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In the 1950s, Swiss farmers intensified and mechanized their fields; nine decades of records now reveal an unexpected divide: butterflies are still struggling, while forest beetles have fully bounced backButterflies and beetles are disappearing at an alarming rate. A Swiss study reveals significant butterfly losses since 1930, linked to farm...- 65,000 trees, 3 degrees cooler: How Karnataka man brought relief to over 1000 villagers from scorching summer temperatures. 1 sapling at a time, year after year.A village in North Karnataka was once a barren wasteland. Sadashiva Hydra inspired over 1000 residents to plant 1 lakh trees. Their relentl...
- Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari voices concern over concretisation of Kolkata, says green cover rules were being ignoredWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has launched a major tree plantation drive. The campaign aims to plant 1.10 crore trees across ...
- 2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...
- ‘Patience, consistency, belief and a mother’s dream’: Madhya Pradesh teacher turns 7 acres of barren land into a forestRetired teacher Mahesh Sarathi from Madhya Pradesh transformed nearly 8 acres of dry, unused land into a thriving forest to fulfil his moth...
- Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representationClimate change disproportionately impacts women, who are often excluded from decision-making despite their crucial roles in crisis response...
- Karma, climate and consequences: As the Char Dham Yatra reopens, a warming Himalaya reveals karma in its oldest public senseA road journey through Uttarakhand’s mountain towns reveals a deeper shift in both climate and pilgrimage. Unusual heat, felt by locals as ...
- Holistic restoration needed for degraded Aravallis: StudyIndia's ancient Aravalli mountain range faces severe land degradation due to encroachments, deforestation, and illegal mining, impacting it...
- How did forest officials get so rich so quickly, Uttarakhand HC asks, makes Centre & state govts, SC panel, CBI party in pleaUttarakhand High Court has ordered a probe into forest officers' unexplained wealth and the disappearance of thousands of forest boundary p...
- Centre issues guidelines to use green credits as substitute for compensatory afforestationNew guidelines under the Green Credit Programme (GCP) allow restored forest land to be exchanged between states/UTs for compensatory affore...
- Environment needs to be protected while carrying out developmental activities: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has given the Telangana government six weeks. They must present a plan to restore the Kancha Gachibowli forest. The court...
- Hyderabad deforestation: Get ready to go to jail, SC tells Telangana chief secretaryThe Supreme Court has strongly cautioned Telangana government officials. They face potential jail time. This is if they fail to restore a d...
- Green cover rule may be eased in border statesAt a March 24 meeting of the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), the apex panel of the Union Environment ministry on forest clearances, it was...
- G20: 1st meeting of environment and climate group starts in Bengaluru; focus on forest fires, mining-affected areasThe first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting, under India's G20 presidency, started in Bengaluru on Thurs...
- G20: Bengaluru to host 1st environment meeting during Feb 9-11The first G20 environment meeting under India's presidency will be held in Bengaluru from February 9 to February 11 with focus on restorati...
- Sacred Groves CIC in talks for 10-year investment for restoration of forest lands near KazirangaA meeting was held by India's representative of the environment conservation oriented social enterprise set up with the objective of conser...
- India working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030: PMAsserting that land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today, Modi said if left unchecked, it will erode the very foundations...
- India has developed first catchment treatment plan for Ganga to meet climate goal: OfficialThe commitment to increase additional 2.5-3 billion tonnes carbon sink was made by India in the Paris Agreement in 2015 to fight climate ch...
- NGT asks Odisha to restore forest area being used by KIIT studentsThe KIIT University, which includes an engineering school and medical college, lies in an area spanning 400 acres, according to a recent me...
- Encroachment of Neb Sarai forest land continues despite National Green Tribunal demolish ordersInstead of demolishing the illegally built houses on the forest land in the nearly six months since the green court passed its order, const...
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