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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (November 13 – 17)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (November 4 – 12)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 28 – November 3)

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Annual fishing ban to protect Olive Ridleys in Gahiramatha begins Nov 1

Trawlers and boatmen have been directed not to fish within 20 kilometres of the coastline

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Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials

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A small New Zealand songbird that hides food for later use provides insights into cognitive evolution

By outward appearances, the small, grey toutouwai is not particularly remarkable. But its noteworthy behaviour includes feasting on some of the world’s largest invertebrates

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 22 – 27)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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India, Nepal, Bhutan plan trans-border conservation area

Draft MoU for peace park doing the rounds between countries

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India gets protocol to assess Snow Leopard population

No date has been set yet for process reserved only for tigers, rhinos and elephants until now

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Global pet trade in amphibians is bigger than we thought

There is a strong bias for certain types of amphibians; six amphibian families contributed disproportionately high numbers of traded species

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 14-21)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 7 – 13)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?

Banning trophy hunting would provide a much needed incentive to develop creative conservation approaches to wildlife protection and human-animal co-existence

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Antibiotic use in cows can affect soil health, increase CO2 emissions: Study

When antibiotics are used, less carbon is stored in the soil and more is lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

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Change status of emperor penguins to ‘vulnerable’: Study

The iconic Antarctic bird needs more protection if it is to survive the rapid melting of sea ice due to global warming, it says

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Seed prawn collection depletes fish schools in Sundarbans

Locals admit they catch seed prawns in large numbers and throw away bycatch

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Gene that can boost photosynthesis identified in cyanobacteria

The gene, called activase-like cyanobacterial protein, will improve rubisco enzyme that is key to the food making process and increase energy yield

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India Wildlife Week: Odisha’s report card has hardly anything to show

While other states are implementing viable wildlife management plans, the Odisha government is lagging way behind

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 1 – 6)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

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America’s cattle industry could obliterate its mustangs

The US Senate recently approved $35 million for the ‘Path Forward’ initiative that critics say will wipe out America’s famed feral horses and open public lands to industrial cattle farming