Ayaan Shankta Is Eco-Hero For His Work On Powai Lake
For his project Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake, a 12-year-old Mumbai activist has been named the 2021 International Young Eco-Hero.
Horticulture Development Project And World Bank Organizes A Technology Seminar
The Himachal Pradesh government (GoHP) is implementing the World Bank-supported HPHDP project, which aims to “assist small farmers and Agro-entrepreneurs in Himachal Pradesh in increasing the productivity, quality, and market…
The Curious Case Of Penguins Of Byculla Zoo
The high cost of maintaining a penguin enclosure at Mumbai's Byculla Zoo has recently been the source of many controversies. A tender of 15.26 crore has been issued for the…
1734 Trees To Be Transplanted Due To The Central Vista Project
The Environment Ministry's Regional Empowered Committee (REC) has approved in principle the proposal for the diversion of 8.11 hectares of land where the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)…
Parrot Conservation In A Novel Way: Texas A&M University And Viro Apply Free Flight Training
In Del Mar, California, the free flight is a one-of-a-kind exotic bird sanctuary. The mission of this sanctuary is to provide shelter, nurture, and re-socialize parrots, as well as to…
African Rivers Pollution: Is the Fashion Industry Killing It?
Around 8% of the world's cotton is produced in Africa, contributing to the economies of 37 African countries. However, cotton production depletes water resources and causes salinisation, soil corrosion, and…
Extinction!! 469 Species Of Trees Soon To Be
According to researchers' data, 142 tree species have already disappeared, 29.9% of tree species are threatened, 7.1% are possibly threatened, 41.5 percent of tree species are not threatened, 13.2% of…
India’s Ecosystem Is Under Threat By Palm Oil Production
Although the consumer world of this ubiquitous ingredient is unconcerned about its environmental costs, experts are attempting to bring attention to sustainable methods of cultivating this oil, and with India…
As The Tuna Rises, Sharks Are Going Under
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the gold standard for determining how close animals and plants are to extinction. Nearly 39,000 of the 139,000 species assessed over the…
Protests Erupt Over Trees Being Cut Down For Flyover.
According to Section 8 (3) (vii) of the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act of 1976, any project requiring the felling of over 50 trees must be carried out only after…
Is Ladakh Eco-System On Its Way To Doom?
According to Tourism data, the number of tourists has increased dramatically from 16,449 in 1994 to 2, 79,000 in 2019. Tourists have brought in money, but they have also placed…
Gecko New Species Is Found In The Goa University Campus
The first member of the genus is thought to have originated in the northern Western Ghats and the state of Goa. The discovery aided scientists in expanding their knowledge of…
NANDI HILLS: THE WARNING SIGNS
Activities such as obstructing a stream network (natural water flow path), land degradation due to the removal of vegetation and losing trees, resulting in the loss of soil binding capabilities…
Buxwaha Forests Now Need An Environmental Parliament To Survive
Over 2.5 million trees would be cut down. They have challenged the project in both the high court and the NGT. The administration stated that they would complete afforestation programmes;…
Nandi Hills: Illegal Quarrying And The Recent Landslides
In 2020, the state government issued a law that increased the licence period for stone crushing units from 5 to 20 years and permitted the licence to be transferred or…