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Common Lineblue and Dark Cerulean
Rare butterfly species Common Lineblue, (which was last seen in 1962 in Delhi) and Dark Cerulean (which was last spotted in the late 90s) were...
16 Jul 2019 Conservation
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First State to have Water Policy
Recently the Meghalaya has approved a draft water policy to address water usages, issues of conservation and protection of water sources in the...
16 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Indian Tigers under Stress due to Tourism
A recent study conducted by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)’s Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES)...
16 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Cape Verde Turtles and Climate Change
Recent study has warned that Loggerhead turtles born at a key breeding ground in Cape Verde (an island country in the central Atlantic Ocean) will...
15 Jul 2019 Conservation
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The World Wide Fund for Nature has released a report highlighting the risks to Sharks in the Mediterranean region on the occasion of Shark Awareness...
15 Jul 2019 Conservation
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According to the data from Ministry of Earth Sciences, the four ports — Diamond Harbour, Kandla, Haldia and Port Blair — recorded a...
11 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Plan Bee, a unique strategy adopted by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks, has won the best innovation...
10 Jul 2019 Conservation
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The FIDIC ASPAC 2019 International Conference for Engineering Services is taking place in New Delhi, India from 7th to 9th July 2019. It has been...
09 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Immunocontraceptives for Wildlife Population Management
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched a project for undertaking ‘immunocontraceptive measures’ for...
08 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Elephant Rehabilitation Centre
India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre is to be set up in Kottoor, Kerala. It is being planned on the lines of the Pinnawala Elephant...
08 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Gangetic Dolphins Found in Mahananda River
For the first time, a population of Gangetic River Dolphins has been found in the Mahananda river, in Bihar’s Kishanganj district. Dolphins...
06 Jul 2019 Conservation
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As per the study of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after decades of gradual increases, Antarctic sea ice is now decreasing,...
05 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Bangladesh Declares its Rivers Legal Persons
Bangladesh's High Court has granted the country's rivers the rights and status of "living entities" in a bid to save them from encroachment. The...
04 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Tamil Nadu has declared the Tamil Yeoman butterfly species (endemic to western ghats) as the state butterfly. Tamil Yeoman (Cirrochroa thais) is...
03 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Kailash Mansarovar in Tentative List of World Heritage Sites
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State of Culture and Tourism clarified that proposal for ‘Sacred Mountain Landscape and...
02 Jul 2019 Conservation
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The Jal Shakti Abhiyan, launched by the Union Jal Shakti Minister has begun from 1st July, 2019. The Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a campaign for water...
02 Jul 2019 Conservation
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As per Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) report, the creation of butterfly corridors in Delhi with close to 100 hotspots is underway. At...
01 Jul 2019 Conservation
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Bacterial Spray and Decaying Monuments
A Study has identified bacteria responsible for calcification and hardening of lime. In calcification process, lime is deposited. When the rain...
29 Jun 2019 Conservation
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It has been reported that Shimla, Himachal Pradesh and Udupi and Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka are on the verge of becoming Tier 2 cities which...
29 Jun 2019 Conservation
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Ice protects the Earth and oceans by reflecting excess heat back into space. However, human activity, especially since the industrial revolution...
27 Jun 2019 Conservation