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Share New Delhi: A biodegradable and compostable yoga mat developed from water hyacinth by six young girls from the fishing community in Assam could turn this water plant from a nuisance to wealth. The girls belong to the fishing community living in the fringe of the Deepor Beel, a permanent freshwater lake in south west of Guwahati city, recognised as a Ramsar Site (a wetland of international importance) and a bird wildlife sanctuary. The lake has been a source of livelihood for 9 villages of the fishing community who shared this biome for centuries, but over the years suffered from excessiv...

Feel the people's power flow Feel the people's power flow This two-part series explores people living along the Mekong and its tributaries who have embarked on a crusade to save their source of life and livelihoods published : 14 Apr 2021 at 04:00 The wetland forest of Boon Rueang community in Chiang Rai province has long served as a 'kitchen supermarket' for locals. (Photos courtesy of Phitchayetsaphong Khurupratchamak and Kitti Treeraj) Amid the jubilation, there was a brief moment of uneasiness. Last September, during a ceremony to award the United Nations Dev...

Los Roques Archipelago Covering a total area of 40.61 km 2, the Los Roques archipelago comprises more than 350 uninhabited cays, islands, and islets and is situated about 128 km to the north of the La Guaira port in the Caribbean Sea. Los Roques is a federal dependency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Together with the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao), the Los Roques archipelago forms a part of the Leeward Antilles. Geography Map of Venezuela with Los Roques marked in the Caribbean Sea between Bonaire and Isla la Orchila. The Los Roques archipelago is an extensive coral ato...

Daily Monitor Monday March 01 2021 A study by the Ministry of Water and Environment titled: ‘The Wetland Atlas for Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono,’ listed 30 wetlands that are facing extinction if activities by encroachers are not stopped.  The study, which was published in 2016, points to how doomed we are if nothing significant is done to stop the abuse of wetlands.   Of the wetlands mentioned, notable ones included Nakivubo, Lutembe, Ramsar site, Kasa Mabamba, Kinawataka, Lufuka, Kaliddubi, Namasoloza, Namayuba, Mbalala, Njogezi and  Nalukolongo. These are only but a few of the numerous...

Photo  by DENR.  QUEZON CITY, Feb. 11 -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed the inclusion of the Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) in the Ramsar Convention's List of Wetlands of International Importance as a demonstration of the country's commitment to protect wetland ecosystems. "The Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands fulfills four criteria of the Ramsar Convention, which confirms the international significance of its biodiversity and its services both at the species and ecosystems level," Cimatu said in his keynote speech delivered ...