Chilgoza pine trees in Kinnaur are fighting from hydropower projects and Overharvesting: H.P. Large-scale diversion of forest land for hydro projects is one of the primary reasons for cutting of of chilgoza trees in Himachal Pradesh. The pine cones of chilgoza trees harvested for the nuts, by residents of Kinnaur. Over harvesting of the cones … Continue reading Environment News India
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Indian coastal cities need to design and build with nature Panaji, the capital city of Goa, was hit by floods in July 2021. Historically, this is not the first time that the city has been flooded since it is built on the marshlands on the floodplains of river Mandovi. A community art project, titled “Mangrave … Continue reading Environment News India
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Pavagada solar park busts notions of renewable energy as inherently good: Karnataka Solar parks need 7,000–20,000 litres of water per megawatt (MW) per wash. A study titled Renewable Energy to Responsible Energy: A Call to Action, done by Forum for the Future with six other organisations, points to a large amount of water needed for periodic cleaning … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT NEWS INDIA
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In Meenangadi panchayat in Wayanad, tree banking scheme hopes to pave way for carbon neutrality: Kerala Betty Surendran, a functionary of Kudumbashree, a self-help group supported by the state government, owns 50 cents of land in the Meenangadi panchayat of Wayanad, Kerala. She has successfully geo-tagged seven of the trees on her land after submitting … Continue reading Environment News India
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Indian leopards in danger due to poaching 30% got died due to it A Total of 614 leopards died across India in 2021, with Maharashtra accounting for the most number of casualties at 178, data compiled by a non-profit has found. While about 30% of the deaths were caused by poachers, 93 big cats became … Continue reading Indian Ecology in Danger
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Two rare fireflies discovered in India Researchers have discovered two new species of very rare wasp-like flower flies from north-eastern India and the Western Ghats. The newly described species, Monoceromyia flavoscutata and M. nigra, belong to the Syrphidae family. They were discovered by researchers H. Sankararaman, a Ph.D scholar from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Anooj … Continue reading Environment News India
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