Enable Block: 
Biodiversity

Butterfly fauna of the Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur, North East India

India is a paradise for butterflies with a record of nearly 1501 species, of which, the presence of nearly 962 species is known from the biodiversity rich hotspot sectors of North East India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India published under the state fauna series have shown the occurrence
of 106 species from Manipur.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2011
M. Ingobi Singh, Asha Gupta, R. Varatharajan
Current Science
101
6
719-721
Tags:
Butterflies, Keibul Lamjao NP, Manipur, North East, Fauna
Mining

No unrestricted mining in dense forests, says environment & forests ministry

New Delhi The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) may have agreed with the discontinuing of `go/ no-go' classification for coal mining areas but is in no mood to allow unrestricted mining in dense forests. The ministry has now decided that some forest areas, a very small portion of the overall coal-bearing region, will be considered 'inviolate' where no mining can be permitted. These areas will be considered fragile from the environmental aspect as well as from the point of view of protection of tribal populations.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Tribals, National Parks, Tiger Reserves, Sanctuaries, Biodiversity, Coal, Mining
Biodiversity

A new way to measure the world's protected area coverage

Protected areas are effective at stopping biodiversity loss, but their placement is constrained by the needs of people. Consequently protected areas are often biased toward areas that are unattractive for other human uses. Current reporting metrics that emphasise the total area protected do not account for this bias. To address this problem we propose that the distribution of protected areas be evaluated with an economic metric used to quantify inequality in income— the Gini coefficient.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Lissa M. Barr, Robert L. Pressey, Richard A. Fuller & et al
PLoS ONE
6
9
1-4
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation
Mining

MoEF relents, GoM says no to ‘go, no-go’

Ending months of uncertainty over the fate of around 150 stranded coal projects, a Group of Ministers on Tuesday finally recommended against the ‘go, no-go’ system — devised by the ministry of envi

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coal, Mining, Forests, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife, National Parks, Biodiversity, Gram Sabhas, Planning Commission
Environment

Oil spill caused `525.186 crore harm to climate

The National Envir-onmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in its report on the oil spill in the aftermath of the collision between MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia III that occurred in August 20

Publication Date: 
21/09/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Shipping, Toxic Wastes, Water Pollution, Mumbai, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Biodiversity, Fisheries, Marine Life, Environment
Climate Change

Karnataka state action plan on climate change: draft

In June 2009 Government of Karnataka (GoK) constituted a Coordination Committee to oversee and coordinate the state’s response to climate change. It assigned the mandate to prepare the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI).

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Karnataka, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Green House Gases, Agriculture, Water Resources, Biodiversity, Forests, Wildlife, Coastal Erosion, Urbanisation, Energy, Health Effects, Energy Efficiency, Climate
Biodiversity

JU study finds 3 new mammalian species

Zoology department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has recorded photographic evidence of three new mammalian species through a recent study.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Biodiversity, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Strange white Langur found in Lanka

The research team included Galle Wildlife Conservation Society's Madura A de Silva and Nadika C Hapuarachchi, and Nations Trust Bank Primate Conservation Project's P A Rohan Krishantha.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Sri Lanka, Wildlife, Forests, Biodiversity
Biodiversity

List info on biospheres, endangered flora and fauna orders CIC

Soon the information on the country's flora, fauna, bioshpere and the evaluation report to see if the money spend is actually helping the cause will be available at the click of a mouse away.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Flora, Fauna, Endangered Species, Biodiversity, Biosphere Reserves, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Right To Information (RTI)
Climate Change

Ignored threat

Climate change threatens species’ genetic diversity too. Much has been talked about how climate change poses risk to ecosystems and individual species. But no one has analysed how global warming will affect the genetic diversity hidden within the species. DNA studies have revealed that traditional species contain a vast amount of “cryptic” diversity—such as different lineages or even species within species. “The loss of biodiversity expected in the course of global warming has been greatly underestimated in previous studies, which have only referred to species numbers,” says Steffen Pauls.

Publication Date: 
16/09/2011
Akanksha Gulia
Down to Earth
20
9
48
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Insects, Extinct Species, Germany, Ecosystems, Biodiversity

Pages