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Preserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change: Study
Updated : 2 days, 16 hours ago IST
A new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology Oswald Schmitz discovered that protecting wildlife around the world could significantly improve natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks.
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Preserving Mizoram's biodiversity: Meet Lalhlupuii Ralte, the woman entrep
Updated : 4 days, 7 hours ago IST
She started a start-up, Zo Bio hub in 2018, which is focusing on promoting the cultivation and preservation of plant species while also empowering women in rural communities.
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Assam: Students sensitised on importance of biodiversity at Orang Nature C
Updated : 6 days, 23 hours ago IST
High school students from six schools located in fringe areas of Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve (OTR) in Darrang district of Assam took part in Second Orang Nature Camp. Various sessions conducted by different conservation experts tried to educate young minds on how nature sustains ou
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From policy to progress: India's steady march towards Sustainable Developm
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
While all these goals are interconnected, 5 of them are primarily connected to the environment. They are i) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable; ii) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; iii) Take urgent action to combat climate cha
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KhetiBuddy helps Krishi Vigyan Kendra digitize farming operations for thou
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI/SRV): KhetiBuddy, a leading agtech platform, has successfully collaborated with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Parbhani to increase biodiversity and educate and train 2,000 farmers on sustainable cotton growing practices in Parbhani.
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Thermal drone cameras deployed to curb human-elephant conflict in Odisha
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
The forest department is adopting technology-oriented solutions such as drones and thermal cameras to support the monitoring of the animals and alert villages if there is a chance of an encounter with humans.
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UN agrees high seas treaty to protect ocean life
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
After the UN passed this agreement, the UN chief Antonio Guterres in a statement issued by his Spokesperson late Saturday evening stated, "This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean health, now and for generations to com
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Shirke's Ventures to donate their quarterly earnings to help restore biodi
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI/SRV): Taking into consideration the depleting greenery in the state, Pune-based Shirke's Ventures, a well-known Kitchen and Wardrobe manufacturing company will extend financial help to Satara-based Sahyadri Devrai Foundation, a leading environmental NGO ,
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New study reveals biodiversity loss drove ecological collapse after the 'G
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, the greatest of these being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the 'Great Dying', which occurred 252 million years ago.
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Migratory Birds Flock to TVSM Factory in Hosur
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Hosur (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): TVS Motor Company, a reputed manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the world, has always promoted treasuring and protecting biodiversity conservation. This has been the vision of the Chairman Emeritus, Venu Srinivasan, and
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Watching television good for planet: Study
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
According to new research published in the Annals of Botany by Oxford University Press, watching nature documentaries increases people's interest in plants, potentially leading to involvement in botany and ecology.
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Urban gardens are good for ecosystems, humans: Study
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Traditionally, it has been considered that cultivating food causes biodiversity loss and has a negative influence on an ecosystem. A new study from various colleges, including The University of Texas at Austin, contradicts this idea, demonstrating that community gardens and urban farms benef
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