Jamaican iguana, a lizard, believed to be extinct for nearly 50 years, has been accidentally rediscovered in the Hellshire Hills of Jamaica. This inspired an intensive efforts to save both the

At least 10 per cent of the world's environmental heritage, can be found in Brazil, according to the government officials. Brazil has recently estimated its environmental worth in economic terms.

the World Bank along with Conser

Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests

to evolve a proper and precise methodology for conserving the ecology, a national biodiversity strategy and action plan (nbsap) was inaugurated in New Delhi recently. It will cover areas

THE World Bank has sanctioned a $11.54-million biodiversity and natural resource management programme in Turkey. The Global Environment Facility is contributing a $8.2 million equivalent grant

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note