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 …
On february 8, shops in Masinagudi town of Tamil Nadu were closed. People in the town were expressing their solidarity with farmers in the area who are protesting their exclusion from public consultations held by the forest department on that day for demarcating elephant corridors in the Nilgiris that pass …
virtual blackout is expected in the city on March 27 for one hour duration as part of the Earth Hour initiative as all nonessential lights will be switched off. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit and brand ambassador of Earth Hour 2010 Abhishek Bachchan on Wednesday took part in a function organised …
NEW DELHI: The national capital will observe the Earth Hour once again this year and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday appealed to residents to turn off lights for an hour on March 27. "Delhi was the lead city for Earth Hour 2009 when India joined this global campaign. …
Delhi will join 91 other countries in switching off their lights for Earth Hour at 8.30 pm sharp across the globe. Last year, the Capital saved 700 megawatts (MW) during the Earth Hour. Monuments, government buildings, residential and commercial establishments switched off non-essential lights for an hour to save energy. …
Kolkata: The World Wide Fund for Nature has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years, vast tracts of the mangroves, home to the Bengal tiger, will go under sea. The study, focussed on Sunderbans in Bangladesh, says the sea is rising …
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical: a report.
A factual mistake is threatening to hijack the global climate agenda R.K. Pachauri is facing the worst crisis of his stint as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which he is heading since 2002. With climate sceptics mounting relentless challenge to the credibility of climate science …
A roomful of reporters, whirring TV cameras and popping camera flashes. Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the world's climate czar, is used to such attention. As chairman of a UN body appointed to study the impact of climate change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with Al Gore, he earned plaudits. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The WWF-India, in association with Centre for Environment and Development and supported by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, will organise a National Environment Awareness Campaign-2010 on February 8.In Thiruvananthapuram, the programme will be held at Museum Auditorium, at 10 a.m. The programme will be inaugurated by Pollution …
Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the earth keeps warming at the current rate. Its total area will likely …
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday appointed a three-member expert committee to study the tidal movement of the Mithi river after construction of a 300-metre long wall on the Vakola Nalla. The committee, which has been told to submit a report in four week, will also look at the …
KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui on Sunday asked leaders of environment, social and community people organisations including International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and WWF-Pakistan to start new projects in collaboration with the Sindh government, particularly the Environment Department, based on mutual faith to save Karachi …
The increasing global temperature may spell doom for the Sunderban tigers as a WWF study has cautioned that rise of 28 centimetre in sea levels will engulf 96 per cent of their habitat. The findings, though specific for Bangladesh, may be a cause of concern for India as well because …
The increasing global temperature may spell doom for the Sunderban tigers as a WWF study has cautioned that rise of 28 centimetre in sea levels will engulf 96 per cent of their habitat. The findings, though specific for Bangladesh, may be a cause of concern for India as well because …
The ambitious tiger revival plan at Panna National Park might be moving ahead amid hiccups since its inception early last year, but wildlife experts like World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India secretary general Ravi Singh, are very much upbeat about the project. Singh has stated that all possible efforts were being taken …
Metal detectors used by Indian Army to detect mines would now be used in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to detect snares used by poachers in catching tigers. Traffic India, a wing of World Wildlfe Fund (WWF), has armed the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve with four sophisticated deep search metal detectors (DSMD) …
