India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP)
India is one of the first countries in the world to develop a comprehensive Cooling Action plan.
Do forest surveys separately
A high-power committee constituted by the MoEFCC has recommended that the biennial forest surveys exercise by the government to estimate forest cover explicitly demarcate trees grown in forests from those grown outside.
Nitrogen Pollution
The annual Frontiers Report 2019 published by the United Nations (UN), has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution in its latest edition.
India to tie up with 4 nations to save rhinos
The five rhino range nations signed a declaration ‘The Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ for the conservation and protection of the species at the recently held Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting here.
Elephants using one corridor in two countries
Scientists advise trans-boundary conservation for wildlife along the border.
Cabinet approves Petroleum Ministry joining of IEA Bioenergy TCP
The Union Cabinet has approved the joining of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to International Energy Agency’s Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme as its 25th member.
Rhinos without borders is conservation credo
Representatives of Asian countries says, International boundaries will not come in the way of conservation of rhinos, where the one-horned herbivore thrives.
Tree cover, forest cover ”“ How are the two different?
The Economic Survey of Delhi 2018-19, released last week, states that the capital’s forest cover has increased from 12.72% of its geographical area in 2015 to 12.97% in 2017 while its tree cover has increased from 7.48% to 7.62%.
Cities at crossroads: Small town, cleaner future
Small and mid-size cities and towns of India are showing the way on how to manage solid waste by getting communities to segregate waste and keeping the waste streams separate.
The thing about air
Air pollution is a silent killer in India, especially in the country’s northern belt.