Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
With threats to the sihu or Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) being still real in Assam, there is a need to take strong protective steps to ensure their survival. Better awareness among people along with effective anti-poaching measures could help determine the fate of the species that has already been affected …
This new forest policy for Jammu & Kashmir describes various strategies for sustainable management of forest resources. It also emphasises on enhancement of forest carbon stocks and provides for 100 percent incentives flow to the local community. Jammu and Kashmir Government launched this new forest policy aimed at conserving biodiversity, …
The sectoral vision in the forestry and environment sector till 2015 has been framed. The underlying theme of forestry would be the scientific management of forests for biodiversity conservation and for the benefit of Sikkimese people. The sectoral visions for different sectors are: flagship participatory greening programmes of Sikkim, wildlife …
Karunanidhi opens 18th National Children's Science Congress kid's gift:Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi accepting a globe from a child at the inaugural of the National Children's Science Congress at Vel's University in Pallavaram on Monday. (From left): Thangam Thennarasu, School Education Minister; Ishari K. Ganesh, Chancellor of the university; TAMBARAM: The …
Nagercoil: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International year of biodiversity in its 61st session in 2006 to help create awareness of the importance of biodiversity through activities and events.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved to provide $19million to Cambodia for conserving threatened forests in the Cardamom Mountains and north-eastern provinces, according to a bank release on December 13. ADB's board of directors approved a total package of $69m of which $30m is a loan to Vietnam, and …
KOHIMA, Dec 12: A consultative workshop of bio-diversity conservation at Tuensang has decided to form an eastern Nagaland bio-diversity conservation corridor, bordering Myanmar and a conservation area network comprising four border districts of the State. The workshop held recently under the aegis of Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS), a grass-root level …
KOCHI: Experts at a symposium on urban biodiversity organised by the Department of Zoology at St. Albert's College here on Thursday recommended a concerted effort by all stakeholders to protect the rich biodiversity of the country. In his lecture on the
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), which was selected by the United Nations as the partner organisation to celebrate International Year of Biodiversity in India, supported by the National Biodiversity Authority, the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, the University of Kerala and a Delhi-based NGO Navdanya, …
While occupying only three per cent of the earth’s surface, the ASEAN region boasts of globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity that include an astonishing 18 per cent of all species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It has the most diverse coral reefs in the …
5-day Indian Biodiversity Congress from December 27 Meet to assess biodiversity profile of country 1,500 delegates to take part THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2010), to be held on the University of Kerala's Kariavattom campus here for five days from December 27 will focus on the importance of …
The omnipresent existence of human-nature relationship all over India has been grossly neglected as a tool for conservation management. The sacred groves, patches of forests conserved due to associated religious faith have been described by foresters, travelers, anthropologists, ecologists for more than two hundred years from different parts of the …
Limitations of the national law in remedying biopiracy led to the negotiations on an international regime in Access and Benefi Sharing. The deliberations were stuck for a long time due to the extreme divergent views of the developed countries on the one hand and of the biodiversity rich developing countries …
The adoption of Nagoya Protocol was a landmark event in the history of Convention on Biological Diversity. This article examines the promises and potentials of the Protocol for indigenous peoples and local communities in ight of previous experiences in Access and Benefit Sharing framework.
UNESCO as an agency of United Nations has been active in capacity building in basic sciences, environmental and earth sciences as well as science policy, and has helped to launch many global programmes, among these some relating to biotechnology, biosphere reserves, biodiversity and sustainable development.
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity, and the ecosystem requirements of biodiversity are frequently not considered in the development planning …
This note is in response to a request from Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB), on envisaging the role of communities in ecotourism. Using six case studies, the possible role of communities across the spectrum of different levels of community involvement are highlighted along with their positive and negative impacts. …
Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan landscape. KCA is a community managed area occupying 2,035 sq. km in Taplejung district in eastern Nepal. It is one of the biodiversity hotspots …
This toolkit is prepared with the objective of enabling field level facilitators and others to conduct a participatory monitoring of biodiversity. Monitoring of biodiversity, or the variability of life at species, ecosystem and genetic levels, provides an important tool for resource-dependent communities and other stakeholders to develop appropriate responses to …
