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The Global Tiger Forum (GTF), in partnership with the Governments of Bhutan, India and Nepal, and along with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is...
04 Sep 2019 Conservation
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OMG- Ocean’s Melting Greenland
Over a five-year campaign, OMG will observe changing water temperatures on the continental shelf surrounding Greenland. It will study how marine...
02 Sep 2019 Conservation
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Recently the teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg after completing her 15-day journey across the Atlantic via Zero-emission yacht urged...
30 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Compensatory Afforestation Fund
The Union Environment Ministry has transferred ₹47,436 crore to 27 States for afforestation. The funds are long-pending dues, part of the...
30 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Higher Protection to Star Tortoise and Otters
India’s proposal to upgrade the protection status of Star Tortoise, the Smooth-coated Otter & Small-clawed Otter has been approved in the...
29 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Rare Tarantula Sighted in Tamil Nadu
The spider belonging to the Genus Poecilotheria, commonly known as the Peacock Parachute Spider or Gooty Tarantula was spotted in the Pakkamalai...
28 Aug 2019 Conservation
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India is facing a severe problem of land degradation ie. soil becoming unfit for cultivation. About 29% or about 96.4 million hectares are considered...
28 Aug 2019 Conservation
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According to the data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Amazon Forests in Brazil has experienced 74,155 fires since...
23 Aug 2019 Conservation
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According to the World Bank Report - Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis, heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third...
22 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Recently a new report titled ‘Skin and Bones Unresolved: An Analysis of Tiger Seizures from 2000-2018’ compiled by TRAFFIC, in...
22 Aug 2019 Conservation
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India Fights to Get Rosewood Delisted from CITES
India, with the help of Bangladesh and Nepal, is trying to de-list ‘Dalbergia sissoo’, from the list of threatened varieties in order to...
22 Aug 2019 Conservation
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India - Largest Emitter of Sulphur Dioxide
According to a report by Greenpeace (an environmental Non-Governmental Organization), India is the largest emitter of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in the...
20 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Discovery India and World Wide Fund (WWF) India have partnered with the Government of West Bengal and local communities in the Sundarban to help save...
19 Aug 2019 Conservation
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The Odisha Wetland Authority has approved implementation of an integrated management plan for : Chilika, country’s largest brackish water...
19 Aug 2019 Conservation
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BASIC Meeting on Climate Change
The BASIC countries held their 28th ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August 2019 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The countries...
19 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Recently, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-India), in collaboration with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) conducted dragonfly census and...
17 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Recently, the government has decided to translocate five female wild buffaloes from Manas National Park in Assam to Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary in...
13 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Extension of Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary
Recently, the Forest Department identified around 300 hectares of revenue land for inclusion in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS), The land is...
13 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Every year World Elephant Day is observed on August 12 to spread worldwide awareness for the conservation and protection of elephants from the...
13 Aug 2019 Conservation
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Proposals to Change in CITES Listing
India has submitted proposals regarding changes to the listing of the smooth-coated otter, small-clawed otter, Indian star tortoise, Tokay gecko,...
10 Aug 2019 Conservation
