Kashmir bid to stop urban flooding claims wetland casualty
Thursday, 24 December 2020 06:00 GMT
A man gazes at the Hokersar wetland, Srinagar, India, December 13, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Athar Parvaiz
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By Athar Parvaiz
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A flood management plan, drawn up to protect the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir after record rainfall in 2014 caused widespread damage and about 150 deaths, is drying out an internationally protected wetland near Srinagar, officials say.
The two-stage plan, started in 2018, includes dredging and deepening an existing drainage channel that diverts water from the River Jhelum around the city, through the Hokera wetland and back into the river in Baramullah district to prevent flooding.
Bringing life back to Western Ghats grasslands
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December 12, 2020 23:34 IST
Researchers find sites for restoration in the Nilgiris, Palani Hills and Anamalai, where exotic trees are erasing biodiversity
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Green move: Field photographs and CNES/Airbus imagery of potential grassland restoration sites. (A) Lightly invaded grasslands and (B) sparse mature exotic tree with grass cover. Photo: Special arrangement
Researchers find sites for restoration in the Nilgiris, Palani Hills and Anamalai, where exotic trees are erasing biodiversity
Tropical montane grasslands (TMG) in the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats have suffered big reductions due to invasions by exotic trees such as acacias, pines and eucalyptus, shrinking the range sizes of endemic species, including plants, birds, amphibians and mammals. Some populations are being driven to local extinction.