Bridging the gap
Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …
Defiling the sacred
How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
European Parliament passes nature restoration law with 336 votes in favour, 300 against
The final text will now be negotiated. The aim is to reach a deal before EU Parliament elections in 2024
Tropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study
The green hue comes from chlorophyll, a pigment that helps microscopic plant-like phytoplankton make food; change in ocean colour indicates …
New physics: Latest results from Cern further boost tantalising evidence
The standard model is the most successful scientific theory ever written down, and yet, we know it must be incomplete
Days after IUCN event, Macron proposes killing of 110,000 wild birds in France
Birders say draft decrees issued by Emmanuel Macron to kill thousands of birds in France done to elicit hunting lobbies’ support ahead of …
Time to reset our relationship with nature: UN ahead of 5th Environment Assembly
Addressing environmental crises will also help reach sustainable goals such as poverty-alleviation, food and water security and good health, says …
Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw
Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise
Conservation of nature post-privatisation
The book Nature Conservation in the New Economy sheds light on how not to stray away from the idea of justice when dealing with a rapidly …
CITES CoP 2019: Giraffes accorded protection from trade for the first time
The giraffe has been placed in Appendix II of CITES, which places prohibitions on uncontrolled trade in a species
Fishing in truobled water
Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts …
Reptilian recovery
Once threatened, the gharials get afresh lease of life at the Kukrail Reserve Forest near Lucknow
Shifting blame
Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests
No one-size-fits-all approach to human-crocodilian conflict globally: Delegates at IUCN meet
The great diversity of crocodilians, their distribution and the diverse cultures of people who share their habitat, make a common solution impossible
COVID-19: First few peer reviewed studies suggest vaccine induced antibodies fail to protect from Omicron
The studies, published in Nature, covered Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but not India’s indigenous Covaxin
Moving African rhinos: What it takes to translocate an endangered species
Addressing security issues remains paramount as it can undermine all the best introductions
Mesoamerica, origin of several global crops, faces floristic biodiversity loss: Study
Mesoamerica is seeing a decline in the wild relatives of potatoes, beans, squash and maize due to loss of wild spaces and mechanisation of agriculture
Ahead of biodiversity meet, study finds amphibians face highest risk of extinction
A sizeable 44 per cent of global agricultural lands posing the greatest danger to amphibians
Why India should prepare for COVID-19 recovered patients as ‘next big health crisis’
A recent study says besides other long-term health risks, patients face higher chance of death even after six months of recovery
All 5 freshwater dolphins threatened, 31 species extinct: IUCN Red list
Over-harvesting, destructive fishing methods and introduction of predatory species among major reasons for increasing decline of 17 fish species …
Red sanders not endangered anymore
This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …
4 species added to recovery programme by Wildlife Board
Northern River Terrapin, Clouded Leopard, Arabian Sea Humpback Whale, and the Red Panda were added to a recovery programme for critically …
Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat
More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in the wild
How a UN platform to stop biodiversity loss could up its game
Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act
Ocean warming leading to loss of fish stocks, crop yields: IUCN
The report, compiled by 80 scientists across 12 countries, highlights evidence of impacts on marine life, from microorganisms to mammals