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Biodiversity organisation Aaranyak, stakeholders celebrate International P
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak with the objective to highlight the importance of primate species in our ecology, facilitated several collaborative awareness programmes in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of International Primates Day on Friday.
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WCCB-Aaranyak sensitises 99 SSB men on combating wildlife crime
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The sensitisation workshop on "Preventing Wildlife Crime and Illegal Wildlife Trade" was conducted jointly by wildlife crime experts and resource persons from the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak on being invited by the SSB.
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Researchers finds seven new species of leaf insects
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
An international research team including the University of Göttingen has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves.
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UAE: 3rd Emirates Environmental Group panel discussion for 2023 highlights
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Emirates Environmental Group conducted its 3rd panel discussion of 2023 today, in association with Arabia CSR Network, to rope in key industry experts and help direct the conversation that drives sustainable change to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
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Assam: 'Aaranyak' takes up elephant habitat improvement to mitigate human-
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has initiated an ambitious project for improvement of elephant habitat in Assam's Rowta Reserve Forest to mitigate Human Elephant Conflict (HEC).
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Competent Boards launches subscription learning service to keep boards and
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 17: Competent Boards, the pioneer and premier provider of corporate sustainability, ESG, climate and biodiversity training programs, has launched an innovative subscription service aimed to help boardrooms comply with new regulatory disclosure requirements and adapt
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Participation of local communities is important for elephant conservation:
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav has emphasised on mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in India’s economic development to ensure ecological wellbeing and sustainability.
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Aaranyak, Samagra Shiksha Assam hold teachers' workshop on biodiversity co
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Assam (SSA), Baksa district of Assam conducted a day-long teachers training workshop on Biodiversity conservation and sustainability education in Baska district recently at Nikashi High School. Read More
Categorization of cats likely to remain problematic: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Experts have warned that the categorization of domestic and wild cats will likely remain problematic for the foreseeable future, endangering current efforts to protect and restore native biodiversity.
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Research reveals tropical trees use social distancing to maintain biodiver
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a square mile of tropical forest, scientists often struggle to grasp how such a diversity of species can coexist. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin revealed new insights into the answer in a paper published in Science by discovering a fundamental property of the spatial d
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Study discovers new isopod species that feeds on fish
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a new species of marine cryptofauna in the Florida Keys. The majority of the biodiversity in the ocean is made up of microscopic, hidden species known as cryptofauna. There are 15 species of Gnathia in the region, including the nearly three-millimetre-long isopod.
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Rapid response units formed for mitigating human-elephant conflict in Assa
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
To boost efforts for mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and facilitate much-needed coexistence through community participation, Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, has formed seven Rapid Response Units (RRUs) at the grassroots level in some of the HEC affected areas
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