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❖ New CFR guidelines: Experts say regulations can undo India’s progress on forest governance. (Sep 14, 2022)
❖ Six of 9 planetary boundaries have been breached because of human activities: Study. (Sep 14, 2022)
❖ Sterile measure: Is Maharashtra and Gujarat’s plan to sterilise leopards and prevent conflict with humans feasible?. (Sep 13, 2022)
❖ Light pollution disrupts marine organisms’ hormonal cycles, reproduction: Study. (Sep 13, 2022)
❖ There will be fewer but stronger tropical storms in Ganga, Mekong basins in coming years: Report. (Sep 13, 2022)
❖ Amazon ‘one of the most dangerous places to be a green defender’: Report. (Sep 13, 2022)
❖ UN report outlines how developing, developed countries can reduce emissions from constructions. (Sep 12, 2022)
❖ Floodplain loss: Basins of Irrawaddy, Tapi, Indus, Cauvery rivers flowing through India altered most due to human activities. (Sep 12, 2022)
❖ Small island nations seek protection from ocean pollution, climate change. (Sep 11, 2022)
❖ To track a tigress: How officials in Chhattisgarh’s Achanakmar are trying to recover big cat numbers. (Sep 11, 2022)
❖ Top 10 stories of the week that was (September 2-September 8). (Sep 09, 2022)
❖ World Intellectual Property Organization working towards treaty on traditional knowledge, folklore. (Sep 08, 2022)
❖ Experts irked over revised structure of Central Empowered Committee. (Sep 08, 2022)
❖ G20 Summit: Weather at Bharat Mandapam being monitored for meet where DRR on top of agenda. (Sep 07, 2022)
❖ PM Modi: Climate action ambitions must match with action on climate finance. (Sep 07, 2022)
❖ Intense, widespread marine heatwaves happening now may extend to February 2024: WMO agency. (Sep 07, 2022)
❖ Missing green growth: 11 rich countries like Germany, UK will need 2 centuries to meet Paris goals. (Sep 06, 2022)
❖ 6 billion tonnes of sand taken annually from oceans, causing irreparable damage to benthic life. (Sep 06, 2022)
❖ Africa Climate Summit 2023: Continent should exploit carbon market potential to raise climate finance, say experts. (Sep 05, 2022)
❖ Kalahandi Gram Sabhas write to NCST, invoke atrocities act against Jharkhand DFO. (Sep 05, 2022)
❖ Invasive alien species lead to extinctions of plants & animals across Earth, IPBES report points out. (Sep 04, 2022)
❖ Why does it feel like pre- or post-monsoon in the middle of monsoon?. (Sep 04, 2022)
❖ Study warns of a billion human deaths if global warming reaches or exceeds 2°C. (Sep 04, 2022)
❖ Extreme weather events lead to increase in child marriages: Study. (Sep 03, 2022)
❖ Top 10 stories of the week that was (Aug 26-Sep 1). (Sep 02, 2022)
❖ Study finds fish surprisingly resistant to marine heatwaves. (Sep 01, 2022)
❖ ‘Protocol not followed’: Complaint lodged in Karnataka forest department sharpshooter death case. (Sep 01, 2022)
❖ 2023 a drought year? September will need at least 92% of normal rainfall. (Sep 01, 2022)
❖ Funga: UN wants us all to say it along with ‘Flora & Fauna’. (August 31, 2022)
❖ Forests up for grabs?. (Aug 31, 2022)
❖ Paper cups as bad as plastic ones for environment: Research. (Aug 29, 2022)
❖ Not Cherrapunji or Mawsynram, Rishikesh was India’s wettest town for most of August 2023. (August 29, 2022)
❖ Kampala Declaration on climate change, human mobility now has 48 African countries as members. (Aug 28, 2022)
❖ India’s iconic raptors are declining fast, warns new report. (Aug 28, 2022)
❖ Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 19-August 25). (Aug 26, 2022)
❖ How robust is India’s tiger census?. (Aug 25, 2022)
❖ Warming temperatures can mean mass leaf deaths in tropical forests. (Aug 25, 2022)
❖ 7th GEF Assembly: Decision on direct funding to civil societies likely during the meeting. (Aug 23, 2022)
❖ After 4 years of high-intensity rains, Kerala inching towards drought with 45% deficit rainfall. (August 23, 2022)
❖ Fewer ribbits in Western Ghats? Erratic, deficit rainfall hits breeding cycles of frogs. (Aug 23, 2022)
❖ Now, a bacteria that can eat methane. Can it reduce global warming? Researchers say it’s possible. (Aug 22, 2022)
❖ 7th GEF Assembly: Member countries get together to ratify Global Biodiversity Framework Fund. (Aug 22, 2022)
❖ This may be the driest August in 123 years: Expert. (Aug 22, 2022)
❖ Natural disasters in South-West Pacific caused close to $9 billion in economic damage in 2022: WMO. (Aug 21, 2022)
❖ Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 12-August 18). (Aug 19, 2022)
❖ How climate resilient is Shimla? Not much, shows city’s ground situation. (Aug 18, 2022)
❖ Hawaii’s climate future: Dry regions get drier with global warming, increasing fire risk — while wet areas get wetter. (Aug 18, 2022)
❖ More dry days ahead? Monsoon on continuous break for past 11 days. (Aug 17, 2022)
❖ Air pollution by PM2.5 linked to rise in antibiotic resistance globally: Analysis. (Aug 17, 2022)
❖ Baghjan blowout: NGT directs Assam government to pay aid to affected families. (Aug 16, 2022)
❖ West Bengal: Illegal acquisition of forest land for Turga and Bandu Pump Storage Projects, claim tribal residents. (Aug 11, 2022)
❖ Less than 1% mitigation & adaptation funding went to world’s indigenous groups despite more commitment: Report. (Aug 11, 2022)
❖ Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka record 13,662 jumbos; male-female ratios and age gradation healthy, say experts. (Aug 11, 2022)
❖ East and Northeast India recorded second-warmest July in over a century: IMD. (Aug 11, 2022)
❖ Damage due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar point to greater need for rainfall and water level monitoring. (Aug 10, 2022)
❖ Constitutional violations in amended Forest (Conservation and Augmentation) Act, say experts. (Aug 10, 2022)
❖ World Lion Day 2023: The big cat once roamed Arabia and left an indelible mark on Arab culture. (Aug 10, 2022)
❖ First case of Lumpy Skin Disease documented in Cambodian wild bovids: Study. (Aug 9, 2022)
❖ Mismanagement, negligence and political pressure are killing Kuno cheetahs. (Aug 9, 2022)
❖ Three in four children in South Asia exposed to extreme high temperatures: UNICEF. (Aug 9, 2022)
❖ Belem Declaration: Amazon countries fail to agree on protection goals. (Aug 9, 2022)
❖ Cheetah reintroduction ‘highly complex’, more sites needed as reserves, expert says. (Aug 8, 2022)
❖ Climate change could hit India, 58 other nations’ credit ratings. (Aug 7, 2022)
❖ Plight of the vaquita forces International Whaling Commission to issue first extinction alert. (Aug 7, 2022)
❖ Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar now a Vice-Chair of the IPCC. (Aug 7, 2022)
❖ Apple production in Himachal likely to fall by more than 50% this year, courtesy extreme weather. (Aug 6, 2022)
❖ Top 10 stories of the week that was (July 29-August 4)(Aug 5, 2022)
❖ India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report. (Aug 4, 2022)
❖ Study paints grim picture for northwest India if emissions keep increasing. (Aug 4, 2022)
❖ Gamechanger for India’s vultures: Experts laud Centre’s move to ban aceclofenac, ketoprofen. (Aug 3, 2022)
❖ Monsoon 2023: August, September to be drier than normal for most of India, predicts IMD. (Aug 3, 2022)
❖ The Iberian wolf is extinct in Spain’s Andalusia: Report. (Aug 2, 2022)
❖ Climate crisis, tourism may place Venice on UNESCO heritage danger list. (Aug 1, 2022)
❖ Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly — the Barrier Reef is still in hot water. (Aug 1, 2022)
❖ India among the 12 countries responsible for 52% of the world’s mismanaged plastic waste: Report. (July 31, 2022)
❖ Over 31,000 evacuated from Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri breaks rainfall records. (July 31, 2022)
❖ Eagle Bluff: US wildfire crosses the 49th Parallel into Canada; forces town to be evacuated. (July 31, 2022)
❖ Climate action worst-performing area for Indian tiger reserves, confirms Centre’s report. (July 30, 2022)
❖ International Tiger Day 2023: Panthera study finds Bangladesh ‘unexpectedly’ driving poaching for tiger parts. (July 29, 2022)
❖ Extreme heat could claim lives of 204,000 women annually in India, Nigeria & US: Report. (July 28, 2022)
❖ Project Tiger merges with Project Elephant — but questions on fund split unanswered. (July 28, 2022)
❖ Radio collars of 6 cheetahs removed at Kuno National Park. (July 28, 2022)
❖ Extreme continent: New WMO report paints alarming picture of climate emergency in Asia. (July 28, 2022)
❖ Delhi’s Mayur Vihar received heavy rain in just three hours — here is why. (July 27, 2022)
❖ Cases for climate justice more than doubled globally since 2017, finds UNEP. (July 27, 2022)
❖ Do honeybees tightly regulate their diet? Researchers trying to find out. (July 27, 2022)
❖ Data gaps in heatwave deaths widen as India battles record-smashing temperatures. (July 26, 2022)
❖ Antarctica’s sea ice is at its lowest extent ever recorded. (July 26, 2022)
❖ Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 passed. (July 26, 2022)
❖ Heatwaves in Europe, North America ‘virtually impossible’ without anthropogenic emissions: WWA. (July 25, 2022)
❖ Sixth mass extinction will be worse than previously thought, say scientists. (July 25, 2022)
❖ July 2023 likely to be warmest month on record. (July 25, 2022)
❖ Fix at source: Bengaluru must rope in bulk generators to decentralise waste management. (July 23, 2022)
❖ Name change of Forest Conservation Act imperative, as it is treated as ‘Forest Clearance Act’: DG forests. (July 21, 2022)
❖ Reclassifying forests, exemptions from clearances: What changes does Bill to amend Forest Conservation Act propose. (July 21, 2022)
❖ Monsoon session of Parliament to decide fate of Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill. (July 21, 2022)
❖ Summer of extreme heat: Wildfires in Greece as Europe scorches. (July 20, 2022)
❖ Consider shifting cheetahs to Rajasthan, don’t make it prestige issue, SC tells Centre. (July 20, 2022)
❖ Barges carrying fly ash from India to Bangladesh eroding Sundarbans: Bengal minister. (July 20, 2022)
❖ Kuno needs at least 50 cheetahs before wild cat population stabilises, experts tell central panel. (July 19, 2022)
❖ Genetic resources commission gathers in Rome to deliberate on biodiversity, nutrition & human health. (July 18, 2022)
❖ Cheetah deaths, including that of cubs, in Kuno could have been avoided, say experts. (July 18, 2022)
❖ Environmental planning must for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development in the hills. (July 17, 2022)
❖ Gambusia: This solution could actually be an invasive problem. (July 17, 2022)
❖ Political representation of STs can lead to improved forest cover — study establishes link. (July 17, 2022)
❖ Suraj: Eighth cheetah dies at Kuno National Park. (July 14, 2022)
❖ Road to 2030: Why sand & dust storms pose challenge to achieving multiple SDGs. (July 14, 2022)
❖ Air pollution impacts villages and cities almost equally but pollution control funds only for urban India, shows analysis. (July 13, 2022)
❖ 70,000 tonnes of harmful chemicals leach into aquifers from farms every year, some reach oceans: Study. (July 13, 2022)
❖ Tropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study. (July 12, 2022)
❖ She is a fighter: For now, sole survivor of cheetah litter born in India is healthy, playful and curious. (July 12, 2022)
❖ Infighting and infections led to 4 tigers’ deaths in Dudhwa in two months, finds autopsy. (July 12, 2022)
❖ European Parliament passes nature restoration law with 336 votes in favour, 300 against. (July 13, 2022)
❖ North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna breaches evacuation mark in Delhi; expert calls flood policy ‘absolute failure’. (July 11, 2022)
❖ Project Cheetah: Tejas from Namibia dies; neck injuries found on 4-yr-old male. (July 11, 2022)
❖ North India Deluge 2023: Spectre of flooding hangs over Joshimath after glacial burst. (July 11, 2022)
❖ World just had the hottest week; shattered records hint we are in uncharted territory: WMO. (July 11, 2022)
❖ Found family: Tigress adopts sister’s orphaned cubs at Sanjay National Park. (July 10, 2022)
❖ 2022 European heatwave claimed over 61,000 lives, heat adaptation plans ineffective in reducing mortality: Study. (July 10, 2022)
❖ Kharif crops take a severe hit by intense and unprecedented rainfall across India. (July 10, 2022)
❖ North India Deluge 2023: Ladakh, a cold desert, received over 10,000% of its normal rain on July 8-9. (July 10, 2022)
❖ Global wood harvests will add 3.5 to 4.2 billion tonnes of CO2 yearly in coming decades: Report. (July 9, 2022)
❖ Warming Bay: An ongoing heatwave in India’s eastern sea is causing extreme rain in its northwest, say experts. (July 8, 2022)
❖ United Nations International Maritime Organization agrees to reach net zero “by or around” 2050. (July 7, 2022)
❖ Right of forest inhabitants for claims against eviction not limited to Adivasi, backward communities: Supreme Court. (July 7, 2022)
❖ Deluge in Puerto Rico, drought in La Plata: WMO paints grim picture of warming Latin America, Caribbean. (July 6, 2022)
❖ Parts of North West India may see cloud bursts, flash floods and landslides from July 8. (July 6, 2022)
❖ Three in every five wildlife crimes in Europe go unpunished: Report. (July 6, 2022)
❖ Drop in air pollution in India during 2020 nationwide lockdown slowed snow melting in Himalayas, finds study. (July 6, 2022)
❖ Project Cheetah: Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary to be new home for African felines. (July 5, 2022)
❖ South India records its lowest June rainfall in 122 years. (July 5, 2022)
❖ IUCN urges Europe to implement nature restoration law. (July 5, 2022)
❖ Extraordinary marine heatwave in North Atlantic Ocean may continue throughout 2023. (July 5, 2022)
❖ WMO declares El Nino onset following rapid development. Here’s what the world should watch out for. (July 4, 2022)
❖ Microplastics in 90% frogs studied in Bangladesh delta, can threaten biodiversity: Study. (July 4, 2022)
❖ Poaching biggest threat to sturgeon species in Danube; 337 illegal activities in 7 years: Report. (July 3, 2022)
❖ India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector. (July 3, 2022)
❖ US government considers controversial solar geoengineering to counter global warming: Report. (July 3, 2022)
❖ Ceramicist P R Daroz to showcase collection of 100 bowls in Delhi for animal welfare. (July 2, 2022)
❖ Impact of climate change on Kashmir’s mushroom pickers. (July 2, 2022)
❖ Karnataka forest department has filed just 130 chargesheets on forest encroachment since 1980: RTI. (July 2, 2022)
❖ Climate counsel: These farmers in Maharashtra protect each other’s crops from extreme weather; here is how. (July 1, 2022)