Ecology

Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from Amra Marg to …

Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …

Climate change threat to bio- diversity in N-region

The adverse impacts of the global climate change have created threats to the bio-diversity side by side to agriculture, ecology and environment in the country's northern region as elsewhere in recent decades. As a result, number of many species of birds, fishes, insects and some animals has been reduced alarmingly …

Why climate change makes riparian restoration more important than ever: recommendations for practice and research

Over the next century, climate change will dramatically alter natural resource management. Specifically, historical reference conditions may no longer serve as benchmarks for restoration, which may foster a

Govt to check forest fires

The government will take steps to contain forest fires as damage worth crores has been caused to the ecology, flora and fauna. This was stated by Forest Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, while presiding over the review meeting of senior forest officers, here today. He said efforts would be made to …

Birds prey on Pong Dam pearls, small fish

Pong Dam : Officials of the Departments of Himachal Wildlife and Fisheries are in a conflict over eating of natural fresh water pearls in the Pong Dam reservoir by migratory birds. Fisheries Department officials say migratory birds have been eating natural gems worth crores from the reservoir every year, but …

National mission on strategic knowledge for climate change

This mission document by Ministry of S&T; got in-principle approval by PM's council on climate change. It is amongst 8 missions under NAPCC and is aimed at networking existing knowledge institutions, capacity building & improving understanding of key climate processes and climate risks. This Mission document is one of the …

Ecologist lays thrust on organic farming

Ranchi, Aug. 20: Renowned ecologist and activist Vandana Shiva held the wrong agriculture policy responsible for the current food crisis in the country and called for organic farming. She also stressed on the need to restrain farmers from purchasing hybrid seeds. Shiva was speaking to the media at Kokar on …

NGO call to check violation of Fishery Act in Golaghat

Bonojyotsna, an NGO working in the field of conservation of natural resources and maintenance of ecological balance has been trying to generate public awareness about local species of fishes which are trapped on a large scale for commercial purposes in the wetlands and other water bodies of Golaghat district, thereby …

Going green, a mission to preserve ecology

A tree-planting programme to popularise afforestation efforts organised Early beginning: Students planting a sapling at the BLESS Nursery and Primary School, Inungur. KARUR: A tree-planting programme, to popularise afforestation efforts among students and their parents and to highlight the need for preserving the environment was organized by the BLESS Nursery …

Implement Forest rights act: dwellers

Tribal inhabitants and forest-dwellers today pressed for their forest rights through a huge rally in the city. The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national forum for the tribals and forest-dwellers, protested non-implementation of Forest Rights Act by taking out a rally which saw participation of hundreds of tribals from …

Bangladeshi delegation visits Manipur to assess hydel project

IMPHAL, July 31: A 10-member Bangladeshi parliamentary delegation visited the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur on Friday following the opposition in Dhaka over the hydel project

Soil microbial communities and restoration ecology: Facilitators or followers?

Microorganisms have critical roles in the functioning of soil in nutrient cycling, structural formation, and plant interactions, both positive and negative. These roles are important in reestablishing function and biodiversity in ecosystem restoration. Measurement of the community indicates the status of the system in relation to restoration targets and the …

Ecological restoration in the light of ecological history

Ecological history plays many roles in ecological restoration, most notably as a tool to identify and characterize appropriate targets for restoration efforts. However, ecological history also reveals deep human imprints on many ecological systems and indicates that secular climate change has kept many targets moving at centennial to millennial time …

Mandi residents urge govt to expedite dam project

Kuldeep Chauhan Residents in this temple town have demanded that the government should expedite the Rs 130-crore dam project downstream near the town to restore its ecology destroyed allegedly by the Beas Satluj Link (BSL) project, commissioned by the Bhakhra Beas Management Board (BBMB) in 1970s. As per the proposal, …

Need for food security: Vandana Shiva

Noted environment activist Vandana Shiva on Monday said India had beaten Africa in hunger as half of the country

'Green Dividend' wanted

Meghalaya demands compensation from the Centre as a reward for preserving and giving a thrust to environment and ecology------- When Jacquelin Lyndoh of St. Mary's College, Shillong, was planting a sapling little did she know that her sapling would be one of those thousands that have gone on to increase …

Wanton cutting of trees in Orissa

S T Beuria Everyone knows how precious trees are for the mankind, especially at the present juncture when natural disasters due to ecological imbalances are causing havoc in different parts of the world. Everyone knows how precious trees are for the mankind, especially at the present juncture when natural disasters …

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