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 …
PANJIM, JAN 5 Why are there hardly any or no tigers in Goa? Well, one may not have a clear answer to this, but eminent wildlife biologist Dr A J T Johnsingh who says Goa had tiger population in the past, has given a suggestion to attract tigers to Goa.
NEW DELHI: Pointing out that loss of biological diversity poses an imminent threat to the survival of human civilisation, International Union for Conservation of Nature president Ashok Khosla has said its conservation could be the most secure source of livelihoods to eradicate poverty. In his first press conference after being …
The mangrove ecosystem of the Indus delta is gravely threatened by the reduced flow of fresh water and its destruction is quite evident in near future if the situation continued to persist. This would mean loss of all fishery resources of the country and livelihood of local people, who would …
The British government will take hefty revenues from its first carbon emissions permit auction on Wednesday rather than earmark the money for consumers or the climate it aims to protect, analysts and lobby groups said. The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will auction 4 million permits out …
CHENNAI: WWF-India, a wing of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a non-governmental organisation working in the areas of conservation, research and restoration of the environment, is eager to bring more students together to campaign for the cause. According to V. Dakshinamurthy, State director, WWF-India, a step in that …
The world's top sellers of bottled water are trying to stop western consumers turning back to the tap by addressing environmental issues and trumpeting health benefits, while expanding aggressively in emerging markets. Nestle, the world's biggest bottler of water with brands like Perrier and Poland Spring, said last week the …
The Pai Forest is facing a drought-like situation due to acute shortage of water and its wildlife is in danger due to vanishing flora and fauna and excessive hunting in the area. The WWF Programme Coordinator, Nasir Panhwar, has said this while briefing a team of journalists from different parts …
Sumatra's endangered elephants and tigers should get a boost from an Indonesian government move to expand one of their last havens, a four-year-old national park on the island, conservation body WWF said on Thursday. But WWF warned that increased efforts would be vital to ensure that poaching and other illegal …
Rich nations will need to provide about US$130 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries cope with climate change, or about five times current flows, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday. A WWF study showed that there were 16 funds, run by UN agencies, the World Bank …
Sumatra's endangered elephants and tigers should get a boost from a move by Indonesia's government to expand one of their last havens, a national park on the island of Sumatra, the conservation group WWF said Thursday. The area of the park, Tesso Nilo in Riau Province, is to be more …
"An attempt to develop ideas, actions for sustainable growth' Climate change, water, waste management to be considered Some areas would be related to IT solutions as drivers for low carbon economy NEW DELHI: One of the largest conservation organisations in the country WWF India along with Wipro Limited has unveiled …
Sunny Sebastian Endangered Gangetic River Dolphins can be sighted in the river in Dholpur district of Rajasthan A rare sighting of a Gangetic river dolphin in the Chambal river. JAIPUR: Want to have the pleasure of watching the critically endangered Gangetic river dolphins in Rajasthan, the place you normally won't …
The future looks bleak for the tigers of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest at the mouth of the Ganges river. Today some 400 of these impressive carnivores roam through the world's largest surviving mangrove ecosystem. By mid-century, global warming is likely to have starved the Sunderbans' tigers into oblivion.
