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‘Black Rose’ wreck, a threat to Olive Ridleys
PARADIP: Environmentalists and marine fauna lovers have expressed serious concern over safety of Olive Ridley turtles and other marine species in Bay of Bengal due to non-removal of sunken Mongolian ship mv Black Rose. Even five months after the cargo carrier sank, no step has been taken to dredge out the wreck.
- Date:
- 12/02/2010
- Source:
- New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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The velocity of climate change
As the climate changes, species will have to move if they are to remain in an area with the same average temperature. Here, this required movement — termed the velocity of temperature change — is quantified.
- Date:
- Dec 2009
- Source:
- Nature Vol: 462 Issue: 7276 pp: 1052-1056
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Species and climate change: More than just the Polar Bear
This IUCN review released in Copenhagen highlights the way climate change is adversely affecting marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Arctic fox, Leatherback turtle, Beluga whale, Salmon and Ringed seal are amongst 10 species "destined to be hardest hit by climate change."
- Date:
- Dec 2009
- Source:
- IUCN
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High-altitude research stations to track impact of climate change on flora, fauna
After a spate of deliberations with experts on climate change, Himachal Pradesh has finally outlined a first-of-the-kind research project in the country to study the impact of climate change on the state’s ‘transition zone’ of flora — where tree line ends and alpine pastures spread out.
- Date:
- 30/11/2009
- Source:
- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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‘Hot grass' to save animals at the Byculla zoo
Linah Baliga / DNA
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to protect the flora and fauna at the Veer Jijamata Udyan (Byculla zoo) using a new technique. This is a part of several measures being taken in the Rs434-crore zoo modernisation plan.
- Date:
- 20/10/2009
- Source:
- Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Wildlife association plays proactive role
Udhagamandalam: Having been formed by a band of conservation minded persons way back in 1877 as the Nilgiri Game Association and now known as the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWLEA), the oldest conservation association in the country is set to give an impetus to the role it has been playing over the years in safeguarding the fragile eco-system of the Blue Mountains.
- Date:
- 13/10/2009
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
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Traditional Knowledge relating to use of flora and fauna as indicators in predicting annual seasons among Karbi tribe of Assam
There exist a sound Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) among Karbis relating to prediction of annual seasons using flora and fauna and physical factors as indicators. Floral characters include leaf fall, formation of new leaves, flowering, fruiting and ripening, formation of tubers, etc.
- Date:
- Oct 2009
- Source:
- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol: 8 Issue: 4 pp: 518-524
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Fast against ban on movement of vehicles in national park at night
Tourist inflow fell by about 40 per cent in August, say protestors
Protest: Members of the Joint Action Committee of political parties and service organisations observing a fast in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday. —
- Date:
- 01/10/2009
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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The Earth Is Rumbling
The tribal view
Can there be another Niyamgiri?
What do we do for our livelihood? We can’t live on compensation money.
Why destroy for development?
The Vedanta view
Complying with all environmental rules, compensating tribals well
Have spent $24 mn in rehabilitation
India will become a world leader in aluminium production
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- Date:
- 21/09/2009
- Source:
- Outlook (New Delhi)
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19 flora-fauna species discovered in Sikkim
Out of the 353 new flora and fauna species discovered in Eastern Himalayas between 1998-2008, 19 were found in Sikkim, stated a latest WWF report.
- Date:
- 14/09/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
