Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Wading to school: Schoolchildren navigate through floodwater on a bridge over Valakaladinni stream near Kudalasangama in Bagalkot district on Thursday. Moderate to heavy rains lashed North Karnataka districts and Shivamogga since Wednesday evening. The incessant rains brought with them a flood of woes for people in Vijayapura, Raichur, Bagalkot and …
Neyyattinkara-based Academy for Mountaineering and Adventure Sports in the city has come up with a new initiative. The panchayat-level inauguration of their venture, ‘Primary Environment Care Project’ was conducted the other day, at Kulathoor Panchayat. The project, with it’s tagline ‘Save Nature Pave Future’, aims at preserving the natural environmental …
Tezpur: Chatra Mukti Sangram Samitee (CMSS) members were on Thursday arrested at Gerukamukh while they were protesting against the ongoing construction of the 2000 mw Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power project (LSHEP) in Dhemaji district of Assam. The protesters were demonstrating against the NHPC starting reconstruction of the dam after it …
Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) is looking for $ 310,000 (approx.Rwf217 million) to prepare, within 18 months, the National Appropriate Mitigations Actions (NAMA) project, dubbed "Sustainable Fertilisers Production and Use". The project, presented during a continental workshop on NAMAs in Kigali on Monday, was submitted to Food and Agriculture Organisation …
SHIMLA: Learning lessons from the damage caused by the flash floods in Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to not allow the construction of government buildings along riverbeds, and also announced an inquiry into why the bus stand in Dharampur was constructed along a riverbed. Presiding over a meeting of …
In India, two thirds of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Yet, about 44% of India’s land area is degraded due to cultivation of marginal lands, improper crop rotations or deforestation as a consequence of shifting cultivation. Intensive farming, which has been promoted as a result of the …
The world Agro-forestry Centre moved to strengthen partnership with natural resources, agriculture and infrastructure ministries in identifying smart agro-forestry systems to help develop 'integrated-food-energy systems' in Rwanda. Announcing the development yesterday in Kigali, Adrie Mukashema, the deputy director general of forest management at Rwanda Natural Resources Authority, said the move …
PUNE: Deforestation and destruction of important flora that binds the soil on slopes have damaged the hill slopes along the Pune-Mumbai expressway, says environmentalists and scientists. A shrub called 'Karvi', which attains a height of almost 20 ft and has deep and strong roots, keeps the soil intact even if …
DEHRADUN: Experts have discovered that the massive crack on Varunavat Parvat near Uttarkashi was formed because of the poor quality of slope treatment methods used on the mountain after an earlier landslide. Meanwhile, Uttarkashi residents live in fear of landslides after the crack was formed. On September 24, 2003, a …
This “green highways policy” approved by road ministry sets aside one per cent of the civil cost of national highway development projects for the planting of trees in a planned manner, covering both existing NH sections and new routes that would be added to the network. The road ministry has …
Mule path, bridge washed away; 600 residents awaiting food supply The Bara Bhangal valley of Kangra district has been cut off from rest of the world following a bridge collapse on Hanny Khud. Portions of the mule path leading to the valley has disappeared following heavy rain and flash floods …
Further degradation of Indonesia's forests could impact the national economy and the lives of millions, according to a new UN study titled "Forest Ecosystem Valuation Study: Indonesia". The report finds that an additional US $600 million annually is needed to maintain Indonesian current forest cover and enable forests to deliver …
KOLKATA: To measure the effect of climate change on the flora and fauna of Sundarbans, the Zoological Survey of India has set up monitoring bases inside the mangrove forests. There are 25 plots in the five islands of Bali, Gosaba, Basanti, Sagar and Satjelia where the bases have been set …
To measure the effect of climate change on the flora and fauna of Sundarbans, the Zoological Survey of India has set up monitoring bases inside the mangrove forests. There are 25 plots in the five islands of Bali, Gosaba, Basanti, Sagar and Satjelia where the bases have been set up …
Mountain soils are the fragile foundations of ecosystems that ultimately provide water for more than half the world's population. A new FAO book offers technical insights on the sustainable management of mountain soils, which are home to a vast array of human activities ranging from quinoa cultivation in the Andes …
With the need to increase crop production to meet the needs of a growing population, protecting the productivity of our soil resource is essential. However, conservationists are concerned that conservation practices that were effective in the past may no longer be effective in the future under projected climate change. In …
Erosion by the river Teesta rendered over 40 families homeless at Paikan and Chilkhal area under Gangachara upazila in the district during last few days. Due to erosion caused by heavy rainfall and onrush of water, crop fields, vegetable gardens and other farmlands under the areas have also been devoured …
TEHRAN- An official at the Department of Environment announced that 3,000 billion rials (about $90.8 million) were allocated to anti-desertification projects including: growing soil, stabilizing trees, erosion control and revival of lagoons, the Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. According to Motasedi, the Department of Environment, the Forests, Range and …
SHIMLA: Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, on Tuesday, said that impact of environmental changes and hazards is most significantly felt by those who live on ground zero. Their livelihoods, habitation and sustenance — their whole existence — is linked to the environment they live in, he added. "While all who live …
During a recent trip to Kihim and Awas beaches in Raigad district, environmentalist Sumaira Abdulali of the NGO Awaaz Foundation said that she was shocked to see soil erosion at several spots along the sandy shores of the beaches. "I saw that many trees were uprooted and, at some places …
