Living planet report 2022
<p>Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to this WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022</p>
Fish
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Toxin detector
No need to use mice anymore
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no fishy treatment: A human blood clotting agent required for treating haemophilia and serious bleeding has been produced using genetically modified fish by researchers from the University of
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Mercury contamination in fish in West Bengal: summary of the findings
Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, both in its elemental form and in chemical combination. When mercury is released into the environment it gets transformed into methyl mercury through microbial action. The methylation of mercury is a key step in the entrance of mercury into food chains. This methyl mercury is mercury in its most pernicious form.
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Fishing in truobled water
Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts of a treasure trove of fish diversity
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Till the last drop
Half the watershed area of the world's freshwater systems is estimated to have been lost in the twentieth century, as land was converted to agriculture and urban use, or levelled to combat diseases
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Devil in deep sea waters
Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw up a Code of Conduct for Responsible and Sustainable Fishing. But will this non mandatory treaty hold out agai
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Vindaloo with a punch
FISH CURRY and Rice is the catchy title of the latest in the genre of citizens' reports on the state of the environment, but it tells you little about what the book contains. It "does attempt to
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Looking for the right bait
Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy
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Storm over fishing rights on lake
A Pakistani court will decide whether commercial fishing can be allowed on a protected lake that is also the haunt of migratory birds.
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Wanderlust heats up the blood of some fish
Biologists have found that some fish evolved into warm blooded creatures because their adventurous ancestors were exposed to large temperature variations.