In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Improvements to the marine environment are likely to have led to the return of white dolphins to Shenzhen Harbour in China's Guangdong province after more than a decade's absence. In the past few weeks, officials with the Nanshan Supervision Station of the Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration (SMSA) have sighted five-six …
Scientists working in China discovered 45-million-year-old bones from the foot of an extinct primate which fills in a missing branch of the evolutionary tree. Dan Gebo, paleontologist with the Northern Illinois University in the us said that the three-dwelling, mouse-sized animal called Eosimias could solve the hotly debated issue of …
by the year 2025, it has been predicted that around 2.7 billion people will be living in regions plagued by water scarcity. To face this challenge, scientists and farmers are already innovating new crops like
in another 50 years time, China's forest cover is expected to double with the State Forestry Administration ( sfa ) having laid out an ambitious afforestation programme to improve the nation's ecological environment. The plan outlines four projects to be carried out in four different regions
according to local media reports, Russia may sell its space station Mir to China. Reporting on the last round of bilateral defence cooperation talks held in Moscow in the first week of March, local daily Izvestia stated that "Russia will help the People's Republic of China (prc ) to build …
A new scientific method for forecasting urban air pollution in China has been lauded by a government-backed science committee comprising nine senior scientists. The method, considered a major breakthrough, combines numeric and statistical forecas-ting based on the spot observations. In its appraisal report, the committee stated: "It is the most …
the changing lifestyles and food habits of the Chinese people is pushing their wildlife to the brink of extinction, notwithstanding laws to protect them. According to local beliefs, eating any species of wildlife is considered healthier than other forms of food. "Around 95 per cent of the residents in Shenzhen, …
The National Geographic magazine suddenly finds itself in an embarrassing situation with the discovery that the "missing-link" dinosaur-bird featured by it in November is a fake. The fossil is two animals put together either mistakenly by its discoverers in China or as an artful forgery. Archaeoraptor, on display at the …
nike's Shanghai branch is buying back 251 jerseys sold mostly in 1998 winter on the Chinese mainland because the garments carry a potentially harmful chemical. Of the total 251 tainted Nike soccer jerseys, approximately 20 had been sold in Beijing. The other 230 jerseys were sold in Shanghai, Guangzhou and …
china plans to embark on an ambitious project to transport water hundreds of kilometres from the abundant south of the country to the parched north. "We will definitely do this project," said Wang Chunzheng, vice-minister at the state development planning commission. Experts say that the project would be on a …
despite the farming of ratites (ostrich, emu, cassowary) proving to be a lucrative business the world over, the same does not hold true for India. The government's attitude has not been very helpful in encouraging and developing the farming of these birds. In fact for the want of an import …
there was a time when the double-humped Yarkandi camel served as a vital means of transport on the 6,400-km historic 'silk route'. Camel caravans carried tea, silk and porcelain of China to the bazaars in the Middle East and as far as the Byzantine empire and Rome. Traders from Central …
Nearly 4,900 types of tropical and sub-tropical plants, including 150 rare ones, found in Hainan province of China are under immediate threat. Long regarded as China's largest botanical garden, the island is home to various plant and animal species. Major damage to rainforests in the province has already affected the …
the Bhotiya villages of Lata, Reni, Jumma and Dunagiri wear a deserted look. Many houses are vacant. Most of the houses that are inhabited are managed by women as the men have migrated to neighbouring towns to earn a living. Migration and change is nothing new for these people. In …
it is a fight for survival for Southeast Asia's coral fish like groupers and wrasses. With plenty of people more than willing to pay a handsome price for these fish, Chinese restaurants are encouraging fishing to the point of endangering marine life. The World Wide Fund for Nature (wwf) in …
in an attempt to combat air pollution Shanghai will provide natural gas to 2.4 million households. The whole exercise will cost the government us $48 million. The project will be first implemented in the Pudong development zone, where around 100,000 houses will switch from converted from traditional coal gas to …
china will soon have to import foodgrain to meet the demand of its growing population. For the past 20 years, grain production in China has averaged 98.6 per cent of the demand, mainly due to its traditional policy of self-sufficiency. But this has come at a high financial and environmental …
Fed up with complaints about polluted water bodies and dirty open spaces along urban rivers and lakes, the municipality of Beijing launched an expensive, all-out renovation and cleaning project, reports China Daily . A special brigade of 98 people has been recently formed to strengthen the management of the capital's …
according to a new report released by BirdLife International, a global wildlife group, one in eight of the world's bird species faces extinction in the next millennium because of damage to the environment. BirdLife International, representing 2.2 million people in 105 countries, said that 1,200 bird species could become extinct …
Concern for the country's deforestation and resulting damage to the ecosystem is becoming a major issue in China, reports the China Daily. The government and the people are considering it important to improve the forest ecosystem and increase forest cover from the present 13.9 per cent to 19.4 per cent …
