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 …
The UN has called for a blanket ban on logging and mining in Tasmania’s world heritage area and demanded the Tasmanian government rethink its new management plan for the vast wilderness. The 21 countries on Unesco’s world heritage committee have ratified a draft decision that the government must “ensure that …
Greg Hunt, the federal environment minister, has said a UN decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as in danger shows that Australia is a “role model to the world” in environmental protection. On Wednesday, the 21 nations on Unesco’s world heritage committee unanimously endorsed an earlier draft ruling …
To measure the effect of climate change on the flora and fauna of Sundarbans, the Zoological Survey of India has set up monitoring bases inside the mangrove forests. There are 25 plots in the five islands of Bali, Gosaba, Basanti, Sagar and Satjelia where the bases have been set up …
With the Australian sun illuminating the crystal clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef in all their glory, UNESCO World Heritage delegates snorkeled for hours surrounded by manta rays, dolphins and reef sharks. Their mission was to check the health of the world's largest living ecosystem, thousands of multi-colored coral …
ISLAMABAD: The winner of the 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics in Science is Pakistani Professor of Biotechnology and bioethicist Zabta Khan Shinwari. The prize, which includes a diploma, a UNESCO Avicenna Gold Medal and a cheque of $10,000, will be awarded at an official ceremony that will be organised …
MUMBAI: The state government has decided to declare 17 sq km area along Thane Creek as Flamingo Sanctuary. Also the government will approach to the UNESCO to get the stretch of Thane Creek as Ramsar Site. The decision has been taken at the State Wildlife Board meeting held in Mantralaya …
An analysis by environmental advocates claims the degradation of the reef meets five out eight possible reasons for listing by the world heritage committee Degradation of the Great Barrier Reef overwhelmingly meets the criteria for an “in danger” listing by Unesco, according to a joint report by environmental lawyers from …
The Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development's Magaliesberg Biosphere project has finally yielded positive results. Magaliesberg is now listed as a Biosphere through the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation. The pronouncement has been made at the 27 International Coordinating Council (ICC) sessions of Man and Biosphere Programme held …
With emphasis being given to check loss of wildlife habitat and curb poaching in the trans-boundary Manas landscape that straddles across India and Bhutan, conservationists have suggested joint patrolling by forest officials on both sides of the border. The Manas National Park in western Assam is a contiguous landscape which …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked nine heavy and medium polluting industries to set up a green belt to mitigate environmental impact due to their operations. On Thursday, applicant Subhash C Pandey submitted before central zone bench of NGT list of nine red and orange category hazardous industries and possible …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking keen interest in cleaning of Ganga, a group of environmentalists will be petitioning him to pursue with UNESCO for declaration of upper region of the holy river as a World Heritage Site. “I have already written to the Union Ministry for Water Resources and …
Large-scale encroachment, aging guards, defective weapons, zero conviction of poachers are bane of KNP The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had found loopholes in the management plans in Kaziranga National Park which have been abetting poaching activities in the Unesco World Heritage Site. “Deficiencies in funding adversely affected …
The government will assess impact of the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant on the Sundarbans after the World Heritage Centre, Paris and local environmentalists have expressed concern over setting up power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest. The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has formed a 14-member high-powered …
In "Tunnel Vision blocks neutrino lab progress" (Feb 23), T Jayaraman, a physicist by training and professor at the school of habitat studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, said opposition to the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Theni has no scientific basis. He denied that the project that will …
Environment activists, conservationists, student leaders on Tuesday raised concern over the lack of authentic information in the public domain on the current state of existing and proposed hydropower projects in Bhutan being built with the assistance of Government of India and Indian companies and their possible downstream cumulative impact in …
Amid concerns over Taj Mahal turning yellow due to increasing pollution, the district administration has banned burning of cow dung cakes in the city while use of coal by small units will also be prohibited soon. “A recent study published in an American journal says that due to brown and …
The new route will increase the distance between Kaliabor and Numaligarh by 95 km Assam government today approved a four–lane highway that will bypass Kaziranga National Park, days after the National Green Tribunal imposed restriction on movement of heavy commercial vehicles on the stretch of NH 37 that passes through …
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has sanctioned Rs 5.12 crore for the 'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve' (CDBR) in the Spiti region of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district. The Spiti area was the only one among 18 such zones in the country to have been declared …
Tribunal asks environment secretary to submit affidavit clarifying whether states have been asked for suggestions about areas that will be included in eco-sensitive zones The National Green Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction with the environment ministry’s handling of the preparation of a plan for protecting the ecologically fragile Western Ghats. Taking …
With world leaders getting ready to give a political push to the efforts to deal with the climate change at a mega summit in New York on September 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday came out with an alarming disclosure saying the climate-damaging greenhouse gases in the atmosphere …
