Tag: environment
Degradation and Conflict; a Joint Threat to Ecology
A cyclic relationship exists between ecological degradation and conflict whereby degradation of resources leads to conflict, and the conflict leads to further resource degradation,...
2020 Most Dangerous Year For Environment Defenders
The year 2020 proved once again to be the most dangerous for the people who defend land and the environment. The year saw 227...
Covid 19; No Growing Back Greener
The temporary reduction in emission of carbon due to global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change, and Greenhouse gas...
North Indian Ocean Witness More Cyclonic Storms
The intensity of cyclonic storms in the North Indian Ocean region has shown an increasing trend in the past four decades, which mainly results...
Mangrove Loss Coming Down
Even as the world sees vast destruction of environment and forests, there is good news in between as a new study shows that rate...
Tackle Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change Together for A Better Tomorrow
Biodiversity loss and climate change, both driven by human activities will never be successfully resolved unless both are tackled together, according to a group...
Monsoon to get wetter in coming years
The Monsoons, which are crucial to South Asia's agrarian economy, are going to be wetter and more dangerous, according to a new study. For...
Restore 1 Billion Hectares of Land For a Healthy Planet
The world, which faces triple threat of climate change pollution and loss of nature, must deliver on its commitment to restore at least one...
Covid 19; Human Health is Planet Health
SARS-CoV2, coronavirus came to light in 2020 and has caused an unprecedented impact on the majority of the countries. As many as four million...
Focus More on Rangelands: Environmentalists
Grass, shrubs and hardy vegetation ( rangelands) spreads over 54 per cent of the world’s land yet climate plans focus less on these areas,...
