Category: Environment

CDRI announces $8 Million funding to Small Island Developing States as a part of Infrastructure for Resilient Island States Programme (IRIS).

Scientists reclassified the Humboldt glacier as an ice field.

First global mangrove assessment for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems

UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) released Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists.

Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed to halt Chennai Shoreline Renourishment and Revitalization Project (includes cycle track, food court, etc.) in the CRZ II zone, where such activities are prohibited.

Bharal and ibex are major prey of snow leopards whose numbers have recently seen a rebound.

World Hydrogen Summit 2024 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands

A rare hemi-parasitic terrestrial plant (Phtheirospermum lushaiorum) has been found in Phawngpui National Park of Mizoram.

Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Scientific body adopted recommendations to implement Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF)

During forest fires in Mussoorie and Landour, one of the pine cones would catch fire up above and come rolling down and start it all over again.

UNEP launched Phasing out mercury measuring devices in healthcare project

A Red panda was recently sighted in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh).