The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical sub regions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part …
France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat, on November 18, from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the 27-nation EU abandoned a plan to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific advice and said it …
Bird Sacrificed For Good Luck During Festivals New Delhi: It may be the festival of lights, but Diwali spells doom for these birds in the country. Prompted by superstition, many people rely heavily on battling illluck with totems, many of which are derived from birds and animals. The owl, for …
Stockholm: Tigers could become extinct within 12 years but a top level meeting in Russia next month could help reverse the decline, nature conservation body WWF said.
The facts: Some dolphin species face an uncertain future, especially river species such as the Amazon River Dolphin, and the Ganges and Yangtze River Dolphin, all of whom are critically or seriously endangered. A 2006 survey found no individuals of the Yangtze River Dolphin, leading to the conclusion that the …
The World Wildlife Federation has evinced interest in the long-term management of Manas National Park. This was conveyed by Carlos Drews, the director of species programme, WWF International, to A. Swargiari, the field director of Manas National Park, at Manas yesterday. This is the first time Drews is visiting Assam. …
* Elephant corridors have no legal protection under Wildlife (Protection) Act or the Environment (Protection) Act * Many corridors have now become private land and areas under human use (road/rail) * There is no dedicated money for corridor protection, experts demand Rs 200 crore for this in the 12th five-year …
Hungary: A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary reached the Danube river on Thursday and crews were trying to dilute it to protect the major European waterway. Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, said there were no reports of fish death in the …
The Climate Change and Environmental core Competency Cell, a students' academic cell of the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal is organising EnviroConclave 2010, a national conclave on 9 October, 2010. The theme of the conclave is 'Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Business in the 21st Century'. The …
Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide risk overshooting by a third the threshold beyond which dangerous global warming looms, the environment group WWF said on Wednesday, urging climate talks in China to tackle the gap. Negotiators from 177 governments are meeting this week in the north Chinese city of Tianjin trying to …
Anindo Dey | TNN Jaipur: It is a new chapter in conservation at the Ranthambore wild-life sanctuary. From taking care of just the animal alone, it is taking care of the people living around the sanctuary as a way to save the forest. And this time it is the hospitality …
The Vrindavan Forest Revival Project, later called the Vrindavan Conservation Project, was launched in 1991 by the World Wide Fund for Nature, to restore ecological order in the region. A study of the project shows certain processes of religious revivalism in environmental politics. The power given to place imagination and …
The main consumer-targeted certification scheme for sustainable fisheries is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform, say Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly and colleagues.
Hem Lata Verma The exceptionally high rainfall recorded across the cold desert of Lahaul and Spiti district from April to July this year has surprised as well as shocked everyone. The district administration is busy compiling data from villages of the large tracts of agricultural land that have been washed …
V Gangadharan | ENS THE Tamil Nadu State office of World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature would soon launch a study to analyse why the Chennai museum had become the preferred habitat for flying foxes. Complete with a pond, the Chennai museum in Egmore boasts of a huge green space …
True to the spirit of military training to face the challenges, 1,900 cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) clad in their squadron colour T-shirts, participated in the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) sponsored X-Country run on Sunday. The special significance of the run was NDA
