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The 2017 Sindh Awami Caravan will be carried out under the theme; Protection of our rivers and delta. Taking into consideration the aims and objectives of the Caravan, the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has planned to highlight the restoration of rivers in general in the River Indus Muhammad Ali Shah, Dr

Biodiversity , Environment / 02/21/2017

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo: A great Mimic

Greater Racket Trailed Drongo is the largest of the drongo species and is readily identifiable by the distinctive tail rackets and the crest of curled feather that begin in front of the face above the beak and along the crown. We were walking through the Kabini Wind Flower Resort headed for breakfas

Biodiversity , Environment , Featured , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Videos / 02/11/2017

India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works

Bhaskar Vira In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, but the results are clear: despite rising demand for illegal rhino horn, and plummeting numbers throughout Africa and South-East A

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Featured / 02/05/2017

Language a barrier to flow of scientific knowledge

Amin Equiano Language is still a major barrier to the transfer of scientific knowledge even though English is increasingly used as the global language of science, a study has found. The research, published in the journal PLOS Biology, highlights a practical problem that scientists in many parts of t

Cities , Water / 02/02/2017

River Basin Management needs sensitive and responsible cities

Industrial and urban wastewater cause maximum pollution of our rivers Rivers enter into cities as rivers but come out of them as dirty dead drains. This has to change. We can’t take pride in an urban growth that pollutes, decays and destroys our rivers. Rivers gave us the civilizations; the onus

Biodiversity , Environment / 02/02/2017

Tibetan Mastiffs: Abandoned and dangerous

Wang Yan Urbanization and uncontrolled breeding of mastiffs have resulted in a surge of stray dogs in parts of Tibetan plateau, posing a growing threat to local people and the environment Zhang Lizhi loves dogs. But her encounter with two of them in Yushu, in the northwestern province of Qinghai on

Data & Reports , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/25/2017

Is warming behind India’s depleting groundwater?

Athar Parvaiz Changing rainfall patterns may be depleting India’s groundwater storage more than withdrawals for agricultural irrigation, says a new study published in January by Nature Geoscience. While India’s diminishing groundwater is widely attributed to over extraction, especially in the no

Climate , Energy , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 01/20/2017

How renewable energy advocates are hurting the climate cause

Paul McDivitt Confused coverage of renewable energy statistics popping up in social media feeds and on news outlets have come to be trusted. On top of that, most social media sharers never even read the articles they share. In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the proliferation of misinfor

Biodiversity , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development / 01/18/2017

60% of primate species now threatened with extinction, says major new study

Jo Setchell Primates are mainly threatened by losing their habitat when it is logged or converted into farms or ranches. Primates are remarkable. We’re all familiar with chimpanzees, monkeys, and ring-tailed lemurs, but have you heard of tarsiers, with their big eyes? Or Cleese’s woolly lemur, n

Aid , Food , Sustainable Development / 01/12/2017

US$21 million grant for Mauritania to boost food security

Mauritania to receive US$21 million IFAD grant to boost food security, nutrition and reduce rural poverty A total of 285,600 farmers, particularly women and young people in six regions in southern Mauritania will benefit from a financial agreement signed today between the International Fund for Agri

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