Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R.D. Singh Bandral Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/04/2023. The matter related to protecting the flora and fauna of the Kailash Kund-Seoz Dhar region by declaring the same as protected area and not to allow construction of the …
A broad compilation of modern carbon isotope compositions in all C3 plant types shows a monotonic increase in ?13C with decreasing mean annual precipitation (MAP) that differs from previous models. Corrections for temperature, altitude, or latitude are smaller than previously estimated. As corrected for altitude, latitude, and the ?13C of …
ORCHIDS that the Victorian era naturalists plucked and carefully pressed onto vellum sheets confine climate secrets. A recent study of these orchids revealed over the years global warming has changed their blooming pattern: the spring flower now blooms prematurely in the UK. Researchers from University of East Anglia, University of …
Downscaling from the predictions of general climate models is critical to current strategies for mitigating species loss caused by climate change. A key impediment to this downscaling is that we lack a fully developed understanding of how variation in physical, biological, or land-use characteristics mediates the effects of climate change …
NAGOYA (Japan): The Oct 18-29 UN biodiversity summit Thursday appointed India as one of the facilitators in an attempt to reach a global deal that aims to halt the loss of plants, animals and their habitats by 2020. The summit of 192 countries and the European Union (EU) here has …
To persist, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges polewards or to higher elevations as the Earth’s climate warms. However, although many species’ ranges have shifted in historical times, many others have not, or have shifted only at the high-latitude or high-elevation limits, leading to range expansions rather than …
JODHPUR: The Bishnoi community, for whom conservation is religion, joined the scientists researching on the flora and fauna of the desert in a first time ever joint biodiversity brainstorming on the arid lands of the Thar in Rajasthan and Kutch in Gujarat here. A two-day workshop in the Sun City …
This first Asian Plant Conservation Report by IUCN examines recent conservation progress in Asia and offers suggestions on how to achieve plant conservation targets under the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) framework. A new report from IUCN suggests that combining conservation, using plant diversity sustainably with a focus on …
Forecasting the effects of global changes on high altitude ecosystems requires an understanding of the long-term relationships between biota and forcing factors to identify resilience thresholds. Fire is a crucial forcing factor: both fuel build-up from land-abandonment in European mountains, and more droughts linked to global warming are likely to …
The oil spill along the coast of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh may cause severe harm to flora and fauna in and around adjacent area of the site, the Coast Guard said in its initial report.
In 2008, Brazilian researchers embarked on a major effort to develop a comprehensive list of the nation's plants by 2010, the deadline for the goals set forth in the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty on the conservation of flora and fauna worldwide. Thanks to that effort, Brazil …
This booklet showcases selected images of mountain biodiversity and related issues from the 2010 ICIMOD Photo Contest on Mountain Biodiversity. The images were selected to highlight the importance of biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, and the need for conservation and sustainable management at all levels. It was produced as …
Increases in annual mean temperature in the course of current climate change are expected to facilitate mass species migration towards higher altitudes and latitudes. However, this migration may be slowed, or even temporarily reversed, by infrequent and unpredictable episodes of low winter temperatures. Iran experienced a severe cold wave in …
This paper deals with the less known wild edible fruits and seeds of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Less known 12 wild fruit and seed bearing plants are documented.
Although the effect of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration on pollen production has been established in some plant species, impacts on fungal sporulation and antigen production have not been elucidated. Wolf et al. examined the effects of rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations on the quantity and quality of fungal spores produced …
NUMEROUS tiny pores dotting leaves are the main link between plants and the atmosphere. Called stomata, or mouth in Greek, they allow carbon dioxide in for photosynthesis and let oxygen out. They also allow water vapour to transpire. These are not random processes, but well-regulated, sophisticated mechanisms. A pair of …
INDIA'S brick industry is the second largest in the world. Since bricks are best produced from alluvial soil, the unorganised industry flourishes in the fertile belt; the Gangetic plain accounts for 65 per cent of the total brick production in the country. But once brick kiln owners wind up operations, …
Rs.7 crore sought to establish Centre for Excellence Multi-disciplinary MSc. programme in Biodiversity Informatics planned More awareness programmes are needed for sustainable utilisation of bio-resources MADURAI: A proposal has been submitted to the University Grants Commission seeking Rs.7 crore to establish a Centre with Potential for Excellence in Biodiversity Inventories/DNA …
Uranium from ores mined at the three mines - Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar (Jharkhand) - is processed in the mill and the waste emerges as tailings. The recorded radioactivity level in these tailings is very low, but to avoid any long-term effect of these tailings on the atmosphere, humans, cattle …
