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Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is ...
Vermont leaders have a better grasp on the state’s wetlands, and now they want to hear from you.The Department of Environmental Conservation has updated its Wetlands Inventory Map with aerial imaging ...
Five wetlands under rehabilitation in Kigali will have 58.5 kilometres of a circuit of pedestrian and cycling pathways to boost recreation and sports in the capital, according to Martine Uwera, the ...
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Holgerson noted that the previous maps used by the DEC were outdated, and the new regulations allow for a broader assessment of potential wetlands. "So the new wetland maps are informational and ...
Eventually, the 1972 Clean Water Act banned unpermitted disposal of raw sewage in wetlands, but by then the marshy land had become an illegal dumping ground for other waste, including tires ...
The Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision limits federal protection to wetlands directly connected to a "water of the U.S." This change could remove safeguards from more than half of U.S ...
Rules put in place decades ago to protect dwindling wetlands that help clean water and protect Florida from hurricanes and flooding face a new challenge. State lawmakers now want to rewrite the ...
The suo motu public interest litigation by the Meghalaya High Court very recently, to monitor the conservation of wetlands in the State brings the focus back on this important ecosystem.
A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...
the European Wetland Map (‘EWM’) significantly enhances knowledge of wetlands across Europe by locating, assessing and merging the latest geospatial data. It combines various geographic ...
In the past, if a landowner wanted to build on property adjacent to a wetland, they’d consult official state maps showing the location of regulated wetlands in their area. Then they’d apply to ...