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One Health Concept
The One Health concept is summarized by the World Organization of Animal Health as human health and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the...
Inger Andersen takes over as head of UNEP
Inger Andersen of Denmark takes charge as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an...
Hawa Aane De Song Campaign
The theme song for the World Environment Day 2019 Hawa Aane De was launched. The theme song gives a call for all to come together to combat the...
40% of Amphibian Species threatened: IPBES Report
According to a study, called Global Assessment about 40% of amphibian species and more than a third (33%) of all marine mammals are threatened. The report released by...
Tropical forest size of England destroyed in 2018: WRI report
As per recently published US-based World Resources Institute (WRI) report, world lost 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of tropical tree cover in 2018. It is fourth largest...
1 million species risk extinction due to humans: Draft UN report
According to draft of UN report set to be released on May 6, 2019, up to One million world species are at risk of extinction due to human...ILO lists 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy among world’s major industrial accidents of 20th century
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently released the report titled ‘The Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work – Building on 100 years...Himachal Pradesh government declares Monkeys as vermin
The Himachal Pradesh government has again declared Monkeys as vermin for the next one year in 11 districts’ 91 tehsils and sub-tehsils of state. Monkeys were declared as...Great Indian Bustard to be official mascot of 13th COP of Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP CMS 13)
The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS 13) will be held at 15th to 22nd February...2019 World Wetlands Day (WWD)
The World Wetland Day (WWD) is observed every year on 2nd of to raise awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet. The day marks...
Study on impact of unplanned development on Ecology of Central Western Ghats
An Indian Research team comprising of T V Ramachandra and S Bharath (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore); S Vinay and A. Shashishankar (Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India) undertook...
