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Rajya Sabha passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2023
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav moved the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for its consideration and passage to amend the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
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20 species of sea lettuce are present in Baltic and Scandinavian coasts: R
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The number of species of the green alga sea lettuce in the Baltic Sea region and Skagerak is significantly more than was previously thought. Twenty kinds of sea lettuce were discovered after 10,000 kilometres of the coast were studied by the University of Gothenburg researchers.
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Entire North-East Region, a biodiversity hotspot, says IIT Guwahati Profes
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The day promotes understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues and encourages actions to conserve and sustainably use natural resources. This year's theme is 'From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity'.
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Awareness session on J-K's birds, butterfly, plant diversity organised in
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity was 'From Agreement to Action-Build Back Biodiversity'.
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International Biodiversity Day is about need to create environmental consc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Speaking at a special function held to celebrate the International Day of Biological Diversity in Mumbai, Union Minister Yadav said, "We often take the best from the environment but give back waste, with development our consumption increases. If we encourage unnecessary consumption, one eart
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On International Day for Biological Diversity, Uttarakhand Forest dept rel
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uttarakhand Forest Department is the only one in the country which undertakes this exercise and has perhaps the largest inventory of various plant species, across all the State Forest Departments, he added.
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Number of Ramsar Sites in country increased nearly three times since 2014:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ramsar Sites are wetlands of international importance, designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for containing representative, rare or unique wetland types or for their importance in conserving biological diversity.
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India committed to ensure food and nutritional security for its citizens:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that India is committed to ensuring food and nutritional security for its citizens.
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UN Biodiversity Conference to be relocated from China to Canada
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada from December 5 to 17 this year.
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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav hails Tamil Nadu for preserving its b
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 22 (ANI): The convergence of people, culture, and rich tradition of the beautiful state of Tamil Nadu has preserved the unique biodiversity of the region, said Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday.
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Union Minister inaugurates exhibition on International day of Biological D
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate change Bhupender Yadav inaugurated Biological Diversity Exhibition at Chennai Kalaivanar Arangam on Sunday during the International Day of Biological Diversity (IDB) celebrations.
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This International Day for Biological Diversity, Seagram's 100 Pipers pled
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): After the exemplary response to the launch of India's first Environment-themed NFTs dedicated to Tree Plantation titled 'Now Funding Tomorrow', Seagram's 100 Pipers has upped its game by dropping another set of unique environmentally linked
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