#biodiversity

NGT bats for sustainable tourism policy on islands across country to check impact of climate change

Expert panel was constituted by Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal after it took suo motu cognizance of The Hindu report…

8 months ago

Invasive plants, pests choke out native biodiversity

Lantana is an invasive alien species (IAS), which is a class of animals, plants and other organisms introduced to new…

10 months ago

Pledge for 15 August: Protecting Our Biodiversity via Collective Climate Action

India’s Independence Day this year comes at the cusp of its prestigious and crucial G-20 presidency. Our real test against…

11 months ago

Delhi Must Scale Up Biodiversity Parks To Mitigate Greenhouse Gases, Summer Heat

At a presentation in March at the India International Centre—on the ecological services rendered by biodiversity parks in Delhi—a suggestion…

1 year ago

Carbon credit rules tighten to increase credibility

Integrity Council launches core carbon principles and disclosure framework The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has launched a disclosure…

1 year ago

Native UK plants in catastrophic decline, major report finds

Parts of Britain's landscape today would be unrecognisable to someone who grew up just 70 years ago, a major survey…

1 year ago

UN delegates reach historic agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

“This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean health, now and for…

1 year ago

As critical nature talks open, UN chief says ‘humanity has become a weapon of mass destruction’

High-stakes biodiversity negotiations are starting on Wednesday (Dec 7) in Canada, touted as the "last best chance" to save Earth's…

2 years ago

Explainer: COP15, the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade

An updated guide to the intergovernmental negotiations taking place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, that have a crucial role…

2 years ago

Three new snake species discovered in graveyards

Native to southern Ecuador, the newfound serpents belong to a little-studied group of snakes that spend their lives underground.  In…

2 years ago

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