According to a recent report published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, up to Read More …
Category: Environment
Emperor penguins
National Carbon Registry
UNDP has developed an open-source software which allows countries to effectively manage national data and Read More …
Nitin Gadkari launches World’s first prototype of the BS 6 Stage II ‘Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle’
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the world’s first prototype of the Read More …
Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
Primatologists have suggested rerouting a 1.65-km-long railway track that has divided an eastern Assam sanctuary Read More …
Delhi emerges as the world’s most polluted city
Delhi has emerged as the world’s most polluted city in a new study which has Read More …
State of India’s Birds 2023 report
The State of India’s Birds 2023 report, released recently, is an assessment of the distribution Read More …
Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) ratified at the 7th Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) was ratified and launched at the 7th Assembly of Read More …
Biomonitors
While foraging for nectar, pollen and water, honey bees are constantly picking up contaminants from Read More …
Dholpur-Karauli tiger reserve in Rajasthan gets final approval
The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change has accorded the final approval to Read More …
Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP)
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways launched the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat Read More …
Gabon announces a $500 million debt-for-nature swap
Gabon on August 15, 2023 announced a $500 million debt-for-nature swap. This becomes the second Read More …
NBRI Namoh 108: A new variety of lotus
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Dr Jitendra Singh unveiled the new Read More …
Green Hydrogen Standard for India
The government has notified the Green Hydrogen Standard for India. The standard issued by the Read More …
Deemed forests
The Odisha government has withdrawn an order issued on August 11, which told district officials Read More …
About 5% of birds found in the country are endemic-ZSI
A recent publication titled 75 Endemic Birds of India, by the Zoological Survey of India Read More …
Belem Declaration
The “Belem Declaration” was announced by the leaders from the eight countries across the Amazon, Read More …
Extinction alert issued over critically endangered vaquita porpoise
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has issued the first “extinction alert” in its 70-year history, Read More …
Indian giant flying squirrel
Recently, a fourth Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurasia philippensis), died of electrocution in recent months Read More …
Himalayan vulture bred in captivity for the first time in India
Researchers have recorded the first instance of captive breeding of the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) Read More …
Earth Overshoot Day 2023
On 2 August, 2023, our planet witnessed the ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ – the point at Read More …
Plastic Overshoot Day 2023
On July 28, 2023, earth saw its first Plastic Overshoot Day – the day the Read More …
Centre prohibits production, distribution of ketoprofen and aceclofenac toxic for vultures
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of Read More …
All India Tiger Estimation -2022: India Is Home to 3682 tigers
On the occasion of the Global Tiger Day celebrated at the Corbett Tiger Reserve on Read More …
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
The Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review was published by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Read More …
India to home South Asia’s first-ever Center for Species Survival
IUCN Species Survival Commission has partnered with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to set up Read More …