Cleansing act

Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas

Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification

The world needs transformative changes, else...

Humanity will miss Sustainable Development Goals, warns IPBES report

Public banks responsible for $800 billion in damages to nature annually: Report

Some 450 public development banks worldwide are exposed to a ‘dependency risk’ worth $4.6 trillion, due to their investments in nature-…

Transboundary conservation is essential to save endangered Red Pandas

Protection of the existing species, corridor management with the enrichment of bamboo and other species & awareness creation to reduce the …

Microplastics in soil threatens earthworms’ growth: Study

Earthworms exposed to plastic chemicals from bottles and carry bags lost on average 3.1% in weight, while those without added microplastics had a …

Study sheds light on functioning of global river-based ecosystems

Around 153 researchers from 40 countries worked on the paper, which shows how climatic factors that govern decomposition rates are increasingly …

Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia

The discovery boosts the total global forest cover by nine per cent and has significant consequences for carbon budgets

Should farmers get steady income?

Farmers have rarely been considered eligible for payment for various ecological services. The old concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services can …

Quantifying ecosystem value crucial for conservation, say experts

Experts gathered at the second international dialogue on Himalayan ecology spoke of valuing mountain ecosystems for their services

In strange waters

Kenyan authorities are caught between reviving a dying lake and ensuring livelihood to farmers living in its catchment

Better paranoid

Than regret loss that happens in millions

Appalling ability

What makes a species invasive?

‘Brazil president must consider ecological impact of new development projects’

Proposals to open Brazil’s protected areas to mining and dams concerns researchers

"Serious study has not yet begun"

R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth

"We need to be more proactive"

Dr. S. Ramani, senior scientist (Agricultural Entomology), Project Directorate of Biological Control (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), …

"Biological control is the way out"

Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in-charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth

Invasive Alien Species

Think of an invasion, and the picture that comes to mind is usually that of planes and tanks, machines and men, shells and gunshots. But animal …

Crossroad

nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change

Rewarding the custodians of forests: Payments for ecosystem services can help foster community conservation

These incentives are not handouts, but rather a long-overdue recognition of the invaluable services these communities have been providing for …

Not just oceans, freshwater bodies are turning acidic as well

Acidification of freshwater bodies is about 10 times faster than oceans

IPBES9: Bonn to host major global biodiversity seminar from July 3

140 governments will meet in German city to consider 2 new scientific reports on sustainable use of wild species and values and valuation of …

Some 5.4 billion people globally couldn't obtain necessary resources in 2017: Study

Some 57% of humanity was unable to obtain necessary resources in 1980; this figure rose to 72% in 2017, a study said

Saving coral reefs like these can save other ecosystems

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions, rebuilding fish stocks and improving quality of water can help protect reefs

‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis

If we are to halt the continued loss of nature, then the world’s legal, institutional and economic systems must be reformed entirely