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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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EU’s High Noon project to take stock of glaciers, monsoon pattern

The EU has earmarked approximately Rs19.5 crore for this 3-year project, bringing together leading research institutions in Europe, Netherlands, UK Switzerland and India: The European Union recently launched the ‘High Noon’ research project in India, which aims at assessing the impact of Himalayan glaciers retreat and possible changes of the India summer monsoon on the distribution of water resource in northern India. The project further aims to provide recommendations for appropriate and efficient adaptation strategies to hydrological extreme events through a participatory process....
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Thursday,21 May, 2009 | Hits: 75

Green Delhi to become greener

Considered one of the greenest Capitals globally, Delhi in adding more greens and a smattering of colour to its existing biodiversity. The Delhi Government has roped in the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, to create a bambusetum (an assortment of bamboo species), an arboretum (a collection of trees) and butterfly park in the city. ...
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Thursday,21 May, 2009 | Hits: 82

Fragile, handle with care

EXHIBITION: These Images celebrate the majestic and vulnerable glaciers: Surrounded by the dream-like images of Alaskan glaciers, I stood overwhelmed. Then, the joy gave in to trepidation n noticing the concept by note by the photographer Andre J. Fanthome which said “By 2050, there might not be any glaciers, or ice caps, when the ice melts, all of these will go, and with it large parts of humanity..” Of course, terms like global warming and retreating glaciers are all familiar but now with images right in front of one’s eyes, the threat be came more real....
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Wednesday,20 May, 2009 | Hits: 58

EU project to study glaciers’ retreat

The European Union (EU) of late launched a research project to assess the impact of retreat of glaciers in the Himalayan and possible changes of summer monsoon on the distribution of water resources in northern India....
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Tuesday,19 May, 2009 | Hits: 67

85% of small units lack access to technology

In the four states of Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, over 70 per cent of small scale industry (SSI) units using improved technology showed ubstantial quality improvement, according to a study published this April by the Society for Economic and Social Transition. Around 46 per cent indicated reduction in cost of production and more than 20 per cent indicated achievement of competitiveness in domestic and international markets through adoption of improved technology, noted the study, which was done for the Planning Commission. ...
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Monday,18 May, 2009 | Hits: 72

All for a breath of fresh air

Carbon Emissions: Cleaner air from reduced emissions could save millions of lives. A100 million early deaths could be prevented by cutting global emissions by 50 pc by 2050, reports Adam Vaughan....
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Monday,18 May, 2009 | Hits: 63

As Alaska glaciers melt, sea level is falling, not rising

Global warming conjures images of rising seas threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, Alaska, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: nAs the glaciers here melt, the land to retreat....
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Monday,18 May, 2009 | Hits: 71

China ready for deal on climate change

China is ready to abandon its residence to limits on its carbon emissions and wants to each in international deal to fight global warming. According to Britain’s climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, who met senior officials in Beijing China is ready to “do business” with developed countries to reach an agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol....
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Thursday,14 May, 2009 | Hits: 75

Coral Triangle at risk from climate change

Southeast Asia’s biologically diverse coral reefs will disappear by the end of this century, wiping out coastal economies and sparking civil unrest of climate change isn’t addressed, conservation group WWF said on Wednesday. ...
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Wednesday,13 May, 2009 | Hits: 69

Obama Wary of Tariff Provision in climate bill

U.N President Barack Obama said the House bill curbing greenhouse-gas emissions that passed by a close vote Friday represents "an extraordinary first step," but said he had doubts about a provision to impose tariffs on goods from countries that don't match U.S. efforts to combat global warming....
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Monday,29 June, 2009 | Hits: 72

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