Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in Newspaper ‘The Hindu’ dated 04.02.2023 titled “19 families shifted after houses in J & K village develop cracks” dated 20/09/2023. The issue relates to the damage caused to 21 structures in Doda district of Chenab Valley …
Polar bears have enough to worry about with climate change, and now new research shows that their health is threatened by environmental contaminants, which are starting to affect their endocrine system and reproduction. As climate change melts Arctic sea ice and forces polar bears onto steady shores, it seems that …
Plans to build Australia's largest coal mine in central Queensland would wipe out the habitat of the world's most significant population of an endangered finch, a court has heard. The Land Court of Queensland began hearing a challenge to Indian giant Adani's proposed $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine in the …
Cats that live in the wild may be in danger. Scientists have found that almost half of the 36 species of felids that live in the wild in the world are at risk. However, a lack of studies regarding their main hurdle, the loss and fragmentation of their habitat, limits …
Indian minister is not attending the first international meeting for the conservation of snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan despite the need for greater conservation efforts to protect its leopard populations The first international steering committee meeting to coordinate conservation efforts for the snow leopard is being held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on …
Climate change is impacting birds across the world as seasons shift. Now, though, scientists have taken a closer look at the white-collared manakin and have found that habitat degradation and climate shifts may impact this species survival. Habitat alteration due to forest clearing and climate change threaten wildlife populations throughout …
The GIBs have been vanishing over the years due to shrinking habitat. The number of Great Indian Bustards, the State Bird of Rajasthan, is down to less than 50 according to the last official census conducted in 2014. The world population of GIB is said to be 150 with India, …
The greatest threat to China's wild elephants is no longer poaching but habitat destruction. Rain forests are cleared to make way for rubber plantations. China editor Carrie Gracie reports. Chinese Forestry Police: "They shouldn't cut down the forest just to make money"
Dramatic habitat loss could threaten the population of the world's most endangered chimp subspecies. Scientists have found that by 2020, these chimps may face extinction. "The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee is perhaps the least studied of all chimpanzee subspecies," said Paul Sesink Clee, one of the researchers, in a news release. "This …
Loss of sea ice and other dramatic changes in habitat are causing the polar bear to shift its populations to colder regions, says new research. A gradual shift in bear population distributions has been noted by Elizabeth Peacock, a US Geological Society researcher. Over the last 15 to 45 years …
India faces a shortage of urban planners and with the NDA government envisaging building of 100 Smart Cities, the urban development ministry is mulling establishing institutions to train and build capacity of individuals in the field of town planning and urban mobility that in turn would help develop these hi-tech …
Polar bears may face starvation and reproductive failure by the year 2100 due to heavy loss of Arctic sea ice, a new study has warned. Shifts in the timing and duration of Arctic ice cover, especially the possible lengthening of ice-free periods, may impact polar bear population under projected warming …
Finally, and thankfully, realisation is steadily gaining ground that India needs to do something about its cities.Desi cities have suffered for many decades from misguided prioritisation advised by the leftist and socialist intelligentsia, and followed by Nehruvian politicians. All great civilisations have grown, prospered and died with their cities. Indians …
The habitats of nearly 140 of Australia’s most threatened animals, including the hairy-nosed wombat and the green sawfish, remain unprotected despite recent growth in the country’s network of nature reserves, a new report has found. Of the 1,613 species listed nationally as threatened, 138 fall outside the “safety net” of …
EFFORTS are underway to put in place an inter-governmental action plan for the Benguela current seabirds. The Atlantic Ocean's marine-life filled Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) is shared by Namibia, Angola and South Africa. Sergey Dereliev, the technical officer of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds …
Orangutans are endangered. Now, they're also at the epicenter of a quiet revolution, a transformation taking place on our grocery store shelves, as one company after another promises to switch to palm oil from "deforestation-free" sources. Orangutans face many obstacles, from commercial logging and mining to deforestation for pulp and …
Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, a study published on Wednesday showed. Analysis of DNA from about 350 mountain lions, or cougars, statewide revealed that …
International efforts to meet targets to stem the loss of wildlife and habitats are failing miserably, according to a UN report. The Global Biodiversity Outlook 4, published as nearly 200 countries meet on Monday in South Korea in a bid to tackle biodiversity loss, paints a damning picture of governments’ …
A decline in the number of cheetahs is attributed to the excess energy expended by the animal in combating human activities in its domain, says a study. It is estimated that the number of cheetahs in the wild has dropped below 10,000 from 100,000 a century ago. Restricted habitat and …
International efforts to meet targets to stem the loss of wildlife and habitats are failing miserably, according to a UN report. The Global Biodiversity Outlook 4, published as nearly 200 countries meet on Monday in South Korea in a bid to tackle biodiversity loss, paints a damning picture of governments’ …
The penguins of Antarctic are not the only victims of climate change. The pipits of Nilgiris in the Western Ghats in India are also suffering the ill effects of global warming and the consequent deleterious effects on climate. Researchers in the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru have …
