The report highlights a global phenomenon: Harsh discipline, corporal punishment, and other forms of violence at school; gendered norms and expectations; and other factors, are preventing boys from achieving academically, while increasing absenteeism and dropouts.UNESCO data reveals that for every 100 women globally, only 88 men are enrolled in tertiary …
Says Union Forest Ministry can’t impose heritage tag on Western Ghats against govt’s wish With barely 20 days left for India to resubmit its dossier to Unesco World Heritage Committee (WHC) for the serial nomination of the Western Ghats, Karnataka, as in the previous year, isn’t making the task any …
Various organisations have protested the government’s decision to construct a 30-km road stretching from Thori in Parasi to Triveni in Nawalparasi via the Chitwan National Park (CNP). The Department of Roads, under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, is planning to construct the postal road through the CNP. Nepal …
Ecologically sound pest control derived as natural products from plants can be an alternative for increasing prevalence of pesticides. This was discussed by scientists at the international conference of chemistry organised at Panjab University’s Department of Chemistry. The conference is being organised to celebrate 2011 as International Year of Chemistry …
Guwahati: As the autumn has set the stage for the winter to rule the atmosphere in the picturesque North East India’s hills and valleys, enchanting destinations in the region are ready to welcome visitors in the coming tourists’ season. While the rhino abode in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown …
Over two dozen countries, including Pakistan, will take part next week in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean`s tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, Unesco said on Thursday. Exercise IOWAVE 11 will re-enact the seismic events of Dec 26, 2004, simulating …
Climate Change is taking a heavy toll on Pakistan, said Mister for Science and Technology (S&T;) Mir Changez Khan Jamali while addressing a technical session of the 5th International Conference on Flood Management, being held at International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Tokyo, Japan. According to a …
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for a report from the Environment Ministry on allegations that a road is being built through the Sinharaja Forest Reserve endangering its natural habitat and eco system, a UNESCO official said yesterday. UNESCO’s Sri Lanka National Commission Secretary General Preethi …
Sri Lanka's Minister of Environment Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered the suspension of a road construction across the World Heritage Sinharaja rain forest. The UNESCO Centre in Paris had asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction. The construction of the road across the rain forest commenced on …
UNESCO Centre in Paris has asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction through Sri Lanka's Sinharaja rain forest which is considered a World Heritage, local media reported. The request has now been forwarded to the Ministry of External Affairs, the report says. The Ministry has forwarded it …
Decreasing flow of water through the rivers from upstream is destroying the ecosystem of Sundarban. Experts from home and abroad observed that alarming decrease in water flow down the rivers caused high salinity in both water and soil of Sundarban, causing a massive change in faunal composition of the forest. …
GUWAHATI, July 31 – With the World Heritage site status restored, the Manas National Park is on an upgrade drive vis-à-vis its area, wildlife, infrastructure, management, tourism, and community participation in conservation. Foremost among the plans is to extend the park’s 520 sq km area by another 360 sq km. …
The South Korean government on Wednesday finalized an $17.9 billion blueprint to create an "ecological tourism belt" in regions near the border with North Korea by 2030, local media reported. The blueprint fleshed out a plan to turn the areas near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), a 4-km (2.5 mile) wide …
Pilot project in 20 acres; NBR to compete for UNESCO award The Coimbatore Circle of the Forest Department would soon embark on an ambitious plan to replace the exotic species in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) with Shola forests (one with tall fully grown trees) and grassland eco-system in a …
Guwahati, July 3: Manas National Park, which recently shed its world heritage site in danger tag, will now work towards an integrated ecosystem-based monitoring of its wildlife population that will allow continuous observation and documentation of a wide range of flora and fauna. The integrated approach was recommended by the …
Tanzania will build an unpaved road through the Serengeti National Park and game rangers will control traffic to avoid disturbing the annual migration of wildebeest. "The Serengeti road project has not been abandoned ... we have just revised it. I don't know where all this confusion comes from," Natural Resources …
Terming the restoration of the World Heritage Site (WHS) status on Manas National Park as a commendable achievement, Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain today said that the State Government would leave no stone unturned to maintain it as an ideal wildlife habitat and destination. Manas was placed as a WHS (in …
U.N. world heritage body UNESCO says Tanzania will reconsider plans for a major road across its Serengeti National Park that critics said would upset one of Africa's top wildlife spectacles -- the annual migration of some two million wildebeest. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said Tanzania's Natural …
India's campaign to get the Western Ghats declared as a Unesco World Heritage site has received a setback, with the United Nations committee postponing the decision to 2012, and asking the government to furnish more information. This came even as Karnataka
