Daily roundup by CSE and Down to Earth @COP27 by Avantika Goswami and Rohini Krishnamurthy, November 7, 2022 • UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that Loss and damage can no longer be swept
Australia's burgeoning kangaroo population seems in for a hard time. Already unpopular with farmers (Down To Earth, September 15, 1995), the country's national symbol may end up soon as a major
Millions of kangaroos in the outbacks of Australia could now hope to be saved from a possibly dark fate owing to blindness as scientists have isolated the virus responsible for it. The kangaroo
with environmental cognisance echoing across the world, the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has come under fire for not delivering its desired objectives. Founded 25 years ago to act as
green copies: RPG Ricoh Ltd, an Indo-Japanese joint venture company recently launched the FT 4027, a user-friendly and eco-conscious copier. In order to promote optimum use of available
THE Japanese environment protection agency has bulldozed the concept of artificial lighting in the country's scenic areas. Wanting to cut down the number of floodlights, the agency has warned that it
EVEN as fish catches across the world continue to decrease, in the European Union (EU), no great effort seems to be put into conserving the species. A concerned Emma Bonino, the EU
a large tract of central America's remaining rainforest is under threat from a road in the remote south of Belize. The construction of the road might lead to the clearing of the entire forest
bailing out: Reliance Petroproducts (RP), a Reliance Group company, will help fish out Indian Polyfibres Ltd. (IPL), from troubled waters, according to an alliance between the two companies. IPL
neem-based pesticide: To encourage the use of eco-friendly and biodegradable pesticides, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has approved the ISI mark for Mukumbi Manufacturing Company of
The country's forest cover has shrunk by a third in the last 15 years due to illegal logging, slash-and-burn farming methods and felling of trees to make way for plantation crops, according to
