About a million species, including some seemingly common ones, are facing extinction, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent intergovernmental body of science and policy supported by the UN. According to the
At the dawn of the 20th century, it was widely believed that wetlands were merely a transitional stage in the succession from open waters to land. But by the 1940s, there was a growing acceptance that wetlands were a distinct ecosystem. Today,
António Guterres participates in the Ocean Conference in Lisbon, where he lamented that young people will inherit a planet in trouble due to the lack of action of their generation. “We will have to reverse everything: political decisions, economic decisions and individual
Habitats Trust, a non-profit organisation working for the conservation and protection of India’s natural habitats and their native species, invites applications for financial assistance from organisations and individuals primarily concerned with the conservation of endangered wildlife and natural habitats of India. Habitat
Global warming is threatening the existence of the Siberian tundra and the frozen land near the Arctic Circle, shows a new research. Researchers at the Alfred Weisner Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany have created a computer simulation of how
India’s largest power generating company, NTPC Limited, has unveiled a renewed biodiversity policy for 2022 to set an ambitious approach and guideline for biodiversity conservation, restoration and enhancement, said the union power ministry in a statement. The company said its goals were
Twenty-nine countries have together vowed $5.25 billion for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), boosting international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics and toxic chemicals through collaborative action this decade. The new support raises the GEF’s funding by
The United Nations Environment Program, UNEP, on Thursday published the new edition of its environmental report, Frontiers, which revealed that “fires are happening, more severely and more frequently, urban noise pollution is becoming a global health problem and disorders in the life cycles
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has said that tribal and other local communities involved in the cultivation and other livelihoods should be exempted from the Biological Diversity Act to find the balance between the development of the local
Chinese President Xi Jinping established a USD 233 million fund to help biodiversity protection in underdeveloped nations on Tuesday, calling for ambitious, realistic, and balanced global environmental protection aims China will take the lead by establishing the Kunming Biodiversity Fund with a
