Conservation and environmental news & publications: India
27 Sep 2008
Climate Witness: Dilip Hazra, India
Dilip Hazra has lived on Mousuni Island for 15 years, and over that time has purchased land and developed an agricultural business. Now flooding has eroded a third of his land and changing weather patterns have forced him to rely on chemical fertilizers to develop his crops. » Read more
25 Sep 2008
Climate Witness: Hamid Bander, India
Hamid Bander and his siblings are all farmers and their family land has gradually declined in recent years as embankments have given way and the sea has come in. He says they are also witnessing an increase of severe weather events such as storms and cyclones. » Read more
23 Sep 2008
Climate Witness: Sheikh Kalimuddin, India
Sheikh Kalimuddin is a farmer on Mousini Island in the Sundarbans Delta, India. In 2000 and 2005 he witnessed significant flooding when embankments breached and destroyed many homes and left good agricultural land fallow. Erratic weather patterns are also forcing him to use chemicals to ensure a good crop yield. » Read more
18 Sep 2008
Climate Witness: Jyotsna Giri, India
Jyotsna Giri and her family had a small farm on Lohachara Island in the Sundarbans Delta of West Bengal, India. Fifteen years ago they had to move to a refugee colony on a neighbouring island when the sea claimed their home and farm. Erratic weather continues to make life difficult. » Read more
17 Sep 2008
India’s endangered species get time on their side
Never mind having a tiger in your tank, if you visit India you can now have a rhino on your wrist courtesy of WWF-India and Titan, the sixth largest watch manufacturer in the world.
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25 Aug 2008
Climate Witness: Jamila Bibi, India
Jamila Bibi and her family lost almost everything they owned when an embankment that kept the sea water out burst and rushed into their home. In recent years the sea level has been gradually rising around their island in the Sundarbans Delta of West Bengal, India. » Read more
21 Aug 2008
Flow plan for less talk and more action as climate change hits rivers
Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF told the World Water Week symposium in Stockholm today.
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20 Aug 2008
UK citizens using 58 baths of water a day
While each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a day, they consume about 30 times as much in “virtual” water embedded in food, clothes and other items – the equivalent of about 58 bathtubs full of water every day. » Read more
10 Aug 2008
Climate Witness: Idris Ali Bandar, India
Idris Ali Bandar recalls the stories that his father told of a vibrant ecosystem on Mousini Island in the Sundarbans Delta of West Bengal, India. But the pressures of population growth have depleted the local biodiversity and now increased tidal surges are washing away their homes and farms. » Read more
06 Aug 2008
Climate Witness: Abdul Gaffar Khan, India
Abdul Gaffar Khan is a 52 year old medical practitioner who has lived all his life on Mousini Island in the Sundarbans Delta of West Bengal, India. He has witnessed the impact of climate change on agriculture and sea level rise and has noticed an increase in heat related illness. » Read more
