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Madhya Pradesh: Leopard captured by forest officials in Junapani village
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sep 3 (ANI): Forest officials on Monday captured a leopard which suspected of allegedly killing two people in Junapani village of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.
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India committed to minimising impact of desertification: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida [Uttar Pradesh], Sept 2 (ANI): India is committed to finding a long-term solution to minimise the impact of desertification and land degradation, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
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MP minister writes to Sonia, accuses Digvijaya Singh of trying to destabil
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 2 (ANI): State Forest Minister Umang Singhar has written to top Congress leadership accusing senior party leader Digvijaya Singh of trying to destabilise Chief Minister Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh.
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122 countries have made land degradation neutrality national target: Javad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Sept 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday that 122 countries including India, Brazil, China, Nigeria, Russia and South Africa have agreed to make the sustainable development goal of achieving land degradation neutra
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WB: Awareness program organised on conserving endangered vulture species
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in collaboration with West-Bengal Forest Department and Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation (HNAF) on Sunday organised an awareness program for the conservation of endangered vulture species in Sili
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Mumbai: Shraddha Kapoor joins protest against slashing trees of Aarey fore
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (India), Sept 1 (ANI): Actor Shraddha Kapoor joined protesters who had gathered here on Sunday to voice their opposition to the decision by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Tree Authority to slash 2,700 trees in the Aarey forest, to make a car shed for the metro.
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Indigenous communities not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Despite being conserving the forests globally, indigenous people almost never get their due, a report by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said.
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Chennai: Students pray to Lord Ganesha to save Amazon forest
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): While most part of the country is all prepared to welcome Ganpati on Ganesh Chaturthi, a few school students took the opportunity to spread the message of saving Amazon forest, to the world.
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Himachal: 3 forest officials booked, held for illegal tree felling in Mand
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Three forest officials including a block forest officer has been booked in a case of alleged illegal felling of trees in Naina Devi area, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
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Leopard rescued from residential area in Rajasthan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhilwara (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Forest officials on Saturday rescued a leopard from a residential area here in Rajasthan.
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Deforestation in Amazon forest affecting Brazil's climate: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): It has been found in a recent study that deforestation in the Amazon forest has a significant impact on Brazil's local climate.
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Indian pangolin rescued from house in Odisha's Cuttack
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): An Indian Pangolin was rescued from a house by the forest officials at Kharod village near Talachandragiri Reserve forest in Odisha.
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