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India's environmental science and conservation news. If the Green Revolution rode on the strength of chemicals derived mainly from fossil fuels, now there is a shift in the thinking on how agriculture is being done in India, with a thrust on growing indigenous crop varieties and following natural farming practices.
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India's environmental science and conservation news. Chhattisgarh tribal body says consent for mining in Hasdeo Arand was forged
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Dec 23, 2024 · India's environmental science and conservation news. Your Environment This Week: Lion-tailed macaques, Tracking a turtle with eDNA, Natural history museums
Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to ...
Dec 27, 2024 · The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has released its 18th India State of Forest Report (ISFR), indicating a marginal increase in India’s forest and tree cover. However, a concerning trend shows a decline in forest cover across several biodiversity-rich areas. The ISFR, released a year later than scheduled, highlights trends in forest cover …
[Commentary] India's wildlife conservation journey: great strides …
Sep 28, 2022 · India's environmental science and conservation news. Fifty years after the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 came into existence, raising hope that human-animal conflicts would reduce and poachers who were decimating our forest and rivers of their animal wealth, would be checkmated, the question of whether India can really save …
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India's environmental science and conservation news. Wildlife rescue operations in Kashmir face an uphill battle with rising human-wildife conflict
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Mongabay-India is an environment and conservation platform that brings high-quality, original reports from nature’s frontline in India. We look at India’s development through the prism of environment and conservation. Mongabay-India is the India-specific portal of mongabay.com, and is published in English and Hindi. Rhett A. Butler founded mongabay.com in …
Science welcomed multiple new species in 2024
Dec 30, 2024 · Science welcomed many new species this year, most of them amphibians, reptiles and insects. The Western Ghats and Northeast India continue to shine as biodiversity hotspots in India with multiple discoveries of species from these regions. Every new discovery is significant as it takes us a step ...
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Your Environment This Week: India’s latest tiger reserve, DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake, Empowering waste pickers
India’s Iconic Landscapes - Mongabay-India
India's environmental science and conservation news. India’s Iconic Landscapes. Stretching from tropical to temperate latitudes, with a 7,500 km long coastline, two archipelagos, some of the tallest mountains and the most extensive mangrove ecosystem in the world, iconic India harbours biodiversity hotspots of global importance.