Biodiversity
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
Green listed sites are certified as being effectively managed and fairly governed, with a positive impact on people and nature.
Category: Resources
Environment
Top-down mindset bedevils India’s draft river management bill
Most wetlands and surface water bodies have not been designated “vital ecosystems” by the authorities, although their existence and proper maintenance are vital for the basins.
Cities
Navi Mumbai in airport India ignores climate resilience
Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish […]
Data & Reports
620 million children’s education and health compromised by lack of decent school toilets
The health, education and safety of millions of children around the world is threatened because they don’t have a decent toilet at school or […]
Biodiversity
Greenpeace activists arrested on ship loaded with palm oil heading to Europe
Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested by the captain of a giant tanker, while peacefully boarding the 185-metre long cargo loaded with palm oil […]
Sustainable Business
Companies are seizing new markets in clean energy aiming to cap global warming at 1.5 °C
A dramatic upsurge in demand for renewable energy from ambitious multinational companies is now shifting markets away from fossil fuels in more than 140 […]
Corruption
Indian Environmental activist assaulted by coal mafia
Environmental and social activist, Agnes Kharshiing fighting to safeguard environment and was probing illegal coal mining in the state of Meghalaya was brutally assaulted […]
Climate
The unique Himalayan wetlands under threat
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due to unregulated urbanisation and unsustainable tourism. Urgent attention […]
Environment
Count the ecological costs of national waterways project in India!
The National Waterways project should consider all ecological impacts and in an integrated manner along with all surface transport activities it has to engage […]
Data & Reports
Mahanadi river in India is Coal Rich but Water Stressed
Large scale industrialisation, especially extraction of coal from the Mahanadi basin, rapid urbanisation and climate change are some of the major causes for water stress situation in the...
Biodiversity
Making forests the focus of global bioeconomies
Gabrielle Lipton On 11 October, the European Commission launched a new strategy to create a comprehensive bioeconomy – a ‘biosociety’ – and ultimately a carbon-neutral future. The […]
Aid
Hydropower project in DR Congo : A Deal for Chinese and European companies
On October 16, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government announced a 14 billion USD joint and exclusive development agreement with a consortium of […]