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Climate change, pollution push oceans to tipping point, UN report saysA new UN report reveals a "deepening crisis" in ocean health, driven by climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Rising sea levels, acid...
Nations way off track to meet climate goals: UNThe seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), A Future We Want, released at the seventh UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi...
UN body calls for urgent action on biodiversity crisisA new UN report stresses the urgent need for transformative, system-wide change to address the biodiversity crisis. Delaying action will do...
Unsustainable farming, forest loss driving Earth to 'precipice': UNUnsustainable farming and deforestation are endangering the planet's ability to support human life. This issue is causing severe feedback l...
Biodiversity is 'old oil'Global biodiversity loss, the third most prominent long-term risk, significantly impacts economies and livelihoods. Developing countries fa...
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...
Global 'peace pact' signed to protect natureCountries reached a historic deal on Monday to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems,...
COP15 reaches 30-by-30 climate deal to halt decline in nature by 2030. Here are all the key takeawaysThe countries attending the U.N.-backed COP15 biodiversity conference had been negotiating a text proposed on Sunday and talks addressing t...
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...
Overconsumption has created planetary emergency, says UN chief GuterresGuterres jointly launched Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kevadia in Gujarat on the second da...
India joins global coalition to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030
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 ...
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...
On this World Biodiversity Day, know more about our ecosystemThe UN has declared 2011-20 the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, which serves to support and promote the goal of significantly reduci...
Vultures face extinction in Indian subcontinent: United Nations reportThe vulture population has, in fact, witnessed one of the "most dramatic declines" of a wild species in human history, it said.
- Biodiversity official quits after tussle environment ministry
Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Balakrishna Pisupati, resigned from the post reportedly under extreme pressure from ...
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...
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...
- 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...
- Losing wild species at rapid pace, warns UN
The world is failing to stop the alarming loss of the Earth's species and habitat, a UN summit was warned on Wednesday amid multinational b...