Wildlife wardens demand urgent measures to restore the Hokera ... Kashmir after record rainfall in 2014 caused widespread damage and about 150 deaths, is drying out an internationally protected ...

the Jammu & Kashmir Eco Watch is marching ahead. However, the crux of this initiative is the participation of local communities in conserving their regional water bodies and wetlands. Yousuf tells ...

Birdwatchers in Kashmir spot a Sanderling for the first time in 134 years at Hokersar Wetland. Reyan Sofi, Mufeeq Ahmad Malik ...

Deforestation, faulty flood management and frequent flooding had led to large silt deposits in two Ramsar site wetlands in the Kashmir Himalayas, Hokera and Haigam. While Haigam was over silted ...

The ‘queen wetland of Kashmir’ Hokersar, or Hokera, overlooked by Pir Panjal ... Ecology and Remote Sensing (government of Jammu & Kashmir), more than 50 percent of water bodies in Srinagar ...

The migratory birds at Hokersar wetland spread over an area of 13.54 sq km in central Kashmir’s Srinagar and Budgam districts. (HT File) The channel is expected to give a new lease of life to ...

They form a flood absorption mechanism because they are located in the Jhelum river basin," Rashid Naqash, the Chief Wildlife Warden, Jammu and Kashmir, told PTI. Mr. Naqash said the wetlands are ...

The natural wetlands of Hokersar ... Out of sync with the wildlife laws governing the rest of the country, Jammu and Kashmir exercised the power to grant special hunting licences, with a bag ...

The Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict.