Appeals for freshwater conservation filled the air in India's Ladakh wetlands, a unique region at an altitude of 4000-5000m. Leh, India - Appeals for freshwater conservation filled the air of Leh, ...

India’s plan for saving wetlands—like lakes, ponds, and marshes—was agreed upon by countries from all over the world at a major meeting in Zimbabwe. Wetlands are special places where many birds, ...

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the World Wetlands Day on Sunday, four more wetlands have got an international tag of Ramsar Convention ...

The East Kolkata Wetlands in India processes almost 198 million gallons of wastewater and sewage produced by the region’s population everyday, relying on nothing but nature. What was once a mix of ...

India becomes a seasonal home to thousands of migratory birds during winter, turning wetlands and forests into thriving ...

NEW DELHI: India's two more wetlands - both in Bihar - have been included in the global list of Ramsar Convention sites as the wetlands of international importance. It brings the total number of such ...

Wetlands used for crops have expanded significantly over the past eighty years. According to a new study in the open-access journal Tropical Conservation Science, wetlands being utilized for crop ...

Two wetlands from Bihar — Gokul Jalashaya in Buxar and Udaipur Jheel in West Champaran — have received the Ramsar tag, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav announced on Friday. Visuals from the ...