Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Environmentalists say spill will affect mangroves Authorities said on Monday that the oil spill from the bulk carrier mv Rak that sank recently is a minor incident, but environmentalists nonetheless said that its timing was a cause for concern, especially in the context of mangroves' ecology. At a press conference …
Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday said that her ministry is “constantly monitoring” the situation. “At this point of time, we do not see a cause for concern," she said. …
MUMBAI: The oil spill from MV Rak Carrier, which sank off the city's coast last Thursday, underlines the need to fix liability for marine pollution caused by vessels. Maritime experts say the Centre should ratify at the earliest the International Maritime Organization's Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea Protocol 2010, …
MUMBAI: The city's fishing community, glued to television screens since Thursday, when the MV Rak Carrier sank with over 60,000 tonnes of coal and 343 tonnes of oil, became extremely worried on Sunday as news reached them that the ship had started leaking and that an oil slick had been …
Varad Giri is the deputy director (collections) of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), an organisation working for conservation of nature for the last 127 years. Giri is also a scientific associate of the Natural History Museum, London. He has been extensively working on the reptiles and amphibians of the …
Garnier and The Times of India joint initiative Take Care Take Charge ended on a high note with thousands of volunteers undertaking environment friendly activities to commemorate TCTC Day. The objective was not just to celebrate thousands of ideas or pledges received but to acknowledge how India’s youth have a …
Bombay Natural History Society has conducted the survey in wildlife sanctuaries in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve A field survey on the vulture population in the wildlife sanctuaries in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and adjacent sanctuaries, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has found that the number …
MUMBAI: A study carried out in India has shown that the ban on veterinary drug diclofenac, blamed for the diminishing vulture populationin south Asia , seems to be effective, with the proportion of cattle carcasses contaminated with diclofenac declining by over 40% between 2006 and 2008. Here's some good new …
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh is not averse to controversy. His decision to give a go-ahead for the controversial ropeway project in the Girnar wildlife sanctuary has been strongly criticised by members of the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) who insist this will result in the extinction of the long-billed vultures. …
LUCKNOW, Even though use of painkiller diclofenac on animals has been banned in India, it continues to take a toll on the vulture population in the country. Heavy content of diclofenac, which is poisonous for vultures, has been detected on samples of dead animals during tests carried out by the …
Lucknow: Even though use of painkiller diclofenac on animals has been banned in India, it continues to take a toll on the vulture population . Heavy content of diclofenac, which is poisonous for vultures, has been detected on samples of dead animals during tests carried out by the Indian Veterinary …
Shimla, 20 March: A forum comprising bird watchers is working to save house sparrows and other small birds from extinction in this Himachal Pradesh capital. "On World Sparrow Day (Sunday), we have launched a campaign to create awareness about the sharp decline in the number of sparrows and other small …
The city is reeling under a heat wave, having registered the hottest March day since 1956. This has meant a rise in the number of forest fires at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), spread over 104 sq km. Since January 2011, it has witnessed around 25 such cases. The …
A thermal plant threatens a rich wetlandWhere The Muck Is The coal-fired ECEPL power project is a grave threat to one of the few coastal swamps in eastern India Just 5 km from Telineelapuram bird sanctuary. The marshland is the main source of sustenance for the local farmers and fisherfolk. …
First phase completed by breeding three endangered species As a part of the second phase of ongoing vulture conservation efforts in the country, a new consortium,
