The CITES trade database has recorded 28 incidents of Red Sanders confiscation, seizure, and specimen Read More …
Category: Environment
CITES database reveals red sanders smuggling
MoHUA signs MoU to develop Waste to Wealth plants in million plus cities
As part of furthering the ‘Green Growth’ agenda, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Read More …
Yaya Tso proposed as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site
Yaya Tso has been proposed as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site (BHS). Yaya Tso is Read More …
Rumin8 aims to curtail the methane emissions of cow burps
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has invested in an Australian climate technology start-up Rumin8, that aims Read More …
Genetically engineered (GE) version of the American chestnut tree
The United States is weighing whether to allow a genetically engineered (GE) version of the Read More …
Noble’s Helen: A new butterfly discovered first time in India
A swallowtail butterfly disappearing from its previously known ranges from Myanmar and southern China to Read More …
Coal India Ltd to Launch M-Sand Projects
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has envisaged to process the overburden rocks for sand production in Read More …
Green India Mission: States fall short of targets to improve forest cover, quality
According to data accessed via the Right To Information Act, India is lagging behind in Read More …
India, South Africa sign pact for Cheetah transfer
South African government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for translocation of 12 cheetahs Read More …
SB Gangadhar- demo-run of Inland Water Vessel powered by Methanol blended Diesel
In a run-up to India Energy Week 2023 (IEW 2023) to be held in Bengaluru Read More …
Spot Bellied Eagle Owl
Forest dwellers living in the Seshachalam forest or Madhumalai or Nagarjunasagar Srisailam or Tiger Reserve(NSTR) Read More …
Rock outcrops: A rare low-altitude basalt plateau discovered in Maharashtra
The Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) team recently discovered a rare low-altitude basalt plateau in Manjare Read More …
Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA)
A new global philanthropic initiative dubbed Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), was launched at Read More …
Ministry of Environment puts Neelakurinji on the list of protected plants
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Read More …
Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C
The UN-backed Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances quadrennial assessment report, Read More …
‘Cloud Forest Bond’ proposed to protect valuable natural asset
A recent report, titled “Cloud Forest Assets: Financing a Valuable Nature-based Solution” by Earth Security, Read More …
Environment Ministry stays all tourism at Jharkhand’s Parasnath
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 5th January withdrew permission for Read More …
NTPC starts India’s first green hydrogen blending operation in PNG network
NTPC Ltd commissions India’s first green hydrogen blending project. The green hydrogen blending has been Read More …
No rhinos poached in Assam in 2022 for 1st time in 45 years
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented the people of Assam for their efforts Read More …
PM chairs National Ganga Council meet via video conferencing
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attended National Ganga Council meet held in Kolkata on Read More …
Tamil Nadu launches India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project to conserve its State animal
The Tamil Nadu government, on 28 December, issued an order sanctioning the ‘Project Nilgiri Tahr” Read More …
Merely drafting a National Tourism Policy is not enough for tourism sector-Parliamentary committee
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has presented its report on draft Read More …
Fewer polluted river stretches but worst stretches unchanged
According to a recent report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the number of Read More …
Scientists used cryomesh to freeze Great Barrier Reef coral larvae freeze
In a lab trial, the world’s first with Great Barrier Reef coral, scientists used the Read More …
Scientists to detect the trends in the water chemistry of Great Lakes
Scientists are building a sensor network to detect the trends in the water chemistry of Read More …