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Lizard named after Obama was wiped out by climate change

Well it was just a matter of time before some commie scientists named an extinct animal after the 44th president of the United States. Obamadon gracilis is the name, and the foot-long creature — which was discovered in a fossil bed in Montana — has been extinct for about 65 million years. And ironically, its extinction may indicate that paleolithic changes in climate affected animals differently than previously believed. Paleontologist Nicholas Longrich explains that scientists are now rethinking the idea that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs spared smaller lizards like Obamadon:....

Ten Years of the Biological Diversity Act

India’s Biological Diversity (BD) Act was enacted in 2002. There is now a decade of its existence to reflect on.The genesis of the law can be traced to the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD), which was signed at the Rio Summit in 1992. While assessing the 10 years of the Act, one has to be mindful of how India itself has undergone change in these years. By the time the Act came into force, trade imperatives had begun to influence environmental law and policy making both at the national and global level. The final shape of the Act and the manner of its implementation through the BD rules issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests....

Endow-Bio, Inc., the First National Endowment for Biodiversity

This is the birth announcement of Endow-Bio, Inc., the First National Endowment for Biodiversity. Please help us to publicize our brand new, all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) public charity. Endow-Bio, Inc. operates wholly within the U.S. Our current crises of nature, conservation and culture call for an audaciously hopeful response in the form of this new public charity. Our mission is to further conservation of biodiversity of native species and their habitats in the U.S., to expose the full breadth of our environmental problems, to show there are good-hearted people working to solve these problems who would ....

Protecting Livestock and Wildlife through Transfrontier Conservation Areas: An Interview with Steve Osofsky

“We are looking to make wildlife and livestock more compatible by dealing with diseases, by dealing with human/wildlife conflict, and at the same time seeking economic opportunity in both of these arenas.” Steve Osofsky, director of wildlife health policy for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), developed the Animal & Human Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) program at WCS and served as the first wildlife veterinary officer for the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks. In an interview with Worldwatch Research Fellow Molly Theobald, Dr. Osofsky discusses how farmers can both help and benefit from wildlife c....

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Climate: Joint SAARC statement at Copenhagen meet

Emphasising that SAARC will “stick to the Kyoto Protocol, Bali Action Plan and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change”, Environment Ministers from the SAARC nations on Tuesday said that a joint statement on climate change would be issued at the Copenhagen summit in December. They emphasised that the central point in the upcoming statement would be the aid that the developing world should get from the developed world. ...
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Tuesday,20 October, 2009 | Hits: 86

No evidence to link global warming and Himalayan glaciers: minister

Receding glaciers and global warming cannot be conclusively linked, the environment ministry said, despite forecasts that Himalayan glaciers will disappear by 2035 because the planet is heating up.“There is no conclusive scientific evidence to link global warming and Himalayan glaciers, nor to link the black carbon in the atmosphere with the glaciers,” environment minister Jairam Ramesh said. “We also cannot link retreating glaciers in the Arctic because of climate change to those in the Himalayas.” ...
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Monday,09 November, 2009 | Hits: 112

Earth between funds, ice

DEVELOPING NATIONS call for UN body to push for green technology A green technology body with powers to direct a world-wide transition away from a high-carbon economy is needed to combat climate change, according to the world’s developing nations, the G77. While most negotiations ahead of the UN’s climate change summit in Copenhagen next month have been concerned with which nations should slash greenhouse gas emissions and by how much, the method in which these cuts will be achieved has received far less attention. ...
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Monday,23 November, 2009 | Hits: 195

UN climate negotiatiors urged to break deadlock

Delegates at the start of marathon climate talks in Thailand on Monday were told to speed up "painfully slow" negotiations as they struggle to settle on the outline of a tougher pact to fight global warming. ...
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Monday,28 September, 2009 | Hits: 86

Ministry releases guidelines to sustain Himalayan ecology

Recognizing the importance of the Indian Himalayas as a unique repository of biodiversity, and as part of the official mission for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has released guidelines on this. ...
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Tuesday,29 September, 2009 | Hits: 89

Ministry seeks feedback on new environmental afency

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said a proposal for setting up an autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) has been put in public domain with the idea to create a mechanism that would be responsible for monitoring and compliance of environmental standards. ...
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Monday,28 September, 2009 | Hits: 89

Global warming could result in 4 degree Celsius rise by 2060

In a new study, the British Meteorological Department has warned that global warming could result in a rise of 40 C by the year 2060. ...
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Monday,28 September, 2009 | Hits: 119

Break the climate deadlock

President Barack Obama has correctly differentiated some developing countries as those that must pull their weight to mitigate climate change. ...
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Wednesday,23 September, 2009 | Hits: 86

Jairam’s offer of report to UNFCC may weaken India’s position

Environment Minister’s unilateral Offer May Allow Strict Global Monitoring On Climate Change Policies: Minister for state for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh’s offer for an annual report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change detailing India’s greenhouse gas emissions and measures to reduce it appears to have yet again weakened the position of India negotiators in the run up to Copenhagen. ...
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Sunday,27 September, 2009 | Hits: 100

Technological collaboration goes on

About 150 leading Indian companies, both public and private, took part in a far-reaching exhibition of India’s technology and traditional crafts, which was held in St Petersburg’s Lenexpo exhibition center earlier this month. The India Show 2009 has become Russia’s largest Indian business event of the year. The exhibition’s prime goal was to highlight the broad spectrum of India’s manufacturing and technological achievements, fostering business contacts between exporters, importers, suppliers and buyers on both sides.There was no shortage of exhibits featuring a wide variety of products and technology, with emphasis on mechanical engineering, chemicals, IT, electronics and software, along with space technology, light industry, agriculture and food products. India’s famous fabrics, jewelry and souvenirs added a unique touch to the event. ...
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Tuesday,13 October, 2009 | Hits: 90

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