POKHARA, May 27: The work of burying and dredging of the wetland area of Fewa lake located in Pokhara Municipal Corporation and Annapurna Rural Municipality will be stopped.
The wetlands in the Sarlahi district are shrinking due to human encroachment and pollution. The wetlands in the Sarlahi district which play a vital for improving water quality, maintaining surface water flow during dry seasons and providing habitat for aquatic species, and wildlife, are gradually diminishing due to increasing encroachment and human intervention.
DODHARA CHANDANI: The World Wetlands Day is being marked today. The wetlands that are considered fertile land for human life, agricultural productivity and bio-diversity have not been preserved well of late. In lack of proper conservation efforts, the wetlands are on the verge of collapse. Conservationists opined that the wetlands should be protected well as […]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the wetlands are in a crisis due to climate-induced risks as well as unwarranted human intervention.
The movement of winter visitor birds has increased in the wetlands area of Kailali, including the Ghodaghodi Bird Sanctuary, which is also a Ramsar site.
Farming and tourism had already drained the aquifer feeding Doñana. Then climate change hit Spain with record-high temperatures and a prolonged drought this year.
As the main fruit of the COP14, the declaration called for "strong will and practical actions" to promote the conservation, restoration, management, wise and sustainable use of wetlands and to prevent and mitigate the systematic risks arising from the continuing loss and degradation of wetlands worldwide.
There is so much more to do for wetlands in Nepal.
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Akin to so many bird species that dwell in the farmlands of Lumbini, Sarus Cranes also rely on the surrounding wetlands and farmlands for survival. Unfortunately, their survival remains at stake owing to food scarcity resulting from loss of wetlands, increasing pollution and hazardous linear infrastructures.
