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 …
Conservationists have proposed methods for adapting to climate change that assume species distributions are primarily explained by climate variables. The key idea is to use the understanding of species-climate relationships to map corridors and to identify regions of faunal stability or high species turnover. An alternative approach is to adopt …
Conservation planners represent many aspects of biodiversity by using surrogates with spatial distributions readily observed or quantified, but tests of their effectiveness have produced varied and conflicting results. We identified four factors likely to have a strong influence on the apparent effectiveness of surrogates: (1) the choice of surrogate; (2) …
The Punjab Biodiversity Board has started work on the conservation of Inami Bagh, an orchard in Bassi Umar Khan village in Hoshiarpur district with over 165 mango trees and about 30 rare native varieties, some represented by only one tree. Officials of the board have surveyed the area for ground …
The value of ecosystems is largely invisible to markets. Ricardo Bayon and Michael Jenkins call on governments to drive regulatory and voluntary economic instruments that put a price on the services that nature provides. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/pdf/466184a.pdf
Wayanad, which has been in the news for the high number of farmer suicides, is also known for widespread homestead farming. A typical home garden integrates trees with field crops, livestock, poultry and fish. Home gardens form a dominant and promising land use system and maintain high levels of productivity, …
The TEEB Report for Business highlights the business case for biodiversity and ecosystems services (BES) by illustrating the importance and immense value of natural services provided to, and affected by, a wide range of industries. The report identifies the direct drivers of biodiversity loss, including habitat loss and degradation, climate …
India is one of the major leapfrogging economies of the world and it has demonstrated its economic resilience in the wake of the global economic debacle. It quickly recovered from the downslide and has shown positives signs of becoming an economic superpower by 2020.
In India, seabuckthorn is widely distributed at high altitude, cold arid Trans Himalayan regions of Ladakh, Lahul-Spiti, parts of Chamba and upper Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. It plays an important role in soil erosion control, slope stabilization, reclamation of degraded and wastelands.
The Hill Area Development Program (HADP) has been introduced by the Government of India to initiate socio economic development in the hill areas of India since the inception of the Fifth Five Year Plan. The main objective of this program is to ensure sustainable development of hill areas, keeping in …
Taking action to have a cleaner and greenery environment is the ideal celebration of World Environment Day, said Scientific Officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control board Jayaprakash S Nayak. Delivering a talk on the World Environment Day theme of the year
Effective steps to preserve biodiversity can only be taken at the ground level THE MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, on Monday, held a State-level meeting on "Community-based management of agro biodiversity in the era of climate change". "An effective initiative to preserve biodiversity will only happen at the ground level, this …
K. S. Sudhi The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel will soon hold a regional consultation meeting, likely in Thrissur, for identifying areas to be declared ecologically sensitive zones in the Kerala part of the biodiversity hotspot. The meeting will be followed by visits to the identified areas, V.S. Vijayan, member …
JAIPUR: The Japan International Cooperation Agency has asked the Rajasthan Government to submit a detailed project report for second phase of a Rs.1,228-crore project for forestry development and bio-diversity conservation by June 30 to facilitate its prompt approval. Agency's representative R. Hayashi expressed satisfaction over the completion of works under …
P L Gautam, National Biodiversity Authority chairman, tells Kirtika Suneja about the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources. Edited excerpts: What are the major components of biodiversity? Biological diversity or biodiversity is the totality of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an initiative to bring the benefits of growth and development to the adivasis, the State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) was inaugurated here on Thursday by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.
P. Oppili CHENNAI: A team of experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will visit forest areas in Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and the Nilgiris for three days from next Monday to approve funding for the State Forest Department's Natural Resources Management Project. A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head …
