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According to the PMC, the priority stretch between Sangamwadi and Bund Garden is nearly complete. Image by Stephin Thomas.

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

Stephin Thomas 9 Dec 2025
Ulsoor lake in Bengaluru. Image by Ramesh NG via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Environmentalists concerned over size-based buffer zones for water bodies

Aisiri Amin 2 Dec 2025

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

Arti Das 13 Nov 2025
A stone quarry in Mangaluru, Karnataka. Representative image by Ravimum via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Quarries devour buffer forests of Western Ghats after sand mining ban

Max Martin 11 Nov 2025
Toxic pollutants from industries on Bellundur lake in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2025
An aerial view of the Adyar river in Chennai, parts of which are blocked by sewage and garbage. However, on the Chennai beach where the Adyar and other rivers meet the Indian ocean, newborn olive Ridley turtles are seen making their way to the water. Image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikmedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

Usha Rai 22 Oct 2025
Lamps being lit during Diwali on the banks of the Ganga in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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

Simrin Sirur 21 Oct 2025
Otters painted in the raja gopuram (main tower) of the Thirupudaimaruthur temple, along with wood carvings, serve as the earliest records of otter presence in the region. Image by Maria Anthony.

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

Teresa Scholastica Thomas, Sanmadi K.R., I. Santhanamari, M. Mathivanan, M. Soubadra Devy 13 Oct 2025
Plastic pollution along the shores of Bhoj wetland. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

Evidence of microplastics in a wetland sparks concern about water security

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Oct 2025
Achan landfill. Image by Farzana Nisar.

The landfill that ate a wetland

Farzana Nisar 3 Oct 2025
Deepor Beel is Guwahati’s major stormwater storage basin, and is facing stress from unregulated urban runoff. Image by Arnie via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Algal blooms choke a wetland, threatening biodiversity and livelihoods

Barasha Das 29 Sep 2025
Deepor Beel in Kamrup is Assam’s only Ramsar site, despite the state having over 1,000 wetlands, many of which face growing threats from pollution and development. Image by Hirakjyoti Bayan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wetlands hold carbon and climate hope

Nandhini Somasundaram 14 Jul 2025
Zaida Zehra with her daughter looking at Hauz-i-Shamsi, their urban common.

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

Nidhi Jamwal 3 Jun 2025

Declining waders indicate deterioration of wetlands

Sneha Mahale 3 Apr 2025

Reviving an encroached bird haven

Sneha Mahale 6 Feb 2025

[Commentary] India needs a dedicated national wetland inventory programme

Ritesh Kumar 31 Jan 2025

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

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025

[Explainer] What is teal carbon?

Aisiri Amin 21 Oct 2024
Women workers making water hyacinth products in factory - ROPE International

Weeds of change

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Oct 2024

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

Simrin Sirur 18 Oct 2024