Improving management practices in grasslands used especially for animal grazing can enhance the capacity of soils as carbon sinks, and help countries reach their climate goals, according to this new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Soils contribute to the achievement of the UN …
BARC, meanwhile, planned to set up a technology deployment facility named Special Materials Facility The projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and the IISc at Chitradurga have been halted by the National Green Tribunal as they did not have the necessary clearances …
The National Green Tribunal (South Zone) on Wednesday ordered status quo on all project activities proposed in the Amrit Mahal Kaval grassland ecosystems of Challakere taluk, Chitradurga, with immediate effect. The directions were issued based on the interim prayers filed by environmentalist groups and the locals, which complained that Defence …
In an unprecedented decision, the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (South Zone), Chennai, comprising of Justice Shri. P. Jyothimani and Expert Member Prof. R. Nagendran ordered today status quo on all project activities proposed in the Amrit Mahal Kaval grassland ecosystems of Challakere Taluk, Chitradurga, Karnataka with immediate effect. The directions …
Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs, but whether these emissions are modified by arthropods has not been studied. A closed chamber system was used …
The massive diversion of around 10,000 acres of Amrithmahal Kavals in Challakere Taluk in Chitradurga District for a variety of industrial, defence, institutional and infrastructure developments by the Deputy Commissioner of Chitradurga since 2009 has caused widespread concern. The diversion has caused agony to thousands of pastoral and farming families …
Since the time of our forefathers, our cattle have been grazing in these grasslands. But now a high wall prevents us from going there,” laments Ranganna, a 58-year-old cattle farmer in south Karnataka. “Where do they expect us to go in search of fodder?” Ranganna belongs to one of the …
This is a comprehensive report submitted by ESG to the expert committee appointed by NGT on diversion of Challakere's ecologically sensitive Amrit Mahal Kaval Grasslands for defence, industrial and infrastructural developments. Forfeiting our Commons is a comprehensive critique and expose' of the gross illegalities that have formed the basis of …
Bangalore: Green activists and local villagers have taken exception to the proposals from defence and research institutions to build sensitive projects on 10,000 acres of Amrit Mahal Kaval land allotted to them in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district. Among the sensitive projects are a Defence Research Development Organization proposal to …
Beginning Wednesday the South Division of the Nilgiris Forest Department will operate special package tours to promote eco tourism in some of the scenic spots under its control. This follows the growing reputation of the areas as ‘must visit’ places. Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, the District Forest …
Perennial biomass from grasslands managed for conservation of soil and biodiversity can be harvested for bioenergy. Until now, the quantity and quality of harvestable biomass from conservation grasslands in Minnesota, USA, was not known, and the factors that affect bioenergy potential from these systems have not been identified. We measured …
Lucknow: The government is keen on increasing the green cover in the state. To realise the plantation target, forest department is planting trees on vacant forest land, roadsides, alongside canals as well as gram sabha land in collaboration with other departments. The department has planted about 3,200 ‘kanak champa’ plants …
Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh’s written reply in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly that the other day that about 51 chitals (spotted deer) had died within a short period after consuming lantana leaves in Kanha Tiger Reserve has thrown up several questions that deserve a valid response from the state …
Improved understanding of changes in soil recalcitrant organic carbon (C) in response to global warming is critical for predicting changes in soil organic C (SOC) storage. Here, we took advantage of a long-term field experiment with increased temperature and precipitation to investigate the effects of warming, increased precipitation and their …
Habitat Helps Wild Cats In Their Bid To Stay Away From Humans Ahmedabad: Contrary to the popular belief that lions prefer savanna grassland, the king of the jungle here in Gir National Park likes moist shady habitats instead. Main reason is that there are several human eyes keeping a watch …
Report detailing grassland ecosystems of Karnataka by Abi Tamim Vanak, Fellow, National Environmental Sciences Program, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India & Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.
Great Indian Bustard, long-billed vulture spotted in a month’s span Bellary is turning out to be an ornithologists’ dream destination. Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) were sighted a few days ago at Chelugurki village, 20 km from Bellary and 60 km from Siruguppa. Long-billed vultures had been spotted last month. Dwindling …
Grasslands are structured by climate and soils and are increasingly affected by anthropogenic changes, including rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. CO2 enrichment can alter grassland ecosystem function both directly and through indirect, soil-specific effects on moisture, nitrogen availability and plant species composition, potentially leading to threshold change in ecosystem properties. Here …
Villages in Ajmer district agree to conserve grounds for Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican Endangered birds, the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican, are back in their annual breeding lands in Rajasthan’s Shonkaliya region in Ajmer district. Though the population of GIB, Rajasthan’s State Bird, cannot be termed …
Soil organic carbon has been ignored since long because it was treated as a dead biomass but after the awareness related to climate change its importance has been recognized. A study was conducted to eliminate the SOC pool under different land uses in Rudrapryag district of Uttarakhand.
With the conservation effort in India still tiger-centric, the threatened birds need Right at the start, this book sets the argument in motion by rapping the conservation effort in the country across the knuckles. Most of the action, it notes, is tiger-centric, with little attention paid to other taxa. Threatened …
