The Centre has announced the addition of four new Ramsar sites in India, increasing the total to 89. The Ministry of ...

ndia is one of the richest countries in the world when it comes to wetlands. These water bodies are home to thousands of bird, animal and plant species. To protect these important habitats, some are ...

New Delhi: With the addition of Rajasthan’s Siliserh Lake and Chhattisgarh’s Kopra Jalashay, India’s tally of Ramsar sites increased to 96 last week. Both are manmade wetlands. A Ramsar site is a ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – Tamil Nadu has become the state with highest number of Ramsar sites after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ramsar sites secretariat accepted the state’s proposal ...

Despite interventions by courts and green tribunals, the government persists in diverting forest land for commercial and other activities.

Nagaon (Assam) [India], October 30 (ANI): Civil society organisations and conservationists in Assam have urged authorities to declare the Roumari-Donduwa Wetland Complex within Laokhowa Wildlife ...