Granting ‘rights’ to rivers and forests has been embraced by environmentalists. But to understand its effectiveness, we must first look closely at the law. The Whanganui River in New Zealand wanders from its wellspring on the slopes of a volcano in the centre of the north island to the Cook Strait. It’s a broad, deep […]
Results from the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological effects of grazing in drylands are reported in a new study that was just published in Science. The worldwide research team discovered that grazing can have beneficial benefits on ecosystem services, especially in rangelands with a variety of species, but that these effects change from […]
According to the most recent Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, climate change is now recognised as the greatest danger to biodiversity. As temperatures rise beyond what plants and animals can tolerate due to climate change, they are more in danger of experiencing thermal stress. According to a recent study, which was published […]
An international wildlife conference moved to enact some of the most significant protection for shark species targeted in the fin trade and scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers are being decimated by the pet trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known by its initials as […]
By Lana Ruvolo GrasserPostdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience, National Institutes of Health and Rachelle StammenClinical Veterinarian, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University Georgia, Nov 26 (The Conversation) A proposed measure in Switzerland would have made that country the first to ban medical and scientific experimentation on animals. It failed to pass in February 2022, […]
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday that his ministry would launch a countrywide campaign to popularise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mission LiFE and encourage people to adopt an environment-friendly lifestyle. Mission Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) is a pro-people and pro-planet effort that seeks to shift the world from mindless consumption to mindful utilisation […]
A research team has found that the Andean region of Chile could face noticeable snow loss and roughly 10% less mountain water runoff with a global warming of approximately 2.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels over the next three decades. The study also shows that what happens in the Andes could be a harbinger […]
Findings of unexpectedly huge populations of fin and humpback whales in the formerly ice-covered seas of East Greenland suggest that the marine ecology is shifting irreversibly from one regime to another, says a new scientific study published in the internationally peer-reviewed scientific journal Global Change Biology. This century has seen a transition from a sub-arctic […]
Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.” Chinedu Mogbo, founder of Greenfingers Wildlife Initiative, a conservation group working with the activists, said the show was designed to raise awareness about environmental pollution. Lagos, one of Africa’s most populous cities with more than 15 million people, […]
Piles of snow, in some places taller than most people, buried parts of western and northern New York as a lake-effect storm pounded areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for a third straight day Saturday, with possibly even more to come. Snowfall totals as high as 77 inches (196 cm) were reported in […]