US version of biodiversity pact raises fears

Environmental groups are agitated that Washington's controversial interpretation of the Biodiversity Convention distorts the spirit of the treaty.

Funding not enough to save Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s federal budget is US $400 million short of the money needed to protect the reef from pollution

WWF sues Thapars

Unbearable!

Global warming threatens polar bears

Philanthropists announce $5 billion for biodiversity restoration, conservation

Largest-ever private funding commitment for biodiversity a momentous move for a nature-positive world, says WWF

Monarch butterflies face risk of extinction due to habitat loss

The number of monarch butterflies in hibernation colonies of Mexico has reached a 20-year low, says report

A green corner on balance sheets

The environment audit for industries purports to make industries accountable to the public for their actions

Wolf hunting banned in Slovakia

The gray wolf will be a protected species in Slovakia, eastern Europe, from June 1

Game for privatisation?

Why Russia isn't signing Kyoto

Leh focuses

According to report

South flays North's 'green GATT' proposal

At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained …

"Green" politicians?

A WWF charter urges political parties to address environmental issues in the forthcoming general elections

World Overshoot Day: World has already overshot nature’s budget for rest of the year

This has happened in just seven months this year

Environment ministry may allow hunting of ‘nuisance’ wild animals

Union minister Prakash Javadekar plans to implement rules for killing overpopulated wildlife species for saving life and property

Vast expanses of forest could be lost worldwide in two decades: WWF

A recent report has identified 11 vulnerable “deforestation fronts” where 80 per cent of the projected forest loss will take place

Global tiger population up by 22 per cent

India is the largest contributor to the increase in tiger population

CONCEALING FACTS

Punishing the offender

No cap on mechanisms

WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050

These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said

SOUTH AFRICA

According to report

Villagers dispute elephant corridor

Nilgiri tribals and farmers without deeds barred from public hearing