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2 days ago · India's environmental science and conservation news. If the Green Revolution rode on the strength of chemicals derived mainly from fossil fuels, now there is a shift in the thinking on how agriculture is being done in India, with a thrust on growing indigenous crop varieties and following natural farming practices.
A new era of science festivals in India is bringing science to the …
18 hours ago · Science festivals are a crucial bridge between the science community and the public to communicate the latest science in accessible ways. In India, People’s Science Movements (PSMs) were one of the early forms of science festivals, starting in the 1960s. Still active, they are led by science activists and take the form of vigyan jathas ...
2021 - Mongabay-India
Climate mitigation should not come at cost of biodiversity conservation, warns tropical savannah ecologist. Sahana Ghosh 15 Dec 2021. 1 2 3 … 25 Next ». Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation ...
Building blocks and biodiversity: India's ecosystems a part of a …
May 30, 2022 · ‘Building blocks of life’ In a 2014 paper, Reyers and fellow researchers argue that biodiversity loss could be more accurately measured by three concepts: genetic diversity, functional diversity, and biome integrity.When the planetary boundary framework was refined in a 2015 paper co-authored by Reyers, the biodiversity boundary was reframed as “biosphere integrity” to embody all of ...
The state of India’s forests: Losing forests, gaining plantations
Jan 24, 2022 · India’s entire forest cover could be under climate change hotspots by 2050. The ISFR 2021 also carried out mapping of climate change hotspots in Indian forests using computer model-based projection of temperature and rainfall data, for the three future time-period – 2030, 2050 and 2085. Climatic hotspots here mainly refer to forests that will be impacted by climate change and experience ...
2022 - Mongabay-India
Temina Lalani-Shariff 13 Dec 2022. 1 2 3 … 25 Next ». Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
India’s Iconic Landscapes - Mongabay-India
India’s Iconic Landscapes. Stretching from tropical to temperate latitudes, with a 7,500 km long coastline, two archipelagos, some of the tallest mountains and the most extensive mangrove ecosystem in the world, iconic India harbours biodiversity hotspots of global importance. From these landscapes, we will bring you stories of people ...
October 2020 - Mongabay-India
Your Environment This Week: Faith protects snakes, termite mound architecture, energy map for India
Indian forests have deteriorated in the past two years [Analysis]
Jan 27, 2022 · On January 13, the Indian government released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 claiming a marginal (0.22 percent) increase in the country’s forest cover – a net increase of 1,540 square kilometres – from its previous assessment in 2019. However, a closer analysis of the report shows that, in two years, between 2019 and 2021, the quality of India’s forests deteriorated ...
2020 - Mongabay-India
Looking at the past, present and future of natural building in India. Nandita Jayaraj 16 Dec 2020. 1 2 3 … 29 Next ». Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.