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Workshop on Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool for Indian Wetlands

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organized a workshop on ‘Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) for Indian Wetlands’ in collaboration with Wetlands International […]

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Peatland Expedition and Framework Management Plan Discussions for Ramsar Sites in Ladakh

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in partnership with GIZ and Wetlands International South Asia, has launched the “Inventory and Assessment of […]

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Celebrating Wetlands: Insights from the 1st WLI Asia-Oceania Conference

The 1st Wetland Link International Asia-Oceania Conference was hosted by the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation and Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) at […]

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Youth for Wetlands: Empowering Conservation through Wetland Learning Centre

Wetlands International South Asia commemorated World Environment Day 2024 by organizing a two-day workshop on the 5th and 6th of June at Kumbalathu Sankupillai Memorial […]

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Wetlands International South Asia presents paper at the GEO BON Global Conference, Montreal, Canada

The GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity for Action was held at Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada, from October 10–13, 2023. It aimed to provide a […]

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Ladakh Wetlands Expedition: A field mission to assess Biodiversity and Carbon Values of the high-altitude wetlands in Cold Desert Landscape of Ladakh

India provides critical stopover sites to over 90% of the bird species known to use the CAF in search of refuge, food and rejuvenation. Wetlands […]

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Release of Compendium of Sustainable Land Management Practices

The Compendium of Sustainable Land Management Practices has been released by Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change at the Centre […]

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‘Look beyond Green, recognize ecosystems such as Wetlands’

On World Environment Day, it is noteworthy to recognize India’s commitment to wetland conservation. The number of Ramsar sites, the wetlands of international importance has […]

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Investigating the socio-ecological importance of pit lakes with examples from Giddi-A colliery, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand

Commercial coal mining in India dates back to the British era.  Situated along the western banks of the Damodar River, Raniganj coalfields are India’s first […]

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Investigating Kareri Lake, a high-altitude wetland in the Dhauladhar

On 13 May, 2023 Harsh Ganapathi (Senior Technical Officer – Ecohydrology) and Dayadra Mandal (Junior Technical Officer – Water Management) hiked to Kareri lake, a […]