Violations, poor management threaten Gujarat sanctuaries: CAG

Poor spending of funds has led to mismanagement, leaving the forests open for encroachment, mining and deforestation

केंद्र ने की 62 नए हाथी गलियारों की पहचान, देश में अब तक 150 की हो चुकी है पुष्टि

देश के पूर्वी मध्य क्षेत्र में सबसे ज्यादा 52 गलियारे हैं…

Centre identifies 62 new elephant corridors; total now 150

East central region has the most corridors at 52; among states, West Bengal tops list at 26 corridors

Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats

Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …

Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts

The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …

How technology is helping Indian, Sri Lankan fishermen amid climate change patterns

Numer 8, an analytics company in India, is helping fishermen practice sustainable and safe fishing 

Human flux affects stray dog behaviour in India: IISER study

Kind treatment of dogs is reciprocated; they must also be allowed to scavenge for their meal and sterilised, the researchers said

Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job

Local bodies and activists in Bengaluru, Pune are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment 

Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …

Kalinga frog in Western Ghats shows physical differences from Eastern Ghats counterpart

Scientists claim the morphological phenotypic plasticity found in the Kalinga cricket frog is first such in India

EIA 2020 to give straight clearances for 239 dams

Some 900 hectares of forest will be submerged with the dams, claim experts  

How to decarbonise defence: International Military Council shares guidelines

Russia-Ukraine war has once again exposed the vulnerabilities of dependence on fossil energy, its repercussions of climate change: Report

India seeks permanent solution on fisheries subsidies, public stockholdings ahead of WTO meet  

Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries  

Proposed WTO reform aims to bully developing nations: Civil society members

Reform proposed at Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation will undermine participation & say of developing countries, feel experts

Non-profits from 22 countries including India prevented from attending WTO meet

The civil society representatives allege that the move to restrict access for non-profits aims to de-democratise the organisation

WTO talks heading nowhere? Experts slam text on fisheries subsidies

Expert groups claim that the new draft of the fisheries subsidies favours developed countries and risks the interests of small fishers

विश्व व्यापार संगठन की वार्ता से क्या हासिल हुआ, मछली पालन पर सब्सिडी पर उठे सवाल

विशेषज्ञों के समूह का दावा है कि मछली पालन पर सब्सिडी का…

Stopping subsidies will be fresh blow for India’s struggling small fishers: Experts

Fisher community claims already vulnerable fishermen will not be able to access subsidises even if WTO negotiations turn in their favour  

Draft fisheries subsidies agreement will negatively impact developing nations: Experts

Developing nations have some wins at the Ministerial Conference but developed nations benefit most  

WTO’s MC12 ends, India’s demand on public stockholdings for food grains pushed to 2023

India had pressed for a concrete solution to the issue; but some other countries hardened their positions, resulting in a lack of consensus, …

Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts

Experts suggested 5 wetland conservation targets for 2030 should be discussed during CoP15, CoP27

विश्व व्यापार संगठन: भारत की जीत नहीं हुई, बल्कि छोटे मछुआरों की बर्बादी की शुरुआत

डब्ल्यूटीओ के सम्मेलन में चार साल बाद सब्सिडी खत्म करने…

Redundant since 2019: The 12th ministerial conference fails to revive WTO Appellate Body

Reappointment of judges to the appellate body stopped in 2017 

Geneva WTO meet 2022: ‘Disaster’, not ‘win’ for India’s small fishers

With no protection from Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT), Indian fishers are vulnerable to having their subsidies stripped

Biodiversity loss to raise India’s bankruptcy risk 29%

The first study of sovereign credit ratings reveals that partial collapse of ecosystems will add burden of billions of dollars for at least 26 …