Chiranjeevi Kulkarni

The authors argue that reversing declines will require conservation strategies that address these threats across entire migratory lifecycles and international flyways rather than in isolation.

The state-owned mining company submitted a proposal for forest diversion back in 2020 to build a conveyor belt to its existing iron ore mine spread over 1,536 acres.

As parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including India, begin to review the progress made in achieving the targets set for the year 2030, an assessment of reports has flagged slow progress as less than half of member countries have given a positive report.The CBD, a multilateral body under the United Nations Environment Programme, has 196 countries as parties. In 2022, the parties agreed to achieve by 2030 the 23 targets set by Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) to identify ways to accelerate conservation of biological diversity to achieve the global vision of living in harmony with nature.

The study cautioned that the penalty of twice the price of carbon credits would be ineffective because of the low initial prices and market volatility.

The prospective buyer had shared a High Court order that appeared to support the claim that the land belonged to one MB Nemanna Gowda.

The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) conservation is set to take a major step forward with officials planning to release the first batch of the captive-bred GIBs into the wild, while the National Board of Wildlife decided to add Lesser Floricans and Bengal Floricans to the conservation programme.

The EACs at the Centre give clearance to large projects listed in Category 'A' column of EIA Notification 2006.

KPCL had sought 131.81 acres of forest land in the Sharavathi Valley Lion Tailed Macaque Sanctuary to build an underground powerhouse between two reservoirs for generating 2000 MW.

India’s sloth bear population faces mounting threats from habitat loss, poaching and human-wildlife conflict. A new Wildlife Institute of India report urges systematic surveys to update fragmented data and strengthen conservation efforts across 23 states.

As per documents analysed by DH, of the cumulative extent of 17,460 acres where hundreds of borewells and pits are proposed to be dug to explore the minerals, a whopping 11,600 acres (66%) are forest land. Notably, most of these applications came in the last 10 months.