Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Dr Cliff Riley (left) and SRC Board director Dr Lanie Oakley- Williams (right) examine a tissue culture specimen, at the signing of a Mem

SHIMLA: Long dry conditions, wind and the heatwave have notched up the risk of forest fires these days in low and mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh.

In order to establish the gene bank of the highly threatened and rare varieties of medicinal, wild food and other species and to develop their nursery for re-plantation of the seedlings of these r

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial activities like restaurant, wine shop, lubricant shop and any other commercial activities in the Chalta No.1/PTS no.10 of Panjim city and S. No.65/1-A Village Marambio Grande in Merces Panchayat which is done by filling the salt pans in No Development Zone (NDZ) of CRZ-III area.

Ecologists have warned that Melbourne is at risk of losing more than half its native plant species over the next century, with grasslands in Melbourne's west most vulnerable to the city's urban spr

A volcano perched atop one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands erupted in the early hours of Monday, the local authorities said, potentially threatening a unique species of pink iguanas.

Several citizens and environmental activists have come together to form a group, Harit Navi Mumbai (HNM), which will act as a helpline to save the city's greenery and biodiversity.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says the pollution of the Nyl River in Modimolle, Limpopo, has been contained.

Climate warming is expected to induce treelines to advance to higher elevations. Empirical studies in diverse mountain ranges, however, give evidence of both advancing alpine treelines and rather insignificant responses. The inconsistency of findings suggests distinct differences in the sensitivity of global treelines to recent climate change. It is still unclear where Himalayan treeline ecotones are located along the response gradient from rapid dynamics to apparently complete inertia.

British species and landscapes are facing their “biggest threat in a generation”, according to 100 leading nature groups which represent eight million people across the UK.

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