Wetland restoration: Tūrangi Garden Club donates to Project Tongariro

After a garden ramble fundraiser, a Tūrangi group has made a conservation donation.

Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US says

A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons per day

Hungry sea otters are helping save California's marshlands from erosion

A new study shows the return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland

A Call to Earth Special from Abu Dhabi's mangroves

Part 1 of CNN's third annual Call to Earth Day from Jubail Mangrove Park, a haven for avian and marine species in the UAE. From this mangrove sanctuary in the heart of Abu Dhabi, CNN's Becky Anderson, a group of environmental experts and local...

How people in cities can positively impact wild environments around the world

Part 3 of CNN's third annual Call to Earth Day from Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi, hosted by Becky Anderson. From the inner city to the mangroves, the health of our shared home depends on people of all ages and in every community working...

Shrek's "swamp" now available to rent on Airbnb

This October, Shrek fans can stay at an Airbnb cottage in the Scottish Highlands modeled after the ogre's swamp house.

China Focus: China protects Yellow River through ecological restoration

YINCHUAN, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- As the river chief of a 2.3-km-long section of the Yellow River near her village, Wang Ruolan has a habit of taking a stroll along the riverbank and picking up garbage when on patrol. "Careless trash-dumping is now...

Spain's Andalusia region will expand the Doñana wetlands park. Critics applaud but want more action

The government of Spain’s southern Andalusia region plans to expand a prized national park that is home to one of Europe’s largest wetlands that is danger of drying up

States at the forefront of fights over wetlands protections after justices slash federal rules

The Supreme Court in May sharply curtailed the Clean Water Act's power to protect millions of acres of wetlands

Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them

The Supreme Court is curtailing the federal government’s power to protect some wetlands

Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution

Pricey prawns may imperil Indian grain that combats climate

On a tiny sliver of land in southern India, the future of an ancient grain that helps combat climate change is in doubt

Pricey prawns may imperil Indian grain that combats climate

On a tiny sliver land in southern India, the future of an ancient grain that helps combat climate change is in doubt

As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffers

The Lwera wetland, stretching more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Ugandan capital Kampala into the western interior, has long been worked over by sand miners, both legal and illegal, motivated by demand from the construction industry

Low tech makes cleaner water in Iowa; so what’s stopping it?

There's a low-tech remedy for the nitrate pollution affecting waterways in Iowa and elsewhere in the United States

Low tech makes cleaner water in Iowa; so what’s stopping it?

There's a low-tech remedy for the nitrate pollution affecting waterways in Iowa and elsewhere in the United States

Andalusia considers more irrigation near Spanish wetlands

A plan to increase irrigation in an area adjoining one of Europe’s most prized wetlands is set to advance when lawmakers in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia approve it

In Africa's Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature

In Africa's Okavango delta, drilling for oil exploration, as well as human-caused climate change leading to more erratic rainfall patterns and water abstraction and diversion for development and commercial agriculture, has altered the landscape...

Army Corps further delays decision on Great Lakes oil tunnel

Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway

EU warns Spain over expanding irrigation near prized wetland

The European Union has warned Spain that it won’t tolerate renewed plans by regional politicians in the country’s south to expand irrigation near its endangered Doñana wetlands

EU warns Spain over expanding irrigation near prized wetland

The European Union has warned Spain that it won’t tolerate renewed plans by regional politicians in the country’s south to expand irrigation near its endangered Doñana wetlands