Green nod for strategically-crucial Great Nicobar Island mega project, around 8.5 lakh trees to be felled
New Delhi: The project involves development of a military-civil, dual-use airport; international container trans-shipment terminal; a gas, diesel, and solar-based power plant, and a township
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
Have to be realistic about losses, not easy to bring back animal from extinction: Cheetah expert
New Delhi: Succes may potentially come in 20 years or more, says Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) founder Dr Laurie Marker. The CCF has closely assisted Indian authorities in re-introducing cheetahs in the country
BY PTI / Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
Climate change and health: Sundarbans women battle health problems amidst rising sea level, water salinity
Sundarbans (WB): The ecologically fragile Sundarbans region in West Bengal, which holds a vast mangrove forest, is said to be one of the worst affected regions in India due to climate change
BY PTI / Sunday, 18 September, 2022
Cheetahs at KNP: Villagers fear land acquisition, human-animal conflict
Sheopur (MP): " We are already affected financially because of the relocation of 25 villages for the Kuno Park over the last 15 years," said Radheshyam Yadav, a tea and snacks vendor, to PTI
BY PTI / Sunday, 18 September, 2022
A dam built in the Amazon created thousands of ‘forest islands’ but they are too small to sustain most species
The dam created one of the largest reservoirs in South America which stretches for almost 100km northwards through largely undisturbed rainforest. As this is a relatively hilly part of the Amazon basin, more than 3,500 islands formed as the
BY The Conversation / Sunday, 18 September, 2022
Cheetah reintroduction: 8 cheetahs make transcontinental flight to new home in India; 3 released in Kuno National Park by PM Modi
New Delhi: Cheetahs are being introduced in India under Project Cheetah – the world's first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project – in an effort to help in the restoration of open forest and grassland ecosystems
BY PIB Delhi and PTI / Saturday, 17 September, 2022
From extinction to re-introduction: Brief history of India cheetah
New Delhi: The cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to their use for coursing, sport hunting, over-hunting and habitat loss
BY PTI / Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
Ministry Of Jal Shakti announces winners of Water Heroes: Share Your Stories Contest 3.0
New Delhi: Water Heroes: Share Your Stories is a monthly contest with the objective to promote value of water and for supporting country-wide efforts on water conservation and sustainable development of water resources
BY PIB Delhi / Monday, 12 September, 2022
National Conference on Sustainable Coastal Management inaugurated in Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneshwar: Officials from all 13 coastal states of India gather to focus on the three interrelated themes of coastal and marine biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation and coastal pollution
BY PIB Delhi / Saturday, 10 September, 2022
Activists protest against Aarey Metro car shed in Mumbai
Mumbai: The protestors carried banners with messages like "save Aarey forest", and raised slogans on the need to fight against handing over the area to builders
BY PTI / Sunday, 4 September, 2022
Pakistan’s catastrophic floods: Climate experts warn harsher and more extreme conditions in coming years
Islamabad/Lahore/Karachi: Pakistan is witnessing unprecedented floods that has claimed more than 1,100 lives, destroyed infrastructure and crops, and affected 33 million people or one-seventh of the country's population
BY PTI / Thursday, 1 September, 2022
Rivers worldwide are running dry – here’s why and what we can do about it
London: It is not just rivers that are running low but the reservoirs they replenish, leading to water shortages in many parts of the world including the UK. Yet floods have wreaked havoc in many of these rivers in
BY PTI / Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
