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 …
Asks the State Government to withdraw its objections to UNESCO World Heritage site tag for Western Ghats From rock carvings in Mongolia to the Sangha forests of Congo, from ancient German beech woods to the oases of the United Arab Emirates, the nations of the world are vying this week …
The proposed Western Ghats Natural Heritage Conservation Authority (WGNHCA) will likely strengthen the management of the serial sites nominated for the Unesco's World Heritage List. The country has been campaigning for the status for 39 sites of the Ghats and the Paris session of the World Heritage Committee that began …
India to seek inclusion of 39 sites of the Ghats in Unesco World Heritage List IUCN team inspected the sites as part of evaluation process KOCHI: The World Heritage List tag will not affect the flow of life in the Western Ghats, say experts. As the country is all set …
UNESCO has prepared a draft plan in this regard Committee set up to identify land for science centre in Hassan city Hassan: Deputy Commissioner K.G. Jagadish on Thursday said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had prepared a draft plan to develop Hassan district as a tourism …
Sunday's session of World Heritage Committee may discuss subject Tag will only be a hurdle to constructive conservation, says Minister BANGALORE: The Karnataka government has decided to convey to the Centre, in particular Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, that it is not interested in the UNESCO tag for …
Green row: Govt resistance to UN proposal draws varied responses ''Hampi has the Unesco heritage tag. What good it has done to the site except attracting drunken and semi-nude foreigners?'' These words of Forest Minister C H Vijayashankar epitomise the State government
Water scarcity during past decade nearly finished the UNESCO heritage site Water woes of the celebrated bird sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park (KNP), Bharatpur, may come to an end soon if the Rajasthan Government accepts a recommendation from the State's Board for Wildlife to reserve a share of water from the …
Pune: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recently shortlisted the Western Ghats for inclusion in the World Heritage list, taking this biodiversity rich area a step closer to protection from landuse change and other developmental activities. The 39 serial sites in the Unesco shortlist include four sites …
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis have a reason to rejoice. The city has been officially included in Unesco`s World Heritage City tentative list. Ahmedabad is the only city from India vying for the coveted status. There are over 250 World Heritage Cities across the globe, but none in India. Ahmedabad`s proposal was sent …
The Sacred City of Kandy is likely to lose its World Heritage City status due to its air pollution levels that are higher than the national and World Health Organisation standards, claims an authority in the transport sector. Head of the Engineering Faculty at the Moratuwa University Professor Amal Kumarage, …
UNESCO as an agency of United Nations has been active in capacity building in basic sciences, environmental and earth sciences as well as science policy, and has helped to launch many global programmes, among these some relating to biotechnology, biosphere reserves, biodiversity and sustainable development.
New Delhi, 19 Oct: India has nominated Santiniketan, the university town where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati, and the mountain range of Western Ghats for a place in Unesco's World Heritage list, officials said here today. The cultural ministry recommended the inclusion of Santiniketan, the university town 180 km …
Expert hails participatory forest management R. Wendy Strahm says World Heritage inscription is really about identifying which sites are the best of the best. KOCHI: The Western Ghats have
Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters …
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: The country needs a network of biosphere reserves for conserving biodiversity and promoting value-added bio-resources, according to Natarajan Ishwaran, UNESCO director of Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences. The Nilgiri, Nanda Devi, Sundarbans, Gulf of Mannar, Pachmarhi, Nokrek and Simlipal reserves have been included in a world …
BHUBANESWAR: Good news for the people of coastal belt of Orissa who constantly suffer from drinking water-related problems during cyclones and floods. A first of its kind project in the entire South East Asian region in collaboration with Unesco- India, will soon try to address the drinking water related issues …
