Sixth Mass Extinction
The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) is set to be convened in October, 2022. It comes at a key period in conservation history- following an unprece…
Biodiversity
Bedti-Varada Interlinking – Prospects and Challenges
The plan aims to link the Bedti, a river flowing west into the Arabian Sea, with the Varada, a tributary of the Tungabhadra River.
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 – Objections raised and the way forward
The newly released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022, measured by Yale and Columbia universities, ranks India at the bottom position among 18…
Community forest resource and community forest resource rights
While CFR rights are an important empowerment tool, getting a consensus amongst various villages about their traditional boundaries often proves a cha…
Heatwave in India – Reasons, effects and the way forward
Heatwaves are common in India during May and June but summer began early this year with severe heat conditions being consistently reported over large …
Kunming Declaration – Goals and Commitments
More than 100 countries adopted the Kunming Declaration at the first part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United N…
Rethinking the wildlife protection strategy
Context The government has come up with an amended Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA) and called for public responses. Express Learning Programme (ELP) Learn/Revise 10X Faster!…
Elephant Deaths
How prevalent is elephant deaths in India? There are some 27,300 wild elephants in India. This accounts for more than 50% of the global population…
India’s Stand on Global Methane Pledge & Glasgow Declaration
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