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New study reveals biodiversity loss drove ecological collapse after the 'G
Updated : 3 years 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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Urban gardens are good for ecosystems, humans: Study
Updated : 3 years 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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Effective protected areas needed to prevent biodiversity loss: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Protected natural areas in the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the last 30 years (UKCEH)
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Most Asian countries far behind biodiversity targets for protected areas:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Protected areas are one of the most effective tools for safeguarding biodiversity, but new research published today has found that most Asian countries failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17 per cent of land by 2020. Under current trends, the outlook for achievin
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Researchers reveal why replanted tropical trees don't survive for long
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Forest restoration is a powerful tool to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change, by locking away carbon and supporting important habitats. Researchers in a recent study found that trees planted in efforts to restore tropical and subtropical forests do not live more than five years.
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"We are on a green mission", says founder of Plants Kharido
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 3 (ANI/GPRC): We are facing an existential crisis; between now and 2050, our planet will welcome an additional 3 billion people, with cities housing nearly 70 per cent of this global population. We cannot sustain this growth while continuing on our current path of envir
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Poets Ruth Padel, Abhay K. use ecopoetry to highlight environmental challe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], April 5 (ANI): Eminent British poet Ruth Padel and Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. came together to raise awareness about the triple threats of Climate Change, Environmental pollution, and Biodiversity loss at the Indelible Festival of Literature in Dubai which is directed by Inde
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UN Environment Assembly opens with call to re-invigorate green agenda
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) kicked off in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday, with delegates renewing call for action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss in ord
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Biodiversity is life insurance for humans: French President Emmanuel Macro
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI/Xinhua): French President Emmanuel Macron was philosophical on Wednesday in his appeal for global efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, saying it is the life insurance of humans.
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Financial sector confronts deforestation as a key ESG risk: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 18 (ANI): The environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors could increasingly influence global banks' financing activities relating to commodity producers in forest-risk regions as deforestation is under growing scrutiny from activists and policymakers, Fitch Rat
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Indian diplomat Abhay K quotes Kalidasa's poems to highlight climate chang
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Abhay K, Ambassador of India to Madagascar and Comoros, used classical 5th century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa's poems to highlight the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution that the world faces today.
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Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic imp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Cheap and abundant coal fuelled the industrialisation of Europe, North America and Asia. However, the price tag on coal has never reflected the external cost to society; coal combustion produces more than a third of today's global CO2 emissions and is a m
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