Restoration call for area ‘the size of China’ to protect falling biodiversity and food insecurity
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New York: An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday.
Invasive pest spread another fallout from climate change, UN-backed study finds
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:01 pm
New York: Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found.
Chinese deal to build fishing harbour in Sierra Leone triggers protests
Jun 02, 2021, at 12:50 am
Conservationists, human rights and animal welfare groups, and local landowners have started protesting against Sierra Leone government's plan of selling 250 acres of pristine beach and rainforest to China in a $55 million deal that would see an industrial fishing harbor built on the site, media reports said.
May 31, 2021, at 07:48 pm
Reducing food wastage can help conserve resources and the environment, says Debasmita Patra, food waste researcher teaching in an American university. SPAN writer Candice Yacono reports
New Report finds coal ash pollution rampant in India despite COVID-19 lockdown
May 28, 2021, at 10:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A new report released by Healthy Energy Initiative India and Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) has found that coal fly ash pollution was rampant in India in 2020-21 despite the COVID-19 lockdown.
World now likely to hit watershed 1.5 °C rise in next five years, warns UN weather agency
May 28, 2021, at 04:15 pm
New York: Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of the next five years, the UN weather agency warns in a new report issued on Thursday.
World now likely to hit watershed 1.5 °C rise in next five years, warns UN weather agency
May 28, 2021, at 03:59 pm
Cyclone Yaas may cross West Bengal by Wednesday evening
May 26, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: After making the fall at Dhamra port in Bhadrak district in Odisha in the morning, the Cyclone Yaas is likely to cross West Bengal coast by Wednesday evening.
Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in Odisha, Bengal on alert
May 26, 2021, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi: The landfall process of Cyclone Yaas has started north of Dhamra and south of Balasore in Odisha, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday.
Cyclone Yaas to hit Odisha around noon, Bengal on alert
May 26, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm Yaas is slowly moving towards the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts now and it is likely to make landfall soon.
Australian study finds China is the biggest generator of plastic waste
May 25, 2021, at 07:57 pm
Melbourne: An Australian study has unveiled that China is the biggest generator of plastic waste.
Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report
May 25, 2021, at 06:20 pm
New York: Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.
Assam: 40 houses damaged and trees uprooted due to cyclonic storm in Karimganj
May 25, 2021, at 06:04 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A cyclonic storm followed by heavy rains left several houses damaged and trees uprooted in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday night.
'Very Severe Cyclonic Storm' Yaas to cross Odisha-West Bengal coast tomorrow: IMD
May 25, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Met officials on Tuesday said severe cyclonic Storm‘Yaas’ is going to move north-north-westwards, intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours.
May 24, 2021, at 01:25 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The cyclone “Yaas” brewing in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to turn into ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ on May 26 and make landfall somewhere between Paradeep in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal.
Maharashtra: Mild tremor in Satara, Ratnagiri
May 24, 2021, at 01:19 am
Kolhapur/Ratnagiri/UNI: A mild tremor of 3.3 on Richter scale was experienced in Satara district on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir Biodiversity Council observes International Biodiversity Day
May 24, 2021, at 01:11 am
Srinagar: J&K Biodiversity Council today observed International Day for Biological Diversity by organising a webinar with the theme “We’re part of the solution#ForNature”.
Renewable tech brings power swarming through the world’s poorest villages
May 23, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: Swarm grids, an innovative technology designed to work with renewable energy sources, are bringing reliable electricity to some of the world’s poorest and remote regions for the first time, providing a major boost to the livelihoods of those who live there.
May 23, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Hyderabad/UNI/IBNS: The well-marked low-pressure area over East-central Bay of Bengal persists along with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto mid-tropospheric levels and it is very likely to concentrate into a depression during next six hours, met officials said.
Nyiragongo volcano erupts in Democratic Republic of Congo: Reports
May 23, 2021, at 07:47 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, located on the border with Rwanda, began to erupt, the Rwandan broadcaster RBA reported on Saturday, citing eyewitnesses.
Bhutan may see moderate rise in emissions if measures not taken
May 22, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Bhutan - one of the world's greenest countries with a high forest cover - could see a moderate rise in emission level by 2050 if it failed to maintain emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, Kuensel reported.
Low-pressure area in Bay of Bengal may concentrate into deep depression: IMD
May 22, 2021, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that a low-pressure area has been formed over east-central Bay of Bengal at around 0830 hrs and is very likely to concentrate into a depression by May 23 morning.
Everyone will lose unless humanity makes ‘peace with the planet’, declares Guterres
May 22, 2021, at 04:51 pm
New York: Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday.
Saving Rhinos: A Second Chance For Dozer
May 22, 2021, at 03:41 pm
Strasburg, VA - Dozer, a male black rhino, has been monitored by the International Rhino Foundation’s (IRF) partner the Lowveld Rhino Trust for 28 years. Dozer was just three years old when he was translocated to become one of the founding members of the newly established Bubiana Conservancy black rhino population in 1993, in one of the first rhino operations supported by IRF in Zimbabwe.
Earthquakes jolt parts of China, three die
May 22, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Kunming: At least three people died as a series of earthquakes jolted Yangbi Yi Autonomous County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday, media reports said.
5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh
May 22, 2021, at 03:12 am
Changlang/IBNS: An earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude was reported near Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday evening.
India's invasive alien fish poses threat to biodiversity hotspots
May 22, 2021, at 03:05 am
Extreme climate events may aid the spread of alien species in biodiversity hotspots, such as the 2018 and 2019 flood-driven release of alien species like the alligator gar from illegal aquaculture farms in Kerala to its natural water bodies. Compliance and enforcement of existing environment protection laws in India can check the spread of alien species, reports Mongabay India writer Sahana Ghosh
Report reveals progress on environmentally protected areas, but quality must improve
May 21, 2021, at 07:33 pm
New York: Although the world has made major progress toward a decade-long target for environmental protection areas, it has fallen far short on commitments regarding their quality, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners said in a report published on Wednesday.
May 21, 2021, at 05:51 am
Washington/IBNS: Naturalist Jane Goodall, who is renowned for her studies on chimpanzees and her campaign for environmental causes, was Thursday named the winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, which honours people whose work throughout their life embodies science and spirituality.
Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour, human rights group slams move
May 20, 2021, at 04:18 am
Rights groups and conservationists have criticized a $55m deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100 hectares (250 acres) of beach and protected rainforest.