Climate change responsible for over 80% of temperature rise within Asia last month, the hottest April ever: WWA

India, May 15 -- Climate change and El Nino combined to push minimum and mean temperature rise in eastern India to highest ever in April A global study, released early morning Indian time on May 15, ... Read More

Lion, tiger & jaguar bone processing could shift from end market countries in the Far East to source nations: UNODC

India, May 14 -- While most lion and jaguar bones being trafficked are not sourced from wild populations, this could change, the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report flagged The processing of lion, tiger... Read More

Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC

India, May 14 -- Wildlife trafficking persists worldwide despite two decades of concerted action at international and national levels, says2024 World Wildlife Crime Report The rhino and the cedar wer... Read More

Madagascar's ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities - with a little help from AI

India, May 14 -- Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline Six of the world's eight baobab ... Read More

Northern Hemisphere 2023 summer warmest in two millennia; study calls for urgent greenhouse gas reduction

India, May 14 -- The 2023 summer temperature was 1.19degC higher than the warmest summer in 246 AD The summer of 2023 was the warmest in the last 2,000 years in the Northern Hemisphere, according to ... Read More

'Land squeeze': New pressures emerging from carbon and biodiversity offset projects

India, May 14 -- In India, the top 10% own 45% of farmland Around 87 per cent of land grabs in transnational deals worldwide since 2000 have occurred in the regions of high biodiversity, while major ... Read More

Voting without voters: In Odisha, turnout suffers in districts home to migrants despite promise of goodies, travel fare

India, May 14 -- Lowest turnout in Berhampur in Ganjam district, CM's home turf, due to large-scale migration to other states, sayexperts Ragunath Panigrahy from Goudgaon village in Odisha's Ganjam d... Read More

Dust devils in Mumbai, Delhi caused by merging wind systems

India, May 14 -- Wind speeds were as high as 107 km / hr in Mumbai and 92.7 km / hrin Delhi Mumbai on May 13 and Delhi on May 10, separated by 1,500 km, experienced dust storms with extremely high wi... Read More

DTE Impact: Assam-based activist writes to Supreme Court; demands transparency on elephant transfer to Vantara

India, May 14 -- Vehicle carrying cow elephant Pratima and her calf had been stopped in Assam en route to the Reliance Zoo in Jamnagar, as reported by DTE A wildlife activist from Assam has expressed... Read More

Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands

India, May 14 -- Changing precipitation patterns & droughts, rapid urbanisation& industrialisation, a water-intensive tourism industry and weak water infrastructure governance major reasons for water ... Read More

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