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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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Himalayan view

India should lead South Asian neighbours on climate issue: The two-day Kathmandu to Copenhagen conference was clear in seeking money from the west but it also sought cooperation in the east — especially among South Asian nations. ...
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Thursday,03 September, 2009 | Hits: 50

World heading for climate ‘abyss’: UN chief

The world is speeding towards a climate catastrophe, UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday, urging rapid progress in talks to cut emissions and tackle global warming.“Our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss,” the UN Secretary General said in a speech to the World Climate Conference. ...
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Thursday,03 September, 2009 | Hits: 73

A climate change pat from UK ministers, to spread the word

While many developed nations view India as a spoiler in the battle against climate change due to its staunch refusal to agree to mandatory emission cuts, it won the support of two of the UK’s Minister for Energy and Climate Change ED ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 78

UID bid to make Earth green

Number will help reward people contributing to environmental protection:People contributing to the cause of environmental protection could, henceforth, once the unique identity (UID) number becomes functional. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 49

Himalayan ecology deteriorating dengerously: Bahuguna

Chipko Movement founder Sundar Lal Bahuguna has expressed concern over the depleting water resources in the Himalayas and called for concrete steps to protect them from further damage. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 58

Support for India on climate change

The results of five independent India-specific studies on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have indicated that the country’s per capita GHG emissions will continue to be well below the global average of 2005 even after 20 years from now. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 62

Green growth of 8% by 2030 possible

India said its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will grow fourfold in the next two decades if the economy expands by an average 8% a year during this period, but still remain below the global average—for 2005. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 81

Developed nations overdrawn on carbon accounts

The developed nations are already overdrawn on their carbon accounts, said a new report from the United Nations (UN) that implicitly bolstered the case put forward by developing nations such as India and China at global climate change talks. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 53

UN calls for 'global new deal' to address climate challenge

As an integration of climate and development agendas risks widening the divide between developed and developing countries with both blocs refusing to budge from their stance, the United Nations aptly argues that addressing the climate challenge cannot proceed on “ad hoc and incremental actions”. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 70

India's greenhouse gas emission to be low till 2031: Report

The country’s per capita emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) will continue to be low until 2030-31, and it is estimated that the per capita emission in 2031 will be lower than per capita global emission of GHG in 2005, a new study released here on Wednesday shows. ...
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 57

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