Unprecedented level of deaths reported this season

It is a cause for concern that sea turtles or green turtles are facing extinction to an unprecedented level at the peak of the breeding season in Tamil Nadu. In the past two months several hundred carcasses of the adult green turtles have been found littered along the coastline in the State. That this endangered has found a place in the Red List speaks volumes about its inevitable role in preserving ecology, according to S. Murugan of the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology of Annamalai University.

JAMMU: N N Vohra, Governor, has called for urgent utilization of eco-friendly technologies for the sustained protection of environment and ecology.

The Governor said this while receiving a detailed presentation by a team of senior scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on bio-digester based eco-friendly toilets, at Raj Bhavan, here last evening. The Governor observed that there is need for urgently utilizing the valuable technology developed by the DRDO for an eco-friendly solution to treat human wastes. He said that this technology should be adequately publicized for enlarging awareness about its utility. He observed that possibilities could be explored for installation of these bio-toilets at various important tourist spots for eco-friendly treatment of human wastes.

A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Monday that China is maintaining "communication and cooperation" with India on the issue of a cross-border river and ensure that no negative impact is caused on

Maintaining that its move to build three more dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not affect the flows to down stream areas, China today said it is in “communication and cooperation” with India

China to build 3 hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra

The Chinese government said on Monday that the new hydropower dams it was planning to build on the Brahmaputra river would not impact flood control efforts or the ecological environment in downstream regions. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it was maintaining “close communication and cooperation” with India on the issue, adding that it would ensure that there would be “no negative impact.”

After claiming to have conducted an analysis of the minutes of over 60 meetings of Expert Appraisal committee (EAC) of the union ministry of environment and Forests (MoEF), the South Asia Network o

Dehradun: In a bid to check illegal mining in ecologically sensitive areas close to various rivers in Uttarakhand — such as the Alakanda, the Mandakini and some minirivers — Uttarakhand chief minis

PUNE: Citizens' groups, NGOs and educational institutions in Pimpri-Chinchwad can give suggestions and information about any environmental issues or eco-friendly projects to the municipal corporation. The suggestions will be considered by the corporation which has now started the process of preparing the environment status report for the year 2012-13.

Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Mohini Lande and municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi have urged the citizens to submit details about any environmental initiatives, explaining its nature, scope and its impact. "Citizens who are alert about the environmental impact during cultural activities, management and conservation of natural resources, use of eco-friendly techniques to save environment can also send their views and reports to the corporation," Pardeshi said.

South Asian countries need to cooperate more with each other to make meaningful improvement on shared issues related to climate change and resource scarcity, a report released by a US-based think t