Climate Change

Managing ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation: a review of current knowledge and recommendations to support ecosystem-based mitigation actions that look beyond terrestrial forests

This review summarizes current knowledge on the potential of ecosystems beyond terrestrial forests to contribute to climate change mitigation.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2016
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Tags:
Ecosystems, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Biodiversity, Forests, Biodiversity Conservation, Carbon Sequestration, India, Global
Environment

Goa to host meet of BRICS environment ministers on September 16

NEW DELHI: Environment ministers of the BRICS nations will meet in Goa on September 16 to strengthen mutual cooperation in critical areas like air and water pollution, liquid and solid waste manage

Publication Date: 
14/09/2016
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Goa, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Waste Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Environment, Sustainable Development
Wildlife

After UPA, Modi govt refuses funds for lion conservation

Greater Gir remains the last habitat of Asiatic lions on earth, and it seems to have no place in the Centre's Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH).

Publication Date: 
09/09/2016
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Lion, Biodiversity Conservation, Endangered Species, Gir NP, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Hawaii’s Endemic Life is Fast Disappearing; 87 Percent in Danger of Extinction

Hawaii received a blow to its conservation efforts during the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Honolulu as it was revealed how much the country's

Publication Date: 
08/09/2016
Nature World News
Tags:
Biodiversity, Flora, Biodiversity Conservation, Forests, Habitat
Forests

Opportunities for biodiversity gains under the world’s largest reforestation programme

Reforestation is a critical means of addressing the environmental and social problems of deforestation. China’s Grain-for-Green Program (GFGP) is the world’s largest reforestation scheme. Here we provide the first nationwide assessment of the tree composition of GFGP forests and the first combined ecological and economic study aimed at understanding GFGP’s biodiversity implications. Across China, GFGP forests are overwhelmingly monocultures or compositionally simple mixed forests.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2016
Fangyuan Hua, Xiaoyang Wang, Xinlei Zheng & et al
Nature Communications
7
12717
1-11
Tags:
Biodiversity, Afforestation, China, Biodiversity Conservation, Soil Erosion, Forests
Biodiversity

Protected Planet Report 2016: how protected areas contribute to achieving global targets for biodiversity

The Protected Planet Report 2016 has been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2016
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Protected Area Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Biodiversity Conservation, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Fisheries, Invasive Alien Species, Traditional Knowledge, Global
Wildlife

After UPA, Modi govt refuses funds for lion conservation

Greater Gir remains the last habitat of Asiatic lions on earth, and it seems to have no place in the Centre's Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH).

Publication Date: 
02/09/2016
Himanshu Kaushik
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Lion, People - Animal Conflicts, Biodiversity Conservation, Gir NP, Ecotourism, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Approaches used to evaluate the social impacts of protected areas

Protected areas are a key strategy in conserving biodiversity, and there is a pressing need to evaluate their social impacts. Though the social impacts of development interventions are widely assessed, the conservation literature is limited and methodological guidance is lacking. Using a systematic literature search, which found 95 relevant studies, we assessed the methods used to evaluate the social impacts of protected areas.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/09/2016
Emiel de Lange, Emily Woodhouse, E.J. Milner-Gulland
Conservation Letters
9
5
327-333
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, NGOs
Biodiversity

IISc to rope in students for biodiversity map project

The Karnataka Biodiversity Board and the Western Ghats Task Force have entrusted the CES with the task to undertake the biodiversity mapping of Uttara Kannada.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Bosky Khanna
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Western Ghats, Uttar Kannad, Indian Institute Of Science (IISC), Biodiversity Conservation, Environment Education, Biodiversity
Biodiversity

US creates world’s largest marine reserve off Hawaii

The monument, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to more than 7,000 marine species, including endangered sea turtles, whales, Hawaiian monk seals, Laysan albatross, Pritchardia palms, and severa

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Mongabay
Tags:
Biodiversity, Marine Ecosystems, United States Of America (US), Biodiversity Conservation, Turtles, Whales, Marine Life, Biosphere Reserves

Pages