World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5th June every year. This year’s theme is ‘Biodiversity’. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change is celebrating WED focusing on this theme,Continue Reading
To conserve and protect the bio diversity of Western Ghats while allowing for sustainable and inclusive development of the region, Government of India had constituted a High Level Working GroupContinue Reading
Last year, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, conducted the most comprehensive planetary health check ever undertaken, it was led by Professors Josef Settele, Sandra Díaz, andContinue Reading
Wetlands are land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. Inland wetlands include marshes, ponds, lakes, fens, rivers, floodplains, and swamps. Coastal wetlands include saltwaterContinue Reading
A landmark new study, which is far more dire than the UN’s doomsday reports on climate change, by UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found thatContinue Reading
Housing much of Earth’s carbon and biodiversity, tropical forests are, arguably, the planet’s most important ecosystems. Yet, they continue to be destroyed by humans at an alarming rate, with devastatingContinue Reading
A new study has found that mixed agriculture-forest landscapes near protected areas can also be used to promote conservation of bird biodiversity. The study is based on the premise thatContinue Reading
The International Day for Biodiversity (IBD) 2018 was celebrated all over the country on 22nd May. The celebration of the IBD under the theme – “Celebrating 25 years of actionContinue Reading
