Restoring Kashmir’s lakes one community at a time: Interview with Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo
via news.mongabay.com
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The lakes and wetlands of Kashmir in northwestern India have long sustained the valley’s biodiversity, agriculture, tourism and water security. But over recent decades, these freshwater ecosystems have come under increasing pressure from pollution, encroachment and rapid urbanization. A recent government audit found that nearly half (315 of the 697) of lakes recorded across Jammu […]