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DEFORESTATION IMPACT ON WILDLIFE
Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...- At Ranthambhore National Park, tiger climbs tree, braves sharp branches to hunt grey heron birds. Video goes viralA tiger was filmed climbing a tree in Ranthambore National Park to hunt grey heron chicks, a rare display of adaptability driven by hunger....
- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh cites primatologists' opposition to Great Nicobar ProjectCongress MP Jairam Ramesh commends the Association of Indian Primatologists for opposing the Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project, cit...
- AI will eavesdrop on world's wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlifeResearchers from Dutch and Danish universities showed that machine-learning techniques can "handle huge amounts of data and uncover sound p...
- Humans have been utilising natural resources to create a sustainable future since antiquityNotre Dame is nearly 1,000 years old and has been damaged and repaired many times. Its last major renovation was in the mid-1800s. The mass...
- In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change
- Amazon Forest talks: Leaders of 8 countries meet on protecting Amazon Forest, why is it so important?Will the leaders of eight countries be able to reach an agreement on combatting deforestation and crime in the Amazon rainforest area?
- Environmental damage from Belt and Road Initiative projects on riseChina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects have caused significant damage to the environment across all countries where they were impl...
- Earth Day 2023: See the history, significance and moreEarth Day is an important reminder of the interconnectedness of all living things and the urgent need to take action to protect our planet.
- As India becomes world's most populous nation, cries grow louder about depleting resourcesWith a growing population, natural resources are depleted faster than they can be replenished, leading to poor air and water quality, water...
- From chocolate to soybeans, tropical forests were illegally cleared to make way for everyday foodsIllegal clearance for commercial agriculture was behind the loss of 4.5 mn hectares of forest.
- Tibetan Government in-Exile wants Tibetan eco-system protectedThe Tibetan Government in-Exile today called upon the United Nations, the Chinese government and the international community to protect the...
- Only 25 pc of original habitats have survived in East Himalayas: WWFThe latest regional species discovery report--'Hidden Himalayas: Asia's Wonderland', a World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Living Himalayas initiat...
- Deforestation serious threat to bats in IndiaWith increasing human population and rise in agricultural land use in India's Western Ghats, a number of bat species are findings it diffic...
- Five power transmission projects worth Rs 7,000 crore facing delaysAmong 5 projects, proposed transmission line from Gwalior (MP) to Jaipur (Rajasthan), which involves a wild life sanctuary, is awaiting app...
- Lessons from Ebola catastrophe: Why India needs to discourage deforestation and excessive miningA study by the Int'l Livestock Research Institute in 2012 put India as the most affected country in terms of diseases that are spread throu...
- African farmers adapt to global warmingThe multiple ways by which small farming communities in Kenya and Tanzania are adapting to the human-wildlife conflict thrown up by global ...
- 'People's participation vital to protect environment'Wildlife scientist AJT Johnsingh said on Saturday that people's participation would play a vital role in conservation of environment and wi...
- Stop clearances to Uttarakhand dams, Supreme Court to centreThe SC has directed the MoEF not to clear hydropower projects in Uttarakhand saying it was concerned with the proliferation of such project...
- Climate change affected over a dozen of species: ReportOver a dozen of animal species like flamingos, musk ox and hawksbill turtle are facing "strange" threats because of climate change, the Wil...
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