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Forest fire training for villagers helps to protect the Western Ghats

Updated on Apr 16, 2023 17:37 IST

Villagers draw fire lines as a precaution to avert forest fire at Sakhargaon village in Velhe tehsil in Pune. (HT PHOTO)

CCTV to be installed at 9 helipads for close monitoring of services to Kedarnath

During the Char Dham yatra period, every day on an average the choppers take 400 sorties in the Kedarnath area. (File Photo)

Updated on Apr 16, 2023 13:29 IST

Wildbuzz: Spotted! The ghosts of Siswan

Himmat and Naina Guram’s camera trap image of a leopard on sambar kill. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 15, 2023 21:40 IST

Tiger population: Looking back to look ahead on wildlife conservation

The area has greatly increased, but where are the tigers outside the 50+ tiger reserves and national parks and sanctuaries? Practically nowhere.

Published on Apr 12, 2023 12:06 IST

The increase in India's tiger population is no mean feat

In 2022, the tiger population stood at 3167.

Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:27 IST

What a township, a power plant, and an airport can do to an island

A <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>72,000-crore Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island at Andaman and Nicobar Islands project has been proposed by the Niti Aayog.

Published on Apr 10, 2023 09:12 IST

Take a holistic view of the Nicobar project

The strategic importance of the project has to be balanced against its potentially dire environmental costs, especially when the climate crisis routinely pummels the country. (AFP)

Updated on Apr 9, 2023 14:19 IST

Your Space: Provide sustainable development solutions

Readers state that the corporation must provide basic civic amenities like good roads. (In pic) Road work underway Dhankawdi Palkhi. which is part of the merged villages. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 9, 2023 10:22 IST

India records 6.74% increase in tiger numbers since 2018; PM Modi releases data

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 9, 2023 08:37 IST

Midnight blasting at Chandni Chowk flyover causes menace for surrounding buildings

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and other agencies are rushing to complete the Chandni Chowk flyover work before the possible inauguration on May 1. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 8, 2023 17:24 IST

How biodiversity loss jeopardizes human health

Poisonous frogs could be a source for new medications

Published on Apr 7, 2023 06:19 IST

NGT panel to review green nod for Greater Nicobar project

The NGT committee has been ordered to meet within two weeks and finalise its proceedings within two months.

Updated on Apr 6, 2023 18:32 IST

Why climate change is intimately tied to biodiversity

FILE -- A green sea turtle swims near coral in a bay on the west coast of the Big Island near Captain Cook, Hawaii, on Sept. 11, 2019. Taking care of Hawaii's unique natural environment costs money and now the state wants tourists to help pay for it, especially because growing numbers are traveling to the islands to enjoy the beauty of its outdoors — including some lured by dramatic vistas they've seen on social media. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Updated on Apr 6, 2023 12:31 IST

Coal blocks within dense forests find place in latest auction list

On March 29, the Centre announced the 7th round of its coal mine auction, which has 101 mines, including Tara block in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand forests and Mahan coal block in Madhya Pradesh. (Representational image)

Updated on Apr 4, 2023 23:15 IST

Fishes are ‘unnecessarily’ fighting over food due to climate change: Study

Human-driven climate change has spurred mass coral bleaching as the world's oceans get warmer.

Published on Jan 5, 2023 08:22 IST

Marine predators, animals that are small, can fly perceive time fastest: Study

A dragon fly sits on a twig at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.

Published on Jan 3, 2023 10:20 IST

India hails global nature of COP15 targets

India was supportive of most aims to restore biodiversity at COP15 but had reservations on numerical targets. (Reuters)

Published on Dec 19, 2022 18:33 IST

COP15 vows to protect 30% land, water by ’30

Delegates take souvenir photos during a snowfall outside the convention centre at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal, on Friday.

Updated on Dec 19, 2022 22:46 IST

COP15: Biodiversity draft eyes more funds, saving rich areas

The draft framework will be negotiated on till Monday. (AFP)

Updated on Dec 19, 2022 08:17 IST

Equity among nations must to meet biodiversity targets: India at COP15

Climate activists hold signs during the United the Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Canada’s Montreal. (AFP)

Published on Dec 17, 2022 17:41 IST

What is biodiversity and why is it so important?

What is biodiversity and why is it so important?

Updated on Dec 9, 2022 09:54 IST

Arittapatti village notified as Tamil Nadu's first biodiversity heritage site

The site has various megalithic structures, Tamil Brahmi inscriptions, Jain rock formations, and 2200-year-old rock-cut temples, which have historical value.

Published on Nov 25, 2022 12:51 IST

Need to Prevent conflict between renewable energy and biodiversity

(Representative image)

Published on Jul 11, 2022 24:25 IST

Monkey-proof butterfly conservatory opens in North Delhi Ridge

Butterflies at the Kamla Nehru Biodiversity Park. Sourced

Updated on May 22, 2022 22:40 IST

159 bird species found in city’s 7 biodiversity parks

The Borwn Shrike (Sourced)

Updated on Mar 22, 2022 08:26 IST

Govt forms 11-member council to protect city’s biodiversity, plan for its future

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has issued directions to have biodiversity councils in each state and Union Territory across the country. (Picture for representation only/HT)

Updated on Jan 12, 2022 19:51 IST

Expo 2020 Dubai to lend planet a hand towards sustainability

The sustainability pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, Terra, draws clean energy from 4,912 photovoltaic panels arranged atop a 130-metre-wide roof canopy and a series of 18 ‘energy trees' in its landscape.

Published on Aug 23, 2021 17:37 IST

90% of India’s biodiversity hotspots lost, shows new statistical analysis

The climate and biodiversity crises are global crises. They require solutions that carry the support of all, and provide support to all.

Published on Jun 9, 2021 17:12 IST

Experts fear biodiversity loss in Andaman, Nicobar Islands

Some of these projects include luxury tents and resorts on some islands; two water aerodrome projects in Shaheed and Swaraj islands (formerly Neil and Havelock islands, respectively).

Updated on May 31, 2021 02:15 IST

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