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Pongal Bird Count

Pongal Bird Count

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It’s that time of the year when forested areas are aflutter with the high-pitched sounds of the wispy little greenish warbler and the guttural teek teek of the Indian blue robin. One can also catch a glimpse of brown shrike that comes from Japan, the blue-tailed bee eater from Europe and Russia, as well as birds like Indian pita and paradise flycatcher that come from the Himalayas. Bird watching […]

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Birders in Visakhapatnam report a drop in number of species during the Asian Waterbird Census

Birders in Visakhapatnam report a drop in number of species during the Asian Waterbird Census

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The ongoing Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) has revealed that some of the major threats faced by wetlands and the birds in and around them are habitat destruction, poaching, construction activities and landfills near water sources. The team of Wildlife Conservation Through Research and Education and Vizag Birdwatchers Society led by Vivek Rathod, A Yagnapathy, Vikram […]

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Members of Perur Lake Forum document bird population at an urban wetland for six years

Members of Perur Lake Forum document bird population at an urban wetland for six years

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Great Egret | Photo Credit: G Parameswaran  Historians often describe Coimbatore as a beautiful woman adorned with a garland of navaratnams represented by the lakes of the River Noyyal. The river begins its 167-kilometre journey from Kooduthurai near Aalandurai and joins the Cauvery near Karur, filling up over 30 tanks along the way. One such […]

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For students, a date with Punchakkari wetlands

For students, a date with Punchakkari wetlands

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Students of All Saints College cleaning the Punchakkari wetlands as part of a wetland schooling session organised by Climatehood on Sunday. Nearly 100 college students participated in a ‘wetland schooling’ session at Punchakkari on the city’s outskirts on Sunday morning. The students, National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers of All Saints’ College, Veli, took part in […]

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A new music video in support of the ‘Save Ennore Creek’ campaign

A new music video in support of the ‘Save Ennore Creek’ campaign

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A new video, ‘Drums of Resistance’, to be launched tomorrow, highlights a socio- environmental problem ‘Drums of Resistance’, to be launched tomorrow, highlights a socio- environmental problem FR Team Call it activist art or community art, but when a performance looks beyond stage, audience and structure to find a larger purpose of connecting with common […]

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T.N.’s Ramsar bounty: Cruising on wetland wealth

T.N.’s Ramsar bounty: Cruising on wetland wealth

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There is unbridled joy in Tamil Nadu with the announcement of 10 Ramsar sites in the State. But that joy must be tempered with responsibility and constant monitoring, and a continuing commitment to choosing environment-friendly policies There is unbridled joy in Tamil Nadu with the announcement of 10 Ramsar sites in the State. But that […]

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Five more Indian sites recognised in Ramsar List as wetlands of international importance

Five more Indian sites recognised in Ramsar List as wetlands of international importance

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Five more Indian sites — three each from Tamil Nadu, one in Mizoram and one in Madhya Pradesh — have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, taking the number of such sites in the country to 54, the Union Environment Ministry said. Three wetlands in Tamil Nadu — Karikili Bird […]

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