The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This article is an analysis of the India Eco-Development Project (IEP) implemented in Sasan Gir National Park and Sanctuary. Statistical data describing the consumption patterns and financial status of the Maldharis was collected from 13 nesses. This information demonstrates the impact of the Maldharis on Gir, a lack of willingness …
GREEN INITIATIVES "One cannot envisage life in the city without ringing mobiles, air conditioners, blenders, fans, blazing lights, refrigerators, But when we thought about how many of these are essential and took a step back in time, it was a revelation of sorts", says Priti and Srikanth Vanashree is an …
Instead of Special Economic Zone (SEZ), government should declare the entire region as Special Eco Zone, opined Swadeshi Jagarana Manch convener P Muralidhar Rao. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, he said the entire area in undivided Dakshina Kannada is very critical and sensitive which helps in maintaining the …
Senior citizens who are disowned by their own children and forced to live in poorly equipped and ill-ventilated old age homes now have a reason to smile with the Tamil Nadu government planning to set up an
By Asha Krishnaswamy, DH News Service, Bangalore: Palace Grounds, a major lung space in the heart of Bangalore, looks harshly brown in a zone that supposedly meant to be a sanctuary for life and ecology. Since the grounds were opened for private commercial activities, the ecological disaster has totally outweighed …
For all the time it took, the Draft Regional Plan 2021 is in many ways a remarkable document. It puts a renewed emphasis on ecology conservation, revamping public transport and, most important of all, maintaining the character of Goa
A multi-thematic ecological park will be set up at Sundipenta of Nallamala in Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve by the AP forest department. Eco-parks, zoological and botanical museums will also be set up opposite to the existing Centre for Bio-diversity Ecological Research (CBER). Mr K. Thulsi Rao, head of CBER and principal …
compensating people for conservation is happening at a regional scale. Local residents of Jamestown in Rhode Island, us, are paying farmers to delay haying their fields until after birds have completed nesting. Experts claim it as a unique test to establish investment markets for ecological services. The compensation is meant …
Mangrove forests, though essentially common and wide-spread, are highly threatened. Local societies along with their knowledge about the mangrove also are endangered, while they are still underrepresented as scientific research topics. With the present study we document local utilization patterns, and perception of ecosystem change. We illustrate how information generated …
