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New Platform Offers Toolkit For Companies To Prove Their Eco Claims

As governments around the world consider new regulations that would require corporations to track their impacts on biodiversity, a new…

4 months ago
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Rolling Car Tires Into Global Circular Economy

More than 1 billion car tires reach the end of their life each year, and dealing with the resulting waste…

7 months ago
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Empowering Teachers Is Key To A Sustainable Future

The world’s learners are not equipped to face the challenges of an unsustainable future. While education has long been heralded…

8 months ago
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India, Nepal Overlook Environmental Issues In Hydropower Deals

This June, monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Nepal’s hilly regions, but the country’s southern lowlands were instead reeling from a…

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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India’s Tiger Reserves Have Helped In The Fight Against Climate Change

New research shows that India’s tiger conservation policy has not only helped in preserving and increasing tiger populations, but it…

10 months ago
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Legal Protection Of Certain Forest Land Could Be Removed

Certain categories of forest land will no longer be legally protected, as proposed by the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, that…

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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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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Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study

(Source: PTI) The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than…

1 year ago
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Tobacco: Vaping And Smoking Drive Harm To The Environment

Vaping for a day and tossing it away is all the rage. Electronic cigarette sales have boomed in recent years,…

1 year ago
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Legislation Eroding Forest Rights Could Affect India’s Carbon Sinks

Legislation passed earlier this year fundamentally restructures how India’s forests are governed, legal experts and activists have told The Third…

1 year ago
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Amazon Loses 10% Of Its Vegetation In Nearly Four Decades

(Source: AP) The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an…

1 year ago
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Deforestation In Amazon Hits A Fresh Record

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first seven months of the year, preliminary government data…

2 years ago
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Saving 700 Trees & Much Ecological Heartache

The Green Meadows Housing Society in Bhopal's Arera Hills area lies at the juncture of old and new city areas.…

2 years ago
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Climate Change Triggering Global Collapse In Insect Numbers

Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species under control and break down…

2 years ago
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What’s The Difference Between 1.5°C & 2°C Of Global Warming?

Over and over at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders have stressed the need to limit global warming…

2 years ago
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Combatting Soil Erosion Enriches Farmers In Meghalaya

The state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, has an acute soil erosion problem. One of the rainiest places on Earth,…

3 years ago
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Asiatic Black Bear Habitat To Shrink By Area The Size Of Belgium

Once, the Asiatic black bear ranged as far west as Germany and France. Native to the hill forests of Asia,…

3 years ago
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Amazon Biome Hurtles Toward Death Spiral Due To Deforestation Surge

An area the size of Israel was deforested in the Amazon biome last year, as destruction surged 21% in the…

3 years ago
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Wielding Machetes, Scientists Count Carbon In The Amazon

The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit…

3 years ago
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Could The Himalayas Harbour The Next Pandemic?

by Beth Walker/ The Third Pole The world is in an “era of pandemics”. Unless the destruction of the natural…

3 years ago
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Deforestation In Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Surges Through September

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped for the fifth straight month in September compared with last year, with destruction up 93%…

5 years ago
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More Than 1,600 Die In Heaviest Monsoon Season For 25 years

The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data…

5 years ago
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Pope Francis Urges Politicians To Take ‘Drastic Measures’ On Climate Change

Pope Francis challenged governments on Sunday to take “drastic measures” to combat global warming and reduce the use of fossil…

5 years ago

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