Surat, October 19 (IANS): A tribal village in Gujarats Surat district, where three consecutive years of drought devastated surrounding forests in the 1980s, is set to become a training centre for community-led
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New Delhi, August 22 (IANS): The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 2.82 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) mechanism arising from the utilisation of Indias biological resource
Kochi, August 14 (IANS): A rare underwater sighting of orange, white, and green corals growing together off Minicoy in Lakshadweep has opened a new window into how coral colonies respond differently to rising s
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS): Decarbonisation of the buildings and construction sector has slowed, leaving it both a major emissions source and increasingly vulnerable to climate impacts and energy price shocks, a
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS): Tourism and human activity are pushing Indias tigers towards stress and affecting their breeding, reveals a new study at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).The st
New Delhi, January 6 (IANS): The world's second "National Environmental Standard Laboratory" and the world's fifth "National Primary Standard Facility for Solar Cell Calibration" at the CSIR-National Physical L
Colombo, December 17 (IANS): After 10 years, the environmental consequences of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was launched in 2013 and presented as a grand vision of connectivity and development,
Washington, December 16 (IANS): Seasonal crop fires across northern India are increasingly being lit later in the day, a shift that scientists say could complicate efforts to monitor stubble burning and assess
Ahmedabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Gujarat Energy Minister Rushikesh Patel launched the Urja Samvardhanam, a new digital platform that marks a major technological leap for the state's power sector. The portal will s
New Delhi, November 3 (IANS): India is committed to conserving biodiversity and creating harmony between people and nature, said the government on the International Day for Biosphere Reserves on Monday.The Inte
Shimla, October 19 (IANS): Over 30 organisations and 40 individuals from across the Himalayan region have submitted a joint representation to the high-powered committee of the National Disaster Management Autho
Geneva, October 2 (IANS): Switzerland's glaciers have lost a quarter of their volume in the last ten years, with over 1,000 small glaciers having already disappeared, GLAMOS, the glacier monitoring network in S
New Delhi, September 30 (IANS): The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) along with Climate Trends, on Tuesday, launched the Health Benefit Assessment Dashboard which established that achieving the
New Delhi, September 26 (IANS): India and the European Union have launched an Ideathon to combat marine plastic litter, inviting applications from startups, researchers, businesses and other stakeholders in Ind
Geneva, September 18(IANS): The rise in global temperatures is likely to cause severe health risks and result in the loss of more than $1.5 trillion in productivity, according to a new report from the World Eco
Chennai, September 17 (IANS): India on Wednesday called for climate justice and greater regional cooperation to safeguard small-scale fisheries, stressing that countries contributing the least to the climate cr
New Delhi, August 29 (IANS): Even as climate change is severely impacting India, the need is to explore moonshot technologies for sustainable development, said B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog.He was speaki
Sydney, August 6 (IANS): Australia's Great Barrier Reef's hard coral cover has sharply declined, returning to near long-term average levels after recent record highs, a report revealed Wednesday.The findings un
Chennai, July 22 (IANS): In a landmark step towards biodiversity protection, the Tamil Nadu government has announced the establishment of the country's first-ever Centre of Excellence for Hornbill Conservation
Beijing, July 21 (IANS): A new heat wave alert has been sounded worldwide as Europe and the Middle East are battling an extremely scorching heat wave this week, prompting various climate emergencies in many cou
