was Anita Mondal, Amal’s mother. She had injured her left leg a few months back and has not been able to walk properly since. Even standing was difficult. She has had no effective treatment since the accident that did her in. A makeshift stick that her younger son …
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October 22, 2017 -
Urgent need to preserve wetlands
There was a time when the wetland diversity in North Bengal attracted a steady stream of winged migratory birds. It’s been quite a while that human interference, encroaching and indifferent attitude of the state government has not only plummeted the arrival of migratory avian species but has caused peril to the wetland habitat and the …
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September 22, 2017