India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site, the second one in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, according to the Ministry of En
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An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built?
Icebreaker would be the first freshwater wind farm in North America. But after more than a decade, it is still jumping hurdles and polarizing environmental groups.
October 26, 2020
A boat passes one of wind turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island Coast on Oct. 14, 2016. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
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On the rare clear day, the wind farm’s turbines would stand offshore, resembling six matchsticks on the horizon.
If it is finally built off the coast of Cleveland, eight miles out in the shallow waters of Lake Erie, Icebreaker Wind would be the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America. But the project, which has polarized Ohio’s environmental groups for more than a decade, is now inching toward unprecedented success and away from total defeat.
Rs 75 Lakh collected by Kaziranga National Park in two months
The national park was reopened after eight months on October 21 with 37,816 tourists have visited the place. It has collected over 75 lakh revenue.
| 22 Dec 2020 3:12 PM GMT
Kaziranga: Kaziranga National Park, one of the most sought after wildlife holiday destinations in India has collected over Rs 75 lakh revenue in just two months with 37,816 tourists flocking the destination after its reopening on October 21 for tourists.
The park was closed like most of the public places, for eight months, following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
During the season for tourist surge in December, the tourists are allowed to visit Potahi wetland under the Burapahar Range in Kaziranga from December 23.
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LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Bangweulu Wetlands in north-eastern Zambia has received a small founding population of cheetahs - the first of their species to return to this unique community-owned, protected wetland in almost a century.
The introduction of an initial three cheetahs from South Africa results from a longstanding partnership between Zambia s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), six Community Resource Boards (CRBs) and conservation non-profit African Parks, which has managed Bangweulu Wetlands since 2008. They worked in conjunction with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Cheetah Range Expansion Project, which sourced healthy individuals from reserves in South Africa to re-establish a secure population in Bangweulu.