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India should now have an aggressive clean energy solution policy, scaling up development of green technologies for its energy security and export these to developing countries in Africa and Latin America, says United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Director General Kandeh K. Yumkella. “India should be aggressive on energy efficiency. If energy is used differently, if energy demand is managed [...]
“Rani was ours”, says Aashiq Miyan, fondly looking at the sloth bear. But there is no remorse in the voice of this former ‘kalandar’ or bear entertainer whose family once roamed the dusty roads of Rajasthan making the animal “dance” to earn a living. With the enforcement of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the livelihood of the kalandar community — [...]
Himachal Pradesh has 7.32 percent of the total biodiversity of the country and is promoting cultivation of herbs, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Saturday. “The state government is promoting herb culture in a big way so that besides using herbs in ayurvedic medicines the income of farmers could be supplemented,” Dhumal said at a regional conference of Arogya Bharti [...]
The cost of environmental damage soared to almost 1.4 trillion yuan ($222 billion) in 2009 in China, up 9.2 percent compared to the previous year, a report said. China has spent 3.8 percent of the GDP in 2009 to clean up the environment, the China Green National Accounting Study Report 2009 said. “The damage to the environment not only results [...]
After being part of entertaining films, Abhishek Bachchan is keen now to make a movie on climate change but says it is important to have the right story that can strike a chord with the audiences. “I want to make a film about saving the environment and bring about a change. I don’t know if anyone of you is willing [...]
Monkeys in a Kazakhstan zoo are enjoying a “very human” remedy against cold weather, with wine added to their daily ration. Each monkey is getting a moderate dose of about 50 grams of Cahors wine a day, mixed with piping hot water and served with apples, lemon and sugar, the Tengrinews.kz website reported. The monkeys enjoy their drink, said Svetlana [...]
Sugar is fuelling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually from diabetes, heart disease and cancer, warn scientists. Global sugar consumption has tripled over the past 50 years and its intake should be curtailed, like alcohol and tobacco, to protect the public from the deleterious effects of obesity, they said. These health hazards largely mirror the effects [...]
The Maharashtra government is taking measures to boost green and environment friendly industrial projects in the state to protect the environment, an official said Friday. “Projects with an environment dimension to them would be given preference in terms of expedited government clearance and other non-financial benefits,” said state Environment Secretary Valsa Nair-Singh. Addressing a conference on Green Co – The [...]
The principle of common but differentiated responsibility and equity – right to grow – is central to talk of global environmental agreements and their effective implementation, said Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Friday. Speaking at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, Natarjan said: “There is no doubt that the global regime for protecting biodiversity has to be ambitious but it has [...]
The world must respect that India has a right to grow and no one wants it to cut emissions but it must not carry on as usual, said European Union (EU) climate action commissioner Connei Hedegaard Friday. “No one in EU argues against that India — with a 1.2 billion population with 400 million still without power — has a [...]
Endangered Olive Ridley turtles may delay their mass nesting at Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach, one of the world’s largest turtle nesting sites. The reason: climatic changes. Over half a million turtles arrive and congregate in the shallow coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal from October to November and nest from December to March. Most hatchlings emerge by May. Officials at [...]
A British expedition has discovered an enormous species of crustacean that looks like a prawn and is 11 inches long, Daily Mail reported Thursday. The so-called ‘supergiant’ – a type of amphipod – was discovered more than four miles below the surface in waters north of New Zealand. Most amphipods are usually 0.8in-1.2in long. But the new specimen, found by [...]
Himachal Pradesh will be the first state in the country to become carbon neutral by 2020 by undertaking “carbon smart growth”, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Thursday. “The government has inventorised greenhouse gas emission for assessing the carbon footprints. The carbon footprint per capita in the state has been assessed at 1.4 tonne per capita against the national [...]
Nearly 80 percent of China’s wetlands are shrinking due to poor protection, experts said Thursday. The World Wetlands Day was observed Feb 2. The country’s natural wetland reserves have decreased by over 8,000 sq km over the past three decades, a study by the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications said Thursday. Poorly-protected wetland areas are mainly located in west and [...]
Despite rapid urbanization, the herpetofauna population of Guwahati has not been severely affected. There are some 63 species of herpetiles in this Assam city. “This is good news and can be termed as one of the best average populations,” said herpetofauna researcher Jayaditya Purkayastha after release of his book “Urban Herpetofauna: Amphibians and Reptiles of Guwahati” on World Wetland Day [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday expressed concern over the lack of collective global will to address the climate change issue seriously and said India would play a constructive role in climate talks as far as it is based on “fair and equitable agreement”. Speaking at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) here, Manmohan Singh said there is a need [...]
A Bengal tiger donated by a Mexican circus to the Tegucigalpa zoo last year was put down after sustaining a hip injury. It will now be stuffed and placed on display at the zoo, Honduran media reported Wednesday. Sultan, who was 16 and weighed about 230 kg, was donated to the zoo in April 2011 by the Renato Circus and [...]
Life of five endangered tigers in the rugged hills of Rajasthan’s Sariska reserve captured by an Indian cinematographer is being shown in Britain as part of a special BBC series on endangered wildlife. The introductory episodes titled “Tiger Dynasty” was launched Wednesday. The documentary, filmed by acclaimed wildlife cinematographer S. Nallamuthu, tells the story of five translocated tigers from Ranthambore [...]
In pursuance of the strategies identified in National Water Mission Document as well as deliberations in National Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources had initiated the process of reviewing the National Water Policy, 2002. Accordingly, the Drafting Committee on National Water Policy has evolved the draft policy after taking into consideration recommendations of various stake holders. The Salient Features of [...]
It would take at least 24 million generations for a mouse-sized creature to evolve into something as big as an elephant. Conversely, it would require only 100,000 generations for very large creatures to regress into dwarfs, says the first ever computation of large scale evolution mammals. The computation, led by Alistair Evans of Monash University, describes increases and decreases in [...]
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