India calls for urgent delivery of financial resources to help countries achieve biodiversity goalsIndia has called on developed nations to provide financial and technological support to help developing countries meet biodiversity goals. ...
30 Oct, 2024, 02.06 PM IST
India calls for alignment of implementation measures with national priorities at COP16At the UN Biodiversity Conference, India stressed the importance of aligning implementation measures with national priorities. Indian deleg...
24 Oct, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, UN report saysA United Nations report reveals that almost half of the world's migratory species, including songbirds, sea turtles, whales, and sharks, ar...
12 Feb, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
COP15 Montreal: Negotiators close in on deal on nature and financingThe draft also calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity and working to phase out or reform subsidies that could provide anot...
19 Dec, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
COP15: India calls for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservationSo far, the Global Environment Facility which caters to multiple conventions, including the UNFCCC and UN Convention to Combat Desertificat...
18 Dec, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
UN ranks Namami Gange among Top 10 World Restoration Flagship ProgrammesThe announcement was made as leaders from across the globe gathered in Montreal, Canada for the UN Biodiversity Conference, where governmen...
17 Dec, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
Area-based targets for biodiversity conservation not acceptable: IndiaArea-based targets for biodiversity conservation are a one-size-fits-all approach that is not acceptable, India has said at the UN biodiver...
17 Dec, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
Our future, our voice': What India's youth want from COP15As 196 countries chalk out a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) during the COP15 conference here - a process that began at the U...
15 Dec, 2022, 04.39 PM IST
UN recognises Ganges project among 10 initiatives restoring natural worldAccording to a report unveiled during the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) on Tuesday, climate change, population growth, industrialisati...
14 Dec, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
National selfishness delaying global oceans deal: UN chief Antonio GuterresThe U.N. chief was with senior officials and scientists from more than 120 countries attending a five-day U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, ...
27 Jun, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
COP26 climate summit must act to ‘save humanity’: UN chief Guterres“Enough of brutalizing biodiversity. Enough of killing ourselves with carbon. Enough of treating nature like a toilet. Enough of burning an...
01 Nov, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
India joins global coalition to protect 30% of the Earth by 203007 Oct, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
3 species from India among 10 to be on global endangered listTen endangered species of migratory animals/birds from across the globe, including three from India (Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant a...
10 Feb, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
UN biodiversity conference outcome a huge achievement: IndiaIndia on Monday claimed a "huge" achievement with nations agreeing to increase funding for halting rate of biodiversity loss, despite econo...
22 Oct, 2012, 06.32 PM IST
Govt mining policy destroying India's rich biodiversity: NGOHours before the start of the UN biodiversity conference in Hyderabad, Greenpeace asked the government to "demonstrate leadership" by prote...
07 Oct, 2012, 05.47 PM IST
- Climate negotiations at Cancun headed nowhere: Ramesh
India said that the international community should not expect much from the upcoming Climate Change summit in Cancun and underlined that th...
20 Sep, 2010, 02.10 PM IST
- Biodiversity loss will wipe out cures: Experts
The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands o...
23 Apr, 2008, 12.54 PM IST