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Category: Environment
Scientists report trees absorb methane as well
Charles Darwin’s frog exhibits unique upside-down spawning behaviour
An Indo-American team of biologists has discovered an extraordinary reproductive behaviour in the Charles Darwin’s Read More …
628 tigers die in India during the past five years
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Read More …
Pilikula Biological Park-captive breeding of King Cobras
Pilikula Biological Park in Mangaluru, Karnataka has taken up tagging of select species of wild Read More …
What is Climate Finance Taxonomy?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, announced that the government Read More …
Draft notifications on ‘white category’ sectors
The Union Environment Ministry has released two separate draft notifications on ‘white category’ sectors. According Read More …
The State of the World’s Forests 2024
According to The State of the World’s Forests 2024, India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest Read More …
Representative Concentration Pathways
According to a new study, climate change will significantly alter habitats for key tree species Read More …
Economic Survey 2023-24: A total of 190.57 GW of renewable energy (RE) capacity installed
The Economic Survey 2023-24, tabled by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Read More …
Jerdon’s Courser
According to a recent report, Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus), a critically endangered bird species, has Read More …
Kashmiri willow
Professional cricketers usually choose English willow bats, however, over the last few years, Kashmiri willow Read More …
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) certificates
According to a recent media report, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2023 had Read More …
Philippines Selected to Host the Board of the “Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage”
On 9 July 2024, at the second meeting of the Board of the Fund for Read More …
Squalus hima
Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of deep-water Read More …
Kuttanad region
Recently, the Kerala state panel recommended a blanket ban on selling and transporting poultry (to Read More …
Salvinia molesta
Cyrtobagus salvinia-an exotic beetle released into a 2,800-acre reservoir in Betul district (MP) has successfully Read More …
Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary
Camera trap images have revealed that a tiger trekked from Sikkim to Bhutan, crossing the Read More …
Vaquitas
After a recent survey, researchers estimate they saw only six to eight individual vaquitas in Read More …
People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)
Recently, Thazhakara grama panchayat in Alappuzha (Kerala) released the second volume of the People’s Biodiversity Read More …
Xenophrys apatani: A new species of forest-dwelling horned frog
A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has recorded a new Read More …
Senna spectabilis
Environmental organisations in Wayanad have urged the Forest department to maintain transparency in a project Read More …
Conservation program of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the Lesser Florican
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) approved Rs 56 crore funding for Read More …
Odisha to promote palm tree planting to combat lightning deaths
Odisha has restricted the cutting of existing palm trees and plans to plant around 1.9 Read More …
India becomes first country in the world to prepare a checklist of its entire fauna
The Zoological Survey of India on 30 June released a checklist of the country’s fauna, Read More …
World’s oldest ostrich nest discovered in Andhra Pradesh
A team of archaeologists has unearthed a 41,000-year-old ostrich nest in Prakasam district of Andhra Read More …