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Water Vulnerable Megacities in India
Four Indian cities, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi have been ranked among the top 20 megacities in the world facing high levels of water...
25 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Climate Change Impacting Small Island Developing States
The United Nation (UN) in its report on World Population Prospects 2019 has warned that many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) may fail to...
21 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17th June. India for the first time will host the 14th session of the...
18 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Group of 20 (G20) environment ministers, on 15th June, 2019, agreed to adopt a new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of...
17 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Indian scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), an international conservation charity, and University College London (UCL) have...
14 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) study has revealed that people worldwide could be ingesting five grams of microscopic plastic particles...
13 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Air Pollution and Life Expectancy
An environment think tank Centre for Science and Environment in its report “At the crossroad” has said that Life expectancy in India has...
12 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Scientists from the National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have conducted...
12 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has declared an area of 1km around the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in Gurugram and Faridabad as...
07 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India’s “First” Emissions Trading System for Particulate Pollution (PM)
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has initiated the programme for market based trading system to reduce air pollution in Surat, Gujarat...
06 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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World Environment Day is observed on the 5th of June every year for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since...
06 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India Backs Dhanauri for Ramsar Site Tag
The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change has asked Uttar Pradesh forest department,to propose Dhanauri in Greater Noida as a wetland of...
06 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Vulnerability assessment study conducted in Oussudu lake, Puducherry had shown concern over rising plastic pollution in water bodies. The report had...
04 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Water Conservation: Traditional Approach
According to experts, traditional knowledge of water conservation is the only sustainable way to counter the dangers of National Water...
31 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India has set an ambitious target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from...
27 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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This editorial is based on the article 'Aravallis broken beyond repair', which appeared in Down to Earth on April 3rd, 2019. It talks about the...
25 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The technical document "PEGASUS" i.e. Phycomorph European Guidelines for a Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds, highlights the current state of...
25 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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An international team of researchers has said that the rogue emissions of a gas (CFC-11) that harms the ozone layer comes from the eastern...
24 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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International Day for Biodiversity
The International Day for Biological Diversity, also known as World Biodiversity Day, is observed on May 22 to promote biodiversity. The theme for...
23 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Wastewater Management in India
This editorial is based on the news "Gujarat will supply treated wastewater for industrial use" which appeared in "The Hindu" on 21st May...
22 May 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
