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Biodiversity

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Biodiversity, 16/03/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Biodiversity, 16/03/2018. India has developed 12 National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs) in line with the global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2018
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, India, Parliament
Climate Change

World’s great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms – report

The world’s greatest forests could lose more than half of their plant species by the end of the century unless nations ramp up efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report on the imp

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Wildlife, Amazon, Africa, WWF, Flora, Fauna, Sea Level Rise
Wildlife

Wildlife in a warming world: the effects of climate change on biodiversity

Up to half of plant and animal species in the world’s most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2018
WWF
Tags:
Climate Change, Biodiversity, Wildlife, Amazon, Africa, Madagascar, Mediterranean, Australia
Biodiversity

Coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota invades the corals of Gulf of Mannar, Southeast India

Terpios hoshinota is an encrusting cyanobacteriosponge which grows aggressively over live coral colonies and has been reported to undergo outbreaks which kill corals. In an underwater survey conducted on the reefs of Gulf of Mannar, an outbreak of this coral-invading sponge was witnessed for the first time.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
10/03/2018
K. Diraviya Raj, M. Selva Bharath, G. Mathews
Current Science
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Corals, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Research, Tamil Nadu, India, Invasive Alien Species
Biodiversity

Socio-economic outcomes of conservation interventions in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal

The Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in Eastern Nepal is home to one of Nepal’s unique and varied biodiversity, including flagship species such as the snow leopard.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2018
WWF Nepal
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Nepal, Wildlife, Agriculture, Livestock
Biodiversity

Bird biodiversity in Tamil Nadu under severe threat

CHENNAI: Bird biodiversity in Tamil Nadu is under threat and 18 out of 39 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) are unprotected, according to the latest report prepared by Bombay Natural His

Publication Date: 
09/03/2018
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Birds, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
Forests

Peru sets up national park to protect 'one of the last great intact forests'

Yaguas National Park is home to more than 3,000 species of plants, 500 species of birds and 160 species of mammals Andes Amazon Fund

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Forests, Peru, Amazon, Biodiversity, Wildlife, National Parks, Endangered Species
Environment

More protests planned in Kenya over railway through national park

NAIROBI - Demonstrators plan to protest against a railway line being built inside Nairobi National Park, which they say threatens wildlife and people in Kenya, after their case was dismissed on Tue

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
ENCA (South Africa)
Tags:
Environment, Roads, National Parks, Ecology, Development, Kenya, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Africa
Forests

'Global deforestation hotspot': 3m hectares of Australian forest to be lost in 15 years

Australia is in the midst of a full-blown land-clearing crisis.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Australia, Global, Land, Livestock, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity
Environment

In Kerala, village on path to become country’s first carbon-neutral panchayat

Meenangadi, nestled in the undulating hills of the Western Ghats is looking to become ‘carbon neutral’ — a state of zero carbon footprint achieved when carbon emissions in the atmosphere are cancel

Publication Date: 
28/02/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Wayanad, Tribals, Waste Management, Ecosystems, Crops, Biodiversity, Western Ghats, Panchayats, LEDs

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