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Scott Wilson remembered at memorial
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 21 (ANI): Hollywood star Scott Wilson was remembered warmly at the memorial ceremonies recently organised at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.
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India takes strong steps towards achieving Paris Agreement goals
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain], Oct 20 (ANI): Government of India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development with the approval of a US$ 43 million grant from the Green Climate Fund, supporting climate resilience of millions of people living in the coastal states
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Can sustainable forest management save us from climate change?
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): If you think that sustainable forest management can be a major contributor to mitigating climate change, then you better not hold your breath. A new study has found that managing Europe's forests to maximise carbon sequestration has a negligible effect on
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UP makes man-animal conflict a 'State Declared Disaster'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that man-animal conflicts will now be considered a 'State Declared Disaster', thereby bringing all such cases under the ambit of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
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Bombay HC quizzes forest department over man-eater tigress
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench on Tuesday sought a reply from the state forest department to disclose how there have not been any deaths in the last two months by man-eater T-1 tigress in Pandharkawda forest.
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Gadchiroli: 1 Naxal killed in encounter with police
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India] Oct 16: One Naxal was killed in an encounter with police in the forest area of Malewada in Gadchiroli district on Tuesday.
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New mechanism will forewarn depletion in air quality: Vardhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan on Monday informed that Indian scientists along with scientists of the US and Finland have developed a mechanism which will soon be able to forewarn depletion in air quality.
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Carbon emission from Amazon wildfires 4 times worse than thought
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): According to a recent research, carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires could be up to four times worse than feared.
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Ahmed Patel seeks Centre's intervention on Gir lions' death
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Saturday expressed his concern over the recent deaths of lions in Gujarat's Gir forest and wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take necessary steps in order to prevent the unnatural de
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Here's why secondary forests have shorter lifespans
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 4(ANI): Secondary forests, or forests that have regrown after agriculture use, only last an average of 20 years, according to a recently released scientific paper.
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C'garh police recover bodies of 3 Naxals
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 03 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police on Wednesday said that the bodies of three Naxals were recovered after an encounter with security forces in a dense forest in Sukma district of the state.
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Death of lions in Gir forest extremely serious situation, protect them: SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the death of lions in Gir forest in Gujarat and urged the Centre to protect them as it's "extremely serious" situation.
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