Wildlife

Protect key breeding areas to save tigers

The WWF and other conservation groups say the world

Publication Date: 
15/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tiger, WWF, Wildlife, Animal Breeding
Environment

The Vrindavan Conservation Project

The Vrindavan Forest Revival Project, later called the Vrindavan Conservation Project, was launched in 1991 by the World Wide Fund for Nature, to restore ecological order in the region. A study of the project shows certain processes of religious revivalism in environmental politics.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2010
Mukul Sharma
Economic and Political Weekly
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6
0
Tags:
Forests, Environment, Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, Religious Places, WWF, Forest Conservation, Waste Management, Sewage Pollution, River Pollution, Religious Beliefs
Fisheries

Seafood stewardship in crisis

The main consumer-targeted certification scheme for sustainable fisheries is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform, say Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly and colleagues.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly, David Ainley & et al
Nature
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Tags:
Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, WWF, Food Process Industry, N C America, Green Products, Protected Area Conservation
Air Pollution

High on highway: A green car that runs on whisky

London: Whisky lovers have another excuse to enjoy a dram

Publication Date: 
19/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biofuel, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Research, London, Cars, WWF
Wildlife

WWF study on flying foxes launched

  
A study by the World Wide Fund

Publication Date: 
12/08/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
WWF, Wildlife, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

Cold desert Lahaul & Spiti get record rain, fear worst

Hem Lata Verma

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Lahul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Agriculture, Rainfall, Apple, Land Use, WWF, Land
Wildlife

WWF team to study flocking of flying foxes at egmore museum

V Gangadharan | ENS

THE Tamil Nadu State office of World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature would soon launch a study to analyse why the Chennai museum had become the preferred habitat for flying foxes.

Complete with a pond, the Chennai museum in Egmore boasts of a huge green space and about 500 fruit eating bats or flying foxes had made the backyard of the museum its home for many years now.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Wildlife, WWF, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), New Indian Express (Chennai)
Wildlife

NDA cadets run to support Save Tigercampaign

True to the spirit of military training to face the challenges, 1,900 cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) clad in their squadron colour T-shirts, participated in the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) sponsored X-Country run on Sunday. The special significance of the run was NDA

Publication Date: 
20/07/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, WWF, Indian Express (Mumbai)
Climate Change

Scaling up investments in global climate solutions: WWF recommendations for the G20

Climate finance and the development of the global low-carbon economy are crucial elements for discussion at G8 and G20. An outcome form these Summits can be leveraged positively by formal UN negotiations.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2010
WWF International
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Renewable Energy, Finance, WWF, Switzerland, WWF International, Copenhagen, Low Carbon Economy
Wildlife

IIT-B campus houses rare fauna, flora: study

Mumbai The 566-acre Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) campus in Powai is not only a green lung for space-starved Mumbai, but also home to several rare and disappearing species of animals, insects, birds and plants, reveals a study.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Wildlife, Flora, Fauna, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), WWF, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Indian Express (Mumbai)

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