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 …
A survey by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia in 2009 showed that orangutan habitat in West Kalimantan province is narrowing due to damaging forests they live in, the national news agency Antara quoted the organisation
At a time when the impact of global warming and human activities have been recognised as threats to Northeast India, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasised the need for concerted action to protect the Eastern Himalayan region. A study report
India will have its youthful girl power at work at the upcoming Copenhagen climate change summit from December 7-18. Two school and two college going students will be part of India
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forests Ministry and WWF-India on Friday announced the names of a four-member youth delegation that will be part of the India contingent at the climate change summit in Copenhagen. The four
After considerable delay, another phase of the ambitious plan to translocate rhinos to Manas is likely to get under way this December. The initiative would see up to eighteen rhinos being moved from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park in a well-orchestrated exercise spread over …
Tuna boats in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean will be alowed to catch a total of 13,500 tonnes of bluefin tuna next year, down from the provisional quota of 19,950 tonnes. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) says this gives the species a 60 per cent …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Kolkata has been ranked as the fourth most vulnerable among 11 major coastal cities in Asia that are threatened by climate change as it is
Calcutta figures high on the list of Asian cities most vulnerable to climate change in a report to be released on Thursday by WWF-International in Gland, Switzerland. On a day when all eyes were on Mumbai
Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: While it may be premature to link Cyclone Phyan to climate change, the fact remains that coastal areas are relatively more vulnerable to extreme weather events. For example, Kolkata has emerged as one of the five most climate vulnerable coastal cities in Asia, according to a …
LUCKNOW: Tigers know no boundaries. They keep crossing over from one forest to another along the Indo-Nepal border. The movement of tigers along the border is must if the existing population is to be saved from in-breeding. Initially, it used to be a contiguous forest along Indo-Nepal border and animals …
Hyderabad, Nov. 2: Himalayan glaciers are receding continuously and significantly says glaciologist Mr Rajesh Kumar of the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) who conducted a major study on the Himalayas. Witnessing Change: Glaciers in the Indian Himalayas, a report by WWF-India and BIT, researches the retreat patterns of two glaciers …
NAVI MUMBAI: Human development at Uran taluka in Raigad district is hurting quite a few of its original inhabitants. While quarrying had already disturbed quite a few species, environmentalists are concerned that landfills are uprooting many others from their home. Villagers near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area, Chirner, …
LUCKNOW: Ghariyals might be in for a new-age monitoring in the state through a technique called biologging. In fact, it would entirely be a new experience for the artificially reared reptilian breed. The state forest department is planning to release ghariyals implanted with a camera and sensory devices in the …
This Saturday, 24 October, will be a red-letter day. And for reasons not because the Peace of Westphalia was signed (1648), marking the end of both the thirty years
Express News Service A 16th century castle in Kargil, a 17th century monastery in Ladakh, a historic civic centre in Shimla and a palace in Uttar Pradesh figure in the list of 93 heritage sites in 47 countries which the world is at the risk of losing. The list
ALARMED over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins surviving in river systems across the country, the Manmohan Singh government, acting on a proposal made by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, on Monday declared dolphins as a national aquatic animal. The animal has been declared as a
Industrial biotechnology has the potential to save the planet up to 2.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year and support building a sustainable future, a new WWF report found. Industrial biotechnology applications are already widely used in everyday life. They help reduce the amount of time needed …
