Bill Gates is not entirely wrong about trees. He’s not entirely right either
The billionaire recently claimed planting trees would have little effect on climate change
Living Planet Report 2022: Wildlife populations decline by 69% in 50 years
Annual report links climate change and biodiversity loss for 1st time
Climate threat to coasts: dealing with urgent human needs just as important, say scientists
Study calls for multidisciplinary approach to build resilience of coastal communities
More than 1,300 rhinos fell to poaching in Africa in 2015: IUCN
Poaching of rhinos is fuelled by the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia
Artificial sweeteners may be contributing to diabetes epidemic
Study shows they react with gut bacteria to cause glucose intolerance
Conservation kills
They thought saving the animals would help save the Alp's ecology. They were wrong
Villages in Orissa's Similipal Reserve do not cause ecological damage
Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages
Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats
Mermaid's second life
The dugong stages a revival, thanks to conservation efforts
Zooming in
A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India
World’s last male northern white rhino placed under armed guard
40-year-old Sudan is guarded 24 hours by rangers at Ol Pejeta in Kenya
How tortoises got their shells
South African researchers claim to have found out the reason
Managing food demand key to containing emissions, damage to environment, says study
Sub-Saharan Africa will see the biggest increase in food demand
Dengue on the rise: global burden is three times WHO estimate
Study shows India contributed more than one-third of burden in 2010
Click and protect hornbills
A web initiative was launched on June 5 to protect the endangered bird
Emperor penguin at risk from global warming
Study estimates penguin population in Antarctica to decline by 50 per cent
Scientists make DNA barcode of malaria parasite
It can help prevent spread of drug-resistant malaria from one region to another
Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority
Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24
Genome sequence reveals big cats evolved to kill, eat meat
Mapping of genomes to help wildlife conservation efforts and combat wildlife crime
Use of toxic chemical HBCD severely restricted under Stockholm Convention
The persistent organic pollutant is used in building insulation, especially in the EU
New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere
Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere
World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF
Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit
Half of the world’s richest biodiversity zones unprotected: UN study
Fast progress needed on targets for protected areas especially marine areas, it adds
Delegates attending biodiversity meet swing to Bollywood tunes
Negotiations progress smoothly
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