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COP27: India commits to create carbon sink of 2.5-3 bn tn of CO2 by 2030
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking at the launch of the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), Yadav said that creating the new carbon sink from mangrove afforestation and reducing emissions from mangrove deforestation are two feasible ways for countries to meet their NDC targets and achieve carbon neutrality.
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Progress heading into COP27 despite current global challenges
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): Despite positive progress at COP26, current country pledges and commitments, even if fully implemented, still do not put the world on a trajectory to limit global warming to 1.5°C. If the world is to have even a 50 per cent chance of meeting tha
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Research: Companies' 'deforestation-free' supply chain pledges have barely
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers. Corporate pledges not to buy soybeans produced on land deforested after 2006 have reduced tree clearance in the B
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PoK faces environmental challenges due to exploitation of natural resource
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is facing serious environmental challenges due to rampant exploitation of natural resources and deforestation by Islamabad.
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Fungi-based meat alternatives to help save Earth's forests
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], May 4 (ANI): Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein, a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks, by 2050 could halve deforestation.
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Indian graduate aims to minimise deforestation with innovative mobile app
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI/PNN): An Indian graduate, Raul Rath, with a Bachelor of Design from the University of Melbourne, encourages us to consider how millions of trees are cut down every year for the creation of physical business cards. To help minimize this issue of deforestation
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Scientists detail how deforestation drives climate change
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Irvine (California) [US], April 17 (ANI): According to a new study by scientists from the University of California, protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas.
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Scientists reveal how deforestation drives climate change
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Irvine (California) [US], April 13 (ANI): A new study led by scientists from the University of California has revealed how protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas.
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Locals of McLeod Ganj raise alarm over ongoing unplanned construction
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 10 (ANI): Natives of Mc Leod ganj have expressed concern and are also raising an alarm over the ongoing deforestation and unplanned constructions in the area and said that the way construction works are going on in the world-famous tourist des
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Agartala Smart City adopts 'one for ten' trees compensatory afforestation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 22 (ANI): Agartala Smart City Mission has taken up a 'compensatory afforestation drive' to compensate for the ecological loss suffered due to the extraction of adult trees amid the ongoing smart road project, said Sailesh Kumar Yadav, Chief Executive Offi
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Tripura: Deforestation, rubber plantations rise leads to primate habitat c
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 13 (ANI): Massive deforestation and increase in rubber plantations in Tripura have emerged as the major causes of change in the habitat of non-human primates as well as cases of monkey-human conflict in certain parts of Tripura, according to a study.
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Disproportionate fall in safe working hours due to heat exposure for poepl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A team of researchers studied how many safe working hours people living in the tropics have lost due to local temperature change associated with deforestation during the past 15 years.
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