State Wetland Authority

March 26, 2022

Kerala HC declines nod to convert paddy fields purchased after Oct 2008

Currently, only a maximum of 4.04 Are in panchayats, and 2.2 Are in municipality/corporation areas could be converted based on the recommendations of the local-level monitoring committee.

December 10, 2021
'Decline of dragonfly population caused by wetland destruction'

The number of species at risk of extinction on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature has exceeded 40,000 for the first time.
October 11, 2021
Spurt in land conversion applications in Kerala even ahead of special drive

Revenue department authorities said as many as 78,000 applications were pending before the 27 RDOs in Kerala.
September 13, 2020
Kerala lost 50% of its forests between 1973 and 2016: WWF

The largest decline since 1970 has been in the wetland habitat, with about 84 per cent of species estimated to have become extinct, the report says.
February 29, 2020
Bar on building houses on paddy fields bought after Aug 2008

Paddy fields which are wetland ecosystems morphed into house plots as people misused provisions of land rules despite moves to curb the practice.
February 06, 2020
Five arrested over moral policing attack on students in Kannur

The students were attacked while they were returning after presenting a street play and planting mangrove saplings as part of the district panchayat's Wetlands Day celebration.
October 25, 2018
Kerala flood bonanza: Starlings and flamingoes in Thrissur wetland | Watch Video

The presence of rare winged visitors varieties is now considered a sign that profound changes have happened to the kole-ecosystem, mainly as a result of the floods that ravaged Kerala in August.

State Wetland Authority

Kerala HC declines nod to convert paddy fields purchased after Oct 2008

'Decline of dragonfly population caused by wetland destruction'

Spurt in land conversion applications in Kerala even ahead of special drive

Kerala lost 50% of its forests between 1973 and 2016: WWF

Bar on building houses on paddy fields bought after Aug 2008

Five arrested over moral policing attack on students in Kannur

Kerala flood bonanza: Starlings and flamingoes in Thrissur wetland | Watch Video