Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike
They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government
COVID-19: New assessment pegs 25% GDP slide for April-June
Expects industrial output to halve; inflation may shoot up
Solar power: In a slump India’s booming
India’s booming solar power sector has witnessed a slowdown as distribution companies delay payments to power plants
अंतरराष्ट्रीय जैवविविधता दिवस : मानव और एलियन बने जैवविविधता के दुश्मन
एशिया प्रशांत के द्वीपों और समुद्र में एक नए आक्रमणकारी परिग्रही (एलियन) ने स्थानीय जैव विविधता के लिए तनाव पैदा कर दिया है। खतरनाक यह ...
ग्रीन बोनस की खैरात नहीं, राॅयल्टी का हक चाहिए: जगत सिंह जंगली
हिमालयन कॉन्कलेव में ग्रीन बोनस की बात आने के बाद पर्यावरण सेवाओं के बदले आर्थिक लाभ के मांग सबसे पहले उठाने वाले जगत सिंह ...
The world needs transformative changes, else...
Humanity will miss Sustainable Development Goals, warns IPBES report
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 …
Banking Ordinance a bold step but silent on considering environmental and social risk management to reduce NPA: CSE
The CSE calls for mandating environmental and social risk management for internal credit risk appraisal process
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
The JNU way out
Union Budget 2021-22: Taxing the working class while corporates profit from COVID-19 pandemic
The assumption that the government is making is that we are where we were one year ago. This is a false claim
‘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
Kenya’s Tana River Delta under threat from development projects
Proposed development projects will have a devastating impact on delta's ecology, biodiversity and livelihood of local people
Supreme Court orders ban on mass sterilisation
The apex court noted evidences of poor quality of care at mass sterilisation camps
Here’s a good news conservation story: farmers are helping endangered ecosystems
There’s been a variety of market-based programs for conservation on farmland in Australia, but we don’t know what the total …
Being sure of genes
Companies are given permission to use genetic tests to decide on insurance policy in the UK
The facade of sharing
Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private
World Wildlife Day: WWF urges stakeholders to save Europe’s last old-growth forests
These forests, home to the continent’s largest surviving carnivores and offering ecosystem services, were in danger of fragmentation, the …
जग बीती: भारत की हर्ड इम्युनिटी
10 लाख प्रजातियों पर खतरा, इंसान है जिम्मेवार : रिपोर्ट
जैव-विविधता और पारिस्थितिकी सेवाओं के अंतर सरकारी विज्ञान नीति मंच (आईपीबीईएस) ने अपनी वैश्विक आकलन रिपोर्ट जारी कर दी है, जो काफी डराने वाली ...
Surviving through ages
Western ghats’ kathalekan sacred grove retains its vegetation even after a millennium
Revered yet neglected forest patches
Sacred groves not only vary in terms of ecological distribution, but also in terms of property regime, management practice and socio-ecological …