Environment Bulletin Highlights: India and the World
Here are the highlights for today’s environment bulletin, from India and the world.
ENVIRONMENT
Giraffes enter the ‘Critically Endangered’ list
Two giraffe subspecies have been classed as critically endangered for the first time. Both the Kordofan giraffe, often found in Cameroon, and the Nubian giraffe, often found in Kenya, have been placed on a threatened species red list.
Man-animal conflict: Mass polar bear invasion in Russian island
With Arctic sea ice diminishing, polar bears are forced to change their hunting habits and spend more time on land looking for food. In the Novaya Zemlya islands, there were cases of bears entering residential buildings and attacking people.
Gigantic hole found under melting Antarctic glacier
Scientists have discovered an enormous void under an Antarctic glacier, sparking concern that the ice sheet is melting faster than anyone had realized.
Rise of Trump, Fall of Environment?
When Donald Trump announced that he was running for president in June 2015, he was dismissed as a joke. At that point with the Former […]
Curation: When the vital element of life turns the killer
Floods wreck havoc in different parts of India
Neutrino Project in Theni gets MoEFCC nod
In a move that is expected to raise the hackles of environmental groups and political parties in Tamil Nadu, the Union ministry of environment, forests […]
The Rights of Forest dwellers
Forest Rights Act: Why are Chhattisgarh tribals up in arms over non-implementation of legislation, Centre’s new conservation policy? The march by the Baiga tribe and […]
Tuticorin up in protest against Sterlite
Thoothukudi: Thousands of people- young and old- gathered near the Chidambaram Nagar bus stand in Thoothukudi district on Saturday. Shouting slogans, cheering speakers on the […]
LPG gasifiers, the efficient alternative
Chennai: Shortage of firewood for gasifier units in the corporation’s crematoriums could push the local body to use LPG cylinders as an alternative to heat the […]