India commits to 30 per cent protected areas in updated biodiversity planIndia's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan aims to protect 30 percent of its land, inland water, and coastal and marine...
01 Nov, 2024, 09.51 AM IST
How could a COP28 climate deal advance protection of nature?As the U.N. climate talks enter their final week in Dubai, Colombia and Germany called in an open letter for the U.N. climate summit's outc...
07 Dec, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
COP15 UN biodiversity summit, Montreal: Nations reach 'historic' deal, key highlightsCOP15 nations sit together in Montreal to decide on a timeline, plan to save the planet, and sign a historic deal to protect nature.
19 Dec, 2022, 08.48 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
Global deal to halt biodiversity loss on cardsOver the last week, representatives of nearly 200 countries have been negotiating a new global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity l...
12 Dec, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
Jaishankar, UN chief discuss UNSC reforms as well as situation in Ukraine and MyanmarThe Secretary-General and the Minister discussed prospects for the reform of the Security Council and the international situation, includin...
25 Sep, 2022, 09.27 PM IST
India joins global coalition to protect 30% of the Earth by 203007 Oct, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Nagoya Protocol to help conserve biodiversity: JavadekarThe Nagoya Protocol, which will create incentives to conserve biodiversity, has received the required 50th instrument of ratification on Ju...
17 Jul, 2014, 05.36 PM 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
India convinces rich nations to commit $12 billion biodiversity conservationIndia, backed by vociferous developing countries, ultimately convinced the rich world to double the international funds for conserving biod...
21 Oct, 2012, 04.44 AM IST
- India convinces rich nations to commit $12 billion biodiversity conservation by 2015
India, backed by vociferous developing countries, ultimately convinced the rich world to double the international funds for conserving biod...
20 Oct, 2012, 10.23 PM IST
- Rich nations refuse to commit money to conserve biodiversity
A day after PM Manmohan Singh kick-started the 'Hyderabad Pledge' by announcing $50 million for biodiversity conservation, the developed co...
18 Oct, 2012, 02.48 AM IST
PM Manmohan Singh pledges $50m for biodiversity conservationPrime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced a $50 million grant for biodiversity conservation in India and other developing countrie...
17 Oct, 2012, 02.14 AM IST
- India hopeful UN sponsored biodiversity meet will work out an “interim arrangement” to prevent biodiversity loss
India is confident that the UN sponsored biodiversity meet at Hyderabad will work out an “interim arrangement” for providing the much neede...
16 Oct, 2012, 07.36 AM IST
- Norway to try for an agreement on biodiversity
Ahead of the high-level session of the ongoing UN convention on biological diversity, Norway today said it would make efforts to reach on a...
15 Oct, 2012, 08.59 PM IST
- Geneva meet stresses action to save biodiversity
The one-day Geneva meeting was attended by 11 ministers of countries that have held or will hold the presidency of the conference of partie...
04 Sep, 2010, 04.12 AM IST