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Pandemic preparedness

Pandemic preparedness: Global spending needs 500 years to match COVID-19 rout

New report by WHO arm calls for robust global governance for preparedness to prevent the next pandemic

WEEKEND ROUND-UPS

BOOKS

Book Digest: Mapping the COVID-19 story, human behaviour driving infections and more

From accounts of previous epidemics that should have prepared us for COVID-19 to history of poverty in the US, DTE tracks contemporary books on development from leading authors

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

LEGAL

ECOLOGY

Global Eco Watch: Mauritius declares environmental emergency

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

Biodiversity loss could be making us sick – here’s why

WILDLIFE & BIODIVERSITY

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Biodiversity loss could be making us sick – here’s why

Promoting connections with nature — including the microbes many of us currently shun — should be a key part of any post-pandemic recovery strategy

Photo Gallery

Urbanisation

Baluni in pictures

Uttarakhand has a number of ‘ghost villages’, where residents have left behind their homes to search for a better life in big cities. There remains one village whose residents did not return.

Science & Technology

Smooth launch for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

The rover was launched successfully July 30, 2020. Its mission is to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and dust samples from Mars.

Natural Disasters

Floods and COVID-19: Tale of twin disasters

An episode that plays itself out every year: Assam is reeling under floods, yet again. As the COVID-19 pandemic silently rages in the background, life and livelihood are suffering

Climate Change

Global warming, sea-ice loss intensify polar bear decline

Polar bear populations are expected to decline in the Arctic Circle region, said a study published July 20, 2020 in journal Nature.

The most beautiful addition to the list of geoparks is Zhangye in China's Gansu province. Located in Zhangye City, which was an important township on the ancient Silk Road, trade route between China and the West. The most notable feature of the geopark is

Environment

15 new UNESCO Geoparks in three continents reflect the glory of nature

From coastal cliffs in Canada to ‘rainbow’ mountains in China to one of Europe’s true deserts, the new locations reflect the grandeur, majesty and beauty of our natural world

Natural Disasters

How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans

Cyclone Amphan caused major damage across south Bengal, including the Sundarbans and across the Odisha coast on May 20, 2020. Communication infrastructure, including telephone networks, were damaged in the Sundarbans.

YOUNG

Days of COVID-19 confinement: How school-goers are dealing with lockdown

Nearly 90% of the world’s children are reportedly confined at their homes due to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic. Gobar Times asked some of them to share their lockdown experiences:

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Health

India records 10 per cent increase in hospitalisation cost in four years: NSSO

While the average cost of hospitalisation in government hospitals has gone down, private hospitals have become more expensive between 2014-15 and 2018-19. At the same time, hospitalisation costs have increased in both urban and rural areas