Cuscuta dodder-an invasive weed native to North America, is slowly choking the Chengalpattu forests and Read More …
Category: Environment
Cuscuta dodder
UN announces seven new World Restoration Flagships including Terai Arc Landscape
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Read More …
Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5)
RCP stands for ‘Representative Concentration Pathway’. To understand how our climate may change in future, Read More …
Kerala writes Centre to amend the Wildlife Protection Act
Kerala Legislative Assembly on February 14 unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union Government to Read More …
Brumation and Torpor
Recently, Social media was recently taken aback watching as alligators in freezing weather of Texas Read More …
The 1st Council meeting of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council met for the first Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) Read More …
Gupteswar forest in Odisha declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site
The Gupteswar Forest in Odisha’s Koraput district has been declared as state’s fourth Biodiversity-Heritage Site Read More …
Greening and Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW)
Greening and Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW) report and portal was launched by NITI Read More …
Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE)
The Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) is an alliance of governments Read More …
International Resource Panel (IRP)
The International Resource Panel (IRP) was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Read More …
Cameroon adopts Nagoya Protocol
Cameroon in central Africa has adopted the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing. The Read More …
Black-necked cranes
According to the Government of India, the Wildlife Institute of India and the Zoological Survey Read More …
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024. Read More …
Atmospheric ammonia emissions
Researchers have come up with detailed estimates of ammonia emissions from rice, wheat and maize Read More …
Dusted Apollo
Dusted Apollo (Parnassius stenosemus) has been sighted and photographed for the first time in Himachal Read More …
Central empowered committee (CEC) on environment and forest issues
The Supreme Court on 28 January 2024 issued a slew of directions, including regular audit Read More …
India increases its tally of Ramsar sites to 80 by adding Five more wetlands
Five more Indian wetlands have been added to the global list of wetlands of international Read More …
Agasthyagama edge: New kangaroo lizard species
The biodiverse forests of Western Ghats have thrown up yet another marvel of evolution – Read More …
Laughing gull
Laughing gull, a migratory bird from North America, has been sighted for the first time Read More …
Status Report of Snow Leopards in India
Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change released the report on the Status of Read More …
Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve (SBVCR)
The tableau of Arunachal Pradesh on the Bugun community reserve, themed ‘Viksit Bharat’, participated in Read More …
Odisha government to set up world’s first black tiger safari near Similipal
Odisha government has decided to set up a black tiger safari (an exclusive Melanistic Tiger Read More …
Binturong and Small-clawed otter
Two new mammalian species have been added to the list of fauna in Assam’s Kaziranga Read More …
Bamboo Composites
India International Science Festival (IISF 2023) was organized during 17-20 January 2024 in Faridabad, Haryana.
Centre revises rules on wildlife trade
The Government of India notified Wild Life (Protection) Licensing (Additional Matters for Consideration) Rules, 2024 Read More …