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Nature Conservation Works And We’re Getting Better At It

To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural…

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Putting ‘Justice’ At The Heart Of Conservation

Indian ecologist and international environment policy expert S. Faizi awarded the Alliance World of Scientists (AWS) 2024 Planet Earth Awards…

1 month ago
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Tribal Artists: Converting Folklore To Fine Art

Gond art was historically painted on the walls of tribal homes with natural pigments and accompanied by Bana, a musical…

2 months ago
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Climate Change Talks Do Not Consider Nature In Its Economics

The issue of climate finance and loss and damage funds are taking centre stage at the ongoing climate conference in…

5 months ago
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Extreme Weather Events Struck India On 235 Of 273 Days In 2023

The recently-released Climate India 2023 report by Down to Earth paints a grim picture of the nation grappling with extreme…

5 months ago
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India Forsaking Environmental Protection For “National Security”

The U.S., Mexico, Poland and India have suspended environmental laws in favour of national security interests, which reduces transparency and…

5 months ago
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A Case For Livable Neighborhoods

In October 2023, the UK government dismissed ’15-minute cities’ – an urban planning concept that reimagines neighborhoods as self-contained spaces,…

6 months ago
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How Mangroves Can Help In The Fight Against Climate Change

Mangroves might not look like much. Yes, they can have strange aerial roots. Yes, they’re surrounded by oozing mud. But…

6 months ago
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Biophobia: Search Trends Reveal An Increasing Fear Of Nature!

“I can’t even watch a snake on TV without feeling sick to my stomach.” “Swimming? Forget about it… I’m too…

10 months ago
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Light Pollution Is Taking Sparkle Out Of Nature’s Mating Rituals

The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps help us travel more safely…

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…

11 months ago
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Debt-For-Nature Swaps Can Help Create A More Resilient South Asia

Last year, Sri Lanka was plunged into economic crisis. As the country struggles in the aftermath of its sovereign debt…

11 months ago
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Residual Emissions Need To Be Tackled To Meet Net-Zero Goal

Calling for strategies to tackle residual emissions, scientists said they would need to be balanced by carbon dioxide removal techniques…

1 year ago
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How Will India Achieve The New Global Goals For Nature?

In December 2022, the world’s governments agreed on a set of actions to address the rapid disappearance of wild plants…

1 year ago
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Wetland Conservation In MP Constrained Due To Low Notification

Madhya Pradesh is celebrating its three new Ramsar Sites that were designated in 2022, but the journey for the rest…

1 year ago
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The Law Of The River

The Whanganui River in New Zealand wanders from its wellspring on the slopes of a volcano in the centre of…

1 year ago
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Reframing Law To Recognise Nature’s Value

How do we see nature? Do we see it, and therefore, value it — based on its usefulness for human…

1 year ago
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Rivers Are Still People In South Asia In Spite Of Court Showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…

1 year ago
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Helping Wildlife In Navigating Road & Railway Infrastructure

Reflected in key goals and targets, ecological connectivity will be decisive, as countries move to implement the freshly minted Kunming-Montreal…

1 year ago
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Best Of ’22: Complexity Of Saving Biodiversity In The Himalayas

Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal to reverse biodiversity loss by…

1 year ago
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COP15 Reaches Agreement On Biodiversity But Loopholes Remain

Delegates at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference have approved a deal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, hoping…

1 year ago
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‘What Would Our Cattle Say On Human Rights?’

(Source: PTI) Climate change is knocking on our doors and people in poorer nations are going to pay a "heavier…

1 year ago
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Indian Biologist Gets UN’s Highest Honour For Saving World’s Rarest Storks

(Source: IANS) Purnima Devi Barman, a conservation biologist known for initiating an all-female grassroots conservation movement from Assam for saving…

1 year ago
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Earth Has Lost 83% Of Its Freshwater Aquatic Life In 50 Years

Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline since 1970, according to the…

2 years ago
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Nature Recurs In Rajasthan’s Folk Songs

It’s dawn on a summer day in Sanwata village in the desert state of Rajasthan. Even at this early hour,…

2 years ago

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