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Should create deterrents against poaching: Assam Governor on Global Tiger
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said on Saturday that Global Tiger Day is an occasion to take action for the protection of tigers and discourage deforestation as forests are the tiger’s natural habitat.
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China: No tangible progress expected from US climate envoy John Kerry's vi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Speaking to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Kerry said he hoped to make progress on talks with China over reducing methane emissions, transitioning away from coal, combating deforestation and jointly increasing the deployment of renewable energy technologies, Global Times reported cit
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ISRO-NASA's NISAR satellite to track movements of Earth’s land, ice surfac
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two major components of the NISAR satellite have been combined to create a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, India. The NISAR satellite will deepen understanding of climate change, deforestation, glacier melt, volcanoes, earthquakes and other issues.
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Study: Amazonian 'black earth' may give clues to global forest regeneratio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Millions of Amerindians living in today's Amazonia altered the formerly poor soil through numerous mechanisms between 450 BCE and 950 CE. Soils were enhanced with charcoal from low-intensity fires used for cooking and burning trash, animal bones, broken pottery, compost, and manure through m
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Severe sandstorm engulfs Beijing, air pollution soars to hazardous levels
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Weather authorities in Beijing warned people not to go outdoors for exercise and other activities, and have asked drivers to stay vigilant and reduce speed because of low visibility, reported CNN.
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The Art of Living - JalTara in Maharashtra as a measure for improved soil
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): All the vegetation on the land blooms from good soil health and adequate water availability. If these two factors are not aligned, there is nothing that can stop crop spoilage from occurring. As the soil in farms continues to thaw, cli
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"Patently Unreliable": Verra addresses criticism of rainforest offset cred
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI/PRNewswire): An article published in Britain's Guardian newspaper on 18 January 2023 includes numerous inaccuracies and distortions that misrepresent the activities of Verra, a non-profit organization that operates standards in environmental and social market
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Reviews explore impacts of Amazon deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In two separate Reviews, researchers underscore the rapid and profound changes occurring in the Amazon resulting from ever-increasing human activity. They discuss what's known about the drivers and impacts of the ongoing deforestation and landscape degradation the region is experiencing, and
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Project JalTara Promises An Eye-opening Resolution to Water Crisis - An Ar
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Groundwater levels are in a critical state globally. India is the largest user of groundwater in the world - accounting for over 25 per cent of global extraction, with 256 Districts across India having critical/ over-exploited gr
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Lula da Silva sworn in for third term as Brazil's president
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Silva also promised to fight to improve life for poor Brazilians, work towards racial and gender equality, and achieve zero deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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New analysis finds pandemic didn't dampen deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over the last 15 years, according to a recent study from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
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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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