Talking to The Hindu on her arrival here to attend a Climate Conclave organised by the British Council, Association of British Scholars and TKM Institute of Management, she outlined the challenges posed by climate change and socio-economic factors to the conservation efforts worldwide. Balancing development needs with conservation holds the key to survival of species, she asserts. She said climate change was likely to trigger droughts and flooding of low lying areas, leading to population migration between and within countries.

BANDA/CHITRAKOOT: Sunita's hands tremble as she picks up a heavy hammer to break a stone boulder in Narhari village, about 40 km from main Banda city.

In an attempt to shore up the green cover at Ludhiana’s Mattewara reserve, the forest department has begun replacing the traditional eucalyptus trees with Shisham and Acacia ones instead.

HOUSTON: An estimated 5.6 million trees were killed by last year's devastating drought in the US state of Texas, authorities said Wednesday.

PUNE: Maharashtra teeters on the brink while Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, two key states contributing significantly to grain production, have already declared a drought, potentially exacerbating a

Bhopal : Driven by this year’s record rainfall and increased cultivation area of wheat, pulses and other crops, Madhya Pradesh’s agriculture growth is likely to cross 10% this fiscal.

NEW DELHI: Meghalaya will quadruple its rice production with a mission mode approach that too in a organic way in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Chief Mini

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government declared 17 of the 30 districts as drought-affected on Thursday.

BHUBANESWAR: Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei placed the supplementary budget of Rs 4,724.62 crore in the Assembly on Monday.

Leaders who wait for further evidence about the perils of greenhouse gases are flirting with escapism, the head of the UN’s Nobel-winning climate scientists says.