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Over 100 world leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 at COP26
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Leaders of more than 100 countries representing over 85 per cent of the world's forests will commit to end deforestation by 2030 under the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP2
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UK to call for end to global deforestation at COP 26: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK will urge world leaders at the upcoming 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to pledge their commitment to stopping and reversing deforestation, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, sources told the Guardian newspaper.
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Climate change: Pakistan faces existential crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): As per the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report of August 2021, Pakistan is facing an existential crisis.
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Mega fruit tree plantation drive commenced, preserving natural habitat for
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI/PNN): Increasing deforestation and disturbances to ecological balance by humans has affected wildlife and beings of forests.
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Rapid deforestation puts Pakistan's climate policies in jeopardy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): Pakistan remains largely prone to challenges that have thwarted its efforts to create a climate-friendly government. Of all the challenges, rapid deforestation remains one of the gravest issues faced by the country even today.
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Infectious disease outbreaks correlated to deforestation, forest conversio
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI) A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science shows that deforestation, certain types of reforestation, and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease.
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Study links disease outbreaks to deforestation, forest conversion and palm
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
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Himachal CM presented with action plan to reduce emissions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was presented with the State Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) action plan under which there is a Rs 102 crore plan to be implemented in five years on Wednesd
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EnKing International, the first Indian company to become a CDP Accredited
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India] September 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): CDP runs the global environmental disclosure system, each year it supports thousands of companies, cities, states, and regions to measure and manage their risks and opportunities on climate change, deforestation and water
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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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Green cover must be preserved, remarks Supreme Court
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Raising concern on the rapid deforestation in the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that "green cover must be preserved".
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Climate change due to deforestation worries people in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 21(ANI): The exploitation of natural resources by China and Pakistan that has affected the ecology and demography in Gilgit Baltistan remains a major concern for the local residents of the region.
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