Biodiversity

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Climate Change Glossary: The Terms You Need To Understand, Explained

As the world warms due to climate change, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods, nothing is more urgent than clear…

8 months ago
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Declining Bird Numbers A ‘Grim’ Reminder Of Rapid Biodiversity Loss

Around 60 percent of birds in India have experienced population decline over the long term of 30 years, says 2023…

8 months ago
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India Was A Tree Planting Lab For 200 Years – Here Are The Results

Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing planet-heating carbon in the atmosphere…

8 months ago
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A Green Roof Or Rooftop Solar? Er, Both…..!

Growing city populations and limited space are driving the adoption of green roofs and green walls covered with living plants.…

9 months ago
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More Marine Heatwaves Could Spell Disaster For Ocean Life

Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that’s bad news for the plants and animals that…

9 months ago
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Ruza, A Traditional Water Harvesting System For Water-Scarce Mountains

“Rainfed agriculture in India is a risky enterprise, owing to uncertainties in rainfall,” reads a World Bank article published in…

9 months ago
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Improved Tiger Numbers Come With Certain Hidden Messages

India is now home to at least 3,682 tigers – a new record that surpasses earlier estimates, according to the…

9 months ago
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ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability

By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the world’s city streets, then heaped…

9 months ago
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Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram

The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their growing demand among the middle…

9 months ago
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‘We Must Never Assume That A Healthy Planet Is Automatic’

In June 2023, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced Monica P. Medina as its new President and CEO. Medina is…

9 months ago
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Biological Diversity Bill Passed In Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, which proposes to fast-track the patent application process and encourage foreign…

9 months ago
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Himalayas Losing Glaciers, Snow, More Hazards In Offing: New Study

“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…

9 months ago
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Next To India’s Capital, A Village Looks To The Past For Its Forest’s Future

Sunil Harsana says he always knew there were paintings in the caves near his home in Mangar, a village on…

10 months ago
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Miles To Sail To Harness Offshore Wind

In recent months, the central government has introduced two policy measures to support the offshore wind sector, which generates electricity…

10 months ago
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Tourism Glut: Habitat Loss Pushes Endangered Species To The Edge

The picturesque Munnar in Kerala, with its lush green tea gardens carpet rolling hills, sits at the south of biodiversity…

11 months ago
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The Hidden Side Of Human-Elephant Conflicts: Orphaned Calves

It’s been about two months since The Elephant Whisperers won the best documentary short film award at the Oscars and…

12 months ago
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Opinion: South Asian Leadership Is Needed For An Equitable Plastics Treaty

On 29 May 2023, India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka will meet with 160 other countries in Paris,…

12 months ago
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Let Us Protect Nature, But Not Merely For The Sake Of Humans

Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds…

1 year ago
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Nature-Based Learning Improves Environment, Climate Literacy In Chennai

Walking on the shores of Elliot’s beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an 18-member-group of children is naturalist, educator and…

1 year ago
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Bauxite Mining In Jharkhand Impacting Is Soil Fertility, People’s Health

Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite mining in India. Mining activities…

1 year ago
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As Pharma Cos Move In, What Next For J&K’s Medicinal Plants?

Indigenous people and environmental activists have expressed confusion and concern about the growth of the pharmaceutical industry in Jammu and…

1 year ago
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Mountain Forests Being Lost At ‘Alarming Rate,’ Esp In Asia

More than 7% of all mountain forests have been destroyed during the past two decades, according to a new study published…

1 year ago
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Most Himalayan Glaciers Analysed Melting At Varying Rates: Govt

Source: PTI Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has…

1 year ago
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Human-Animal Conflict Has Left Madia Gond Tribals Stranded

In 2007, 625.82 square kilometres of area inside the Tadoba reserve, in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, was declared as a critical…

1 year ago
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Amazon Deforestation Could Impact Climate In Distant Regions

There’s a recent saying, grown popular among climate scientists: “What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.” Now,…

1 year ago

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