Cong district unit joins Chhattisgarh People against mining project: Save Hasdeo The Chhattisgarh Congress’s Surguja district unit has joined local residents against its own party’s government over the felling of trees in the Hasdeo Aranya forest for mining projects. The tribal residents of Hasdeo Aranya have been protesting against the mining projects for months. A … Continue reading Environment News India
Bihar adds elephant centre to Valmiki Tiger Reserve, experts see challenges The forest department of Bihar has established an elephant rescue centre at Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) to rehabilitate stray, abandoned and injured elephants, according to authorities. VTR provides the perfect atmosphere for elephant habitation, experts said. In the last few years, several elephants … Continue reading Environment News India
No more Great Indian Bustard in Andhra Pradesh The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), a critically endangered bird, whose future appears increasingly bleak even in its ‘stronghold’ in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan where individual birds have been dying regularly after coming into contact with overhead power lines, is feared to have disappeared from Andhra … Continue reading Environment News India
Poacher Racket With Leopard Teeth, Claws, Pangolin Scales Held In Mayurbhanj: Odisha The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police busted a major wildlife smuggling racket with the arrest of a 25-year-old poacher in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. Two leopard teeth, 29 leopard claws, 3.5kg of pangolin scales, and 46 parakeets were seized from the … Continue reading Environment News India
New centre for carbon capture, utilisation at IIT Bombay The Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology has established the National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCOE-CCU) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. This Centre of Excellence explores and unlocks the potential of Carbon … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT NEWS INDIA
Back to nature: Immense need for crop diversification and role of agroforestry The traditional approach of low input-based extensive and diversified agricultural practices termed as ‘crop diversification’ could be an alternate approach that might be used to save farming as a counter-strategy for farming bio-socio-psychological anomalies. Crop diversification is a strategy applied to grow more … Continue reading Environment News India
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