Political and market economics determine global biodiversity crisis: IPBES9 report  

The ‘Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’ report by IPBES9 suggests blending values of nature and economic benefits through policy …

A third of freshwater fish face extinction: Report

As many as 16 species were declared extinct in 2020 alone

Prevention, not mitigation needed to solve South Africa’s plastic problem: WWF

Interventions needed across plastic value chain rather than just waste management

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

Much of world’s fossil fuel must stay unburnt to meet climate target: report

Over 80 per cent of coal, 50 per cent of gas and 30 per cent of oil reserves are “unburnable” under the goal to limit global warming

The lotus effect

Water doesn't stick to lotus leaves. Nature has given the plant a self-cleaning mechanism. Crack the science of it, and you have the formula for …

Disappearing Act

Only special breeding programmes and creation of corridors can save the lion-tailed macaque from extinction

Traditional wisdom

Researchers in Gujarat use rural expertise to predict weather when modern methods fail to make accurate forecast

The pig-headed species

Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet (Read full article)

Nature to tackle environment challenges: Triple investments by 2030, says UN report

Current investments of $133 billion comprise about 0.10% of global gross domestic product, most of which come from public sources  

India's tiger habitat declines by 41 per cent, says IUCN

The report warns that a similar decline could be expected over the next 20-30 years if conservation effort are not scaled up

Bike riders reach out to people in a unique campaign against Ebola

The worst Ebola outbreak in history has claimed nearly 2,300 lives in four countries; about 4,300 cases have been detected in four countries

After successful monkey trials, new Ebola vaccine being tested on humans

Two vaccines have been used in the treatment—one as doze against the virus and second to boost the immunity

Only 3,000 tigers left in the world, says IUCN

While India has registered an impressive growth in the tiger population, studies reveal that the big cats could be wiped off the face of the …

Emissions from peatlands under dry conditions may be less than previously thought

Trees and shrubs and presence of chemicals can slow down the drying process of such lands

Ancient fossil throws light on earliest migrants from Africa

Humans might have interbred with Neanderthals

Indonesia’s forests degrading fastest in the world, palm oil blamed

About 40 per cent of total forest loss occurred within protected forest lands

Wings Of Change

Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life

Pine pressure

Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology

Deep sea blues

Bad news for the oceans, is bad news for the environment, the economy and humans

Torn apart

Forest fragmentation can have detrimental effects on the flora and fauna, leading to a loss of biodiversity

Sikkim government to recruit villagers as mountain guardians

Hold tight

Behold: eco-development is here, again

After dosage

Will the idea of eco-development survive?

Conserve or pickle?

Eco-development in India had no clue