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❖ MoEFCC’s actual expenditure reduced by nearly 20% of budget estimates: Parliamentary report. (Mar 21, 2022)
❖ Climate Crisis: 6 key messages from IPCC Synthesis Report. (Mar 20, 2022)
❖ India lost 668,400 ha forests in 5 years, 2nd highest globally: Report. (Mar 20, 2022)
❖ Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023. (Mar 20, 2022)
❖ Coastal crisis: It’s a race against time, and tide, for those living in Odisha’s coastal villages; here’s why. (Mar 18, 2022)
❖ Restrictions can be relaxed within a kilometre of eco-sensitive zones, Supreme Court indicates. (Mar 18, 2022)
❖ Amphibian apocalypse: Study finds multiple strains of a lethal fungal pathogen threaten frogs in Africa. (Mar 17, 2022)
❖ Ozone pollution increases male-male courtship in common fruit flies: Study. (Mar 16, 2022)
❖ Second home for Gujarat lions: 40 big cats to be moved to Barda from overflowing Gir. (Mar 16, 2022)
❖ Coral breach: A silent, catastrophic invasion has happened in the Gulf of Mannar; here is how. (Mar 16, 2022)
❖ Coral breach: A silent, catastrophic invasion has happened in the Gulf of Mannar; here is how. (Mar 15, 2022)
❖ Over a third of forest land in Burhanpur lost to encroachers: Officials. (Mar 15, 2022)
❖ Messengers of the gods: 1,400-year religious protection of sika deer in Japan’s Nara have made them genetically unique. (Mar 15, 2022)
❖ Carbon footprint of marine fisheries lower than global average. Efforts on to green sector: CMFRI. (Mar 14, 2022)
❖ Biden approves the Willow project — What is it and why has it invited so much backlash?. (Mar 14, 2022)
❖ Elephant Whisperers: It can promote a nuanced understanding of the pachyderm-human relationship, say experts. (Mar 13, 2022)
❖ Kuno: Cheetahs released in the wild kill their first prey within 24 hours. (Mar 13, 2022)
❖ Climate action: Meet to approve IPCC Synthesis Report begins in Switzerland. (Mar 13, 2022)
❖ Olive Ridley nesting begins: Over 500,000 turtles lay eggs in 4 days at Odisha’s Gahirmatha sanctuary. (Mar 13, 2022)
❖ DTE Exclusive: Two Namibian cheetahs released into the wild at Kuno National Park. (Mar 11, 2022)
❖ Mornings sans coffee? Global production under threat due to climate hazards, finds study. (Mar 10, 2022)
❖ Polymer plume: Over 170 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans, says study. (Mar 10, 2022)
❖ Sea ice on both poles at record low, finds WMO report. (Mar 10, 2022)
❖ Long live Freddy: Cyclone which travelled across Indian Ocean, has survived for 32 days courtesy climate change. (Mar 09, 2022)
❖ Short-distance migrations help communities manage climate shocks: Study. (Mar 09, 2022)
❖ Global food emissions alone can push warming beyond 1.5°C. (Mar 09, 2022)
❖ Odisha experiencing the country’s worst forest fires again, 642 incidents in March. (Mar 09, 2022)
❖ Safety from numbers: Tourism in the Himalayas is not uniform; its impacts though are detrimental. (Mar 09, 2022)
❖ Extended monsoon, warm winter reduce Alphonso mango yield by 40%. (Mar 07, 2022)
❖ Delhi is India’s most polluted megacity, but others are catching up: CSE report. (Mar 07, 2022)
❖ UN high seas treaty: It is a step in the right direction. But there are concerns, say experts. (Mar 07, 2022)
❖ This winter was the cleanest in NCR since 2018, finds CSE; Delhi air most toxic. (Mar 06, 2022)
❖ 5 days in, Brahmapuram blaze continues to choke Kochi. (Mar 06, 2022)
❖ Muggers of Rapti: Anthropogenic threats pose risk to saurians in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, says study. (Mar 06, 2022)
❖ Mission Hariyali: This man distributes free saplings to bring back fruit trees to the nearly barren villages of Nalanda. (Mar 04, 2022)
❖ Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary. (Mar 04, 2022)
❖ There is hope for the West African Lion; World Wildlife Day 2023 throws up pleasant surprise. (Mar 04, 2022)
❖ After 89 years, frog endemic to the higher altitudes of Western Ghats ‘rediscovered’. (Mar 03, 2022)
❖ WMO: Hottest year ever in next three, 1.5 degrees Celsius to be breached. (Mar 03, 2022)
❖ Remains of Empire: Trinity College to return spears taken by James Cook from Australian Aboriginal Nation. (Mar 02, 2022)
❖ Without new policies, plastic consumption across G20 countries to double by 2050: Report. (Mar 01, 2022)
❖ Indigenous knowledge: Australian Aboriginal fire practices can help protect koalas from bushfires, study finds. (Mar 01, 2022)
❖ Fight against climate change will worsen existing inequality in global trade: CSE and DTE. (Mar 01, 2022)
❖ Snakes can hear sound and react to it — this may help prevent snakebites. (February 28, 2022)
❖ Twin cheetahs Elton and Freddie to be released in the wild next week. (February 28, 2022)
❖ IFR review: States do dubious paperwork, cite baseless reasons for refusing forest rights to tribals, DTE finds. (Feb 27, 2022)
❖ Extreme weather events, Russia-Ukriane war escalating onion prices globally. (Feb 27, 2022)
❖ Accelerated breeding: Plastic waste in urban drains can lead to an explosion of mosquitoes; here’s how. (February 26, 2022)
❖ Huts of knowledge: These tribal women in Odisha teach their next generation about forests through ‘kutir’ meetings. (Feb 26, 2022)
❖ Climate change? Experts are not sure as Olive Ridley ‘Arribada’ starts a month early at Odisha’s Rushikulya. (Feb 25, 2022)
❖ IFR review: Lapse in procedure behind rejection of claims in Burhanpur. (February 24, 2022)
❖ A year of Russia-Ukraine war: Global fossil fuel ‘bonanza’ may lead to more conflicts, warns Greenpeace. (Feb 24, 2022)
❖ IFR review: Madhya Pradesh’s Van Mitra portal a tool to re-reject forest right claims, RTI data shows. (Feb 23, 2022)
❖ Blue foods can help India improve nutrition, livelihood: Study. (Feb 23, 2022)
❖ New policy to help Indian communities displaced by annual river & coastal erosion drafted. (Feb 22, 2022)
❖ Nord Stream spill is biggest methane leak ever, but minuscule compared to global release of the greenhouse gas: UNEP. (Feb 22, 2022)
❖ Reviving Adi Ganga: Central funds, international project give hope. (Feb 22, 2022)
❖ Warming temperatures increasing pest attacks, reducing yield, claim Rajasthan farmers. (Feb 21, 2022)
❖ Indian blue economy is thriving but country needs to be careful about marine litter. (Feb 20, 2022)
❖ Oder river ecological disaster that killed hundreds of tonnes of fish in 2022 was human-made: Report. (Feb 20, 2022)
❖ 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrive in India. (Feb 18, 2022)
❖ Over 1,200 pangolins trafficked in India in 5 years: Report. (Feb 17, 2022)
❖ India should brace for dry and hot spring-summer, El Nino, say experts. (Feb 16, 2022)
❖ A submarine robot gives close up of Doomsday glacier, finds more trouble beneath it. (Feb 16, 2022)
❖ Whose mandate? UNSC not appropriate forum say India, Russia and Brazil as Council debates sea-level rise. (Feb 16, 2022)
❖ Corporate climate efforts fall short, 24 major companies will be able to reduce only 36% emissions: Report. (Feb 15, 2022)
❖ Climate change aided malaria expansion into highland east Africa and towards the Cape in 100 years: Study. (Feb 15, 2022)
❖ Limiting warming below 1.8°C critical to prevent irreversible loss of ice sheets, rapid sea level rise: Study. (Feb 15, 2022)
❖ Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores (Feb 15, 2022)
❖ How much do industrial aerosols contribute to global cooling? New study offers clues. (Feb 14, 2022)
❖ Climate change-related lightning strikes to spike wildfire risk globally: Study. (Feb 14, 2022)
❖ Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (Feb 13, 2022)
❖ As told to Parliament (February 13, 2023): Climate change likely to pull down wheat yield by 6-25% in 2100, says minister. (Feb 13, 2022)
❖ Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers. (Feb 13, 2022)
❖ Killer whale mothers’ love for their sons comes with huge costs: Study. (Feb 12, 2022)
❖ Clean champions: This Himachal couple trains teachers and students to promote sustainable living practices. (Feb 11, 2022)
❖ Global Kelp forests declining at 1.8% annually; indigenous knowledge can help, say experts. (Feb 9, 2022)
❖ A dozen cheetahs to arrive on February 18; Indian delegates to leave for South Africa today. (Feb 9, 2022)
❖ Himalayan plunder: 3 million Indians live in areas that can be swept by glacial lake floods, says study. (Feb 9, 2022)
❖ Marine protected areas are underfunded. Experts discuss ways to address the funding gap. (Feb 8, 2022)
❖ Climate-smart marine protected areas can shield biota from global warming: Experts. (Feb 8, 2022)
❖ Wildlife Institute of India working on vaccine to reduce ‘vermin’ populations, awaits further funding. (Feb 7, 2022)
❖ Mangroves protect coastal communities, accountability in governance is need of the hour: Experts. (Feb 7, 2022)
❖ Green nod to 87 development projects in 2 years; 2.3 million trees to be felled: MoEFCC. (Feb 6, 2022)
❖ As species face extinction, we humans must recognise we are not separate from nature. (Feb 4, 2022)
❖ Warming beyond borders: Amazon deforestation heats up Tibet, says new study. (Feb 3, 2022)
❖ Budget 2023-24: Climate goals? Renewable energy ministry gets just over 2% of total allocation. (Feb 2, 2022)
❖ Budget 2023-24: Experts hail Centre’s mangrove restoration scheme but stress on scientific implementation. (Feb 2, 2022)
❖ Budget 2023-24: ‘Amrit Dharohar’ to encourage conservation of vital wetlands in India. (Feb 1, 2022)
❖ World likely to see 2°C warming by 2050 even under low-emissions, predicts new study. (Jan 31, 2022)
❖ Rain, frost damage acres of mustard crop sown this Rabi season. (Jan 30, 2022)
❖ Auckland floods: Kerala woman travelling to New Zealand narrates her experience of being stranded at Malaysia airport. (Jan 30, 2022)
❖ Pune researchers discover rare low-basalt plateau with 76 plant species in Western Ghats. (Jan 27, 2022)
❖ South Africa confirms signing of MoU to translocate more than 100 cheetahs to India. (Jan 27, 2022)
❖ A wild thought: Are genetically-engineered trees really ‘the future’. (Jan 27, 2022)
❖ Finally, pact to bring 12 cheetahs from South Africa signed. (Jan 25, 2022)
❖ Climate change: Crop yields in Punjab will fall by up to 13% in next 30 years. (Jan 25, 2022)
❖ Madhya Pradesh’s newest Ramsar wetland covered in invasive water hyacinth, threatening biodiversity. (Jan 24, 2022)
❖ Save Africa’s forest elephants if you want the Congo rainforest to continue capturing carbon: Study. (Jan 24, 2022)
❖ Sonam Wangchuk is right. All is not well with Ladakh’s glaciers. (Jan 23, 2022)
❖ Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India. (Jan 20, 2022)
❖ Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC. (Jan 20, 2022)
❖ Alien plants growing together threatening tiger habitats: Study. (Jan 20, 2022)
❖ 12 cheetahs from South Africa may arrive in February. (Jan 20, 2022)
❖ Davos 2023: UN chief urges credible net-zero pledges; slams ‘Big Oil’ firms. (Jan 19, 2022)
❖ Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets. (Jan 19, 2022)
❖ Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows. (Jan 19, 2022)
❖ Critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise return to lost lake stretches after sand mining ban: Report. (Jan 18, 2022)
❖ It’s been a dry winter in the hills & plains of North India. Here’s why. (Jan 18, 2022)
❖ Temporary relief as plan for Etalin hydel in Arunachal junked. (Jan 18, 2022)
❖ Leading financers who pledged Net Zero are still backing fossil fuel expansion, finds report. (Jan 17, 2022)
❖ Ants can’t alter behaviour to deal with warmer climate: Report. (Jan 17, 2022)
❖ Joshimath crisis: Tourist influx in Himalayan states adding to ecological burden. (Jan 17, 2022)
❖ Prepare working plan on waste discharge into Ganga, Yamuna during Kumbh: Allahabad HC to UP government. (Jan 16, 2022)
❖ Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term, says WEF report. (Jan 16, 2022)
❖ Saltie census 2023: 1,793 estuarine crocodiles including 20 whitish ones counted in Bhitarkanika. (Jan 14, 2022)
❖ Exxon knew: Big Oil’s scientists documented accurate climate predictions since 1970s, 1980s. (Jan 13, 2022)
❖ Countdown to Davos 2023: Industry leaders pledge to halve real estate emissions by 2030. (Jan 13, 2023)
❖ Curb colossal ecological destruction during Char Dham Yatra: NGT-appointed panel. (Jan 13, 2022)
❖ Study offers clues on ecological gain of weeding out Lantana. (Jan 13, 2022)
❖ US emissions up 1.3% in 2022 despite coal displacement by gas & renewables: Report. (Jan 12, 2022)
❖ Stop all hydroelectric projects in Himalayan region to avoid a Joshimath repeat: Experts. (Jan 12, 2023)
❖ Water crisis: World to lose 26% storage by 2050 to trapped sediment, says new UN report. (Jan 12, 2022)
❖ Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14. (Jan 11, 2022)
❖ Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (Jan 10, 2023).
❖ 73 elephants, 4 lions run over by trains in 4 years along with 63,000 other animals: CAG report. (Jan 9, 2022)
❖ Ozone layer to recover in 4 decades but aerosol injection may undo gains: UNEP. (Jan 9, 2022)
❖ A new dwarf boa species discovered in Ecuador. (Jan 6, 2022)
❖ Climate atlas finds summers, winters in India to get warmer, Kharif season to see more rainfall. (Jan 6, 2022)
❖ Half of glaciers will disappear by 2100 even if world sticks to 1.5°C goal: Study. (Jan 6, 2022)
❖ Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report (Jan 6, 2023)
❖ World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets conditional nod in US. (Jan 5, 2023)
❖ Delhi shivers at 3°C, season’s coldest; Rajasthan dips to -1.5°C. (Jan 5, 2022)
❖ Unusually warm January in Europe; record temperature in many countries: WMO. (Jan 5, 2022)
❖ Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (Jan 4, 2023).
❖ How to cool a green space? Plant trees downstream of wind. (Jan 4, 2022)
❖ Rubber plantations in Tripura affecting monkeys, vegetation, suggests paper. (Jan 4, 2022)
❖ Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (Jan 3, 2023).
❖ Foster farmer: This man is playing his part in stopping distress migration from rural Uttarakhand. (Jan 3, 2022)
❖ Delhi-NCR coal ban: Industrial units complain of soaring gas prices, difficulty to meet emissions standards. (Jan 3, 2022)
❖ Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (Jan 2, 2023).
❖ 2022 too short, too far: DTE’s stories on 50 years of Stockholm Declaration. (Jan 1, 2022)
❖ 2022 too short, too far: DTE’s top wildlife stories of the year. (Jan 1, 2022)