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 …
Climate finance and the development of the global low-carbon economy are crucial elements for discussion at G8 and G20. An outcome form these Summits can be leveraged positively by formal UN negotiations. The United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen brought together unprecedented participation of Heads of State and Government …
Mumbai The 566-acre Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) campus in Powai is not only a green lung for space-starved Mumbai, but also home to several rare and disappearing species of animals, insects, birds and plants, reveals a study. A six-month study on the biodiversity of the IIT campus
Counting the Gigatonnes: Building Trust in Greenhouse Gas Inventories from the United States and China, outlines the systems already in place in both countries that can ensure accurate and timely data on greenhouse gas emissions. The report concludes that the US and China are committed to making significant progress in …
A new round of climate negotiations kicked off in Germany on Monday with squabbling over money and procedural questions that could threaten progress at the two-week UN conference. UN climate chief Yvo de Boer and activists from groups including Oxfam, Greenpeace, and WWF pressured industrial nations to live up to …
50 children from 5 darjeeling schools attend three-day workshop on bird watching Students at the bird-watching workshop at the Singalila National Park: and (above) participants at a theoretical session of the workshop organised by the WWF-India Siliguri, May 31: Over 50 students from Classes VII to IX of five schools …
Starting Tuesday, the Ganges River Dolphin is officially the national aquatic animal of India. The Environment Ministry notified the endangered species
Away from the public eye, an ambitious initiative could actually change the prospects for Kaziranga National Park as well as the district of Karbi Anglong. The forest department supported by WWF India and personnel of the Indian Army are preparing the eco-restoration of a landscape that extends over 1,000 sq …
Siliguri, May 5: The forest department has taken up projects to count and study the Asiatic black bear and to find out the status of different species of butterfly in Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary.
Tigers bred in captivity may look and behave differently from their kith and kin in the wild but the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has now told the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to explore the possibility of breeding big cats and reintroducing them in the wild. India has …
- WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal. The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border …
Notwithstanding the unusually high tiger concentration in Kaziranga National Park as revealed in a recent camera-trap exercise, experts feel that the development also has darker shades which, if left unaddressed, could imperil the park
With the endangered dolphins proving to be effective indicators to evaluate the success of the ongoing Ganga Action Plan, by virtue of their survivability in the river water, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India is mooting the Dolphin Action Plan. The project, to be submitted to the Environment Ministry soon, is …
Vast tracts of Borneo yet to be biologically explored KUALA LUMPUR: A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world. A …
Delhi might not have saved much energy during the international event Earth Hour last Saturday evening, but the ruling Congress and the BJP, continue to recharge their batteries on what has become an unusual slugfest with the Opposition asking why the event
LUCKNOW: The `Earth Hour' on Saturday evening failed to make any significant impact on the demand for power in the state. With the government machinery choosing to ignore the call, it remained confined to some private efforts, mostly at educational institutions. The Raj Bhawan, however, remained a noted exception and …
BARIPADA: In a major boost to anti-poaching surveillance in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), Worldwide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) has extended its assistance to the reserve by providing some essential equipment and gears. Diwakar Sharma, associate director, Species Conservation Programme, WWFIndia, handed over the essential equipment and gears to …
