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As a riverfront plan advances, ecologists warn of damage to floodplains, biodiversity

Environmentalists concerned over size-based buffer zones for water bodies

The plot twists about a river’s politics [Book Review]

Quarries devour buffer forests of Western Ghats after sand mining ban

How excess rains and poor wastewater management send microplastics into city lakes

Giving forests and rivers the right to live [Book Review]

Human activity is causing the Ganga to dry at levels never seen before

A village on a river bank shows how community-led river restoration works [Commentary]

Evidence of microplastics in a wetland sparks concern about water security

The landfill that ate a wetland

Algal blooms choke a wetland, threatening biodiversity and livelihoods

Wetlands hold carbon and climate hope

From decay to delight as locals bring an urban waterbody back to life

Declining waders indicate deterioration of wetlands

Reviving an encroached bird haven

[Commentary] India needs a dedicated national wetland inventory programme

1 in 4 freshwater species around the globe at risk of extinction

[Explainer] What is teal carbon?

Weeds of change

India’s disappearing wetlands are an early warning sign of drastic biodiversity loss