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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:....
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....
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 ....
“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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The G-20 finance ministers’ meet has become the new forum for cornering and other developing countries into making climate change commitments. An overview paper distributed by G-20 secretariat has ignored India’s submissions and demanded that the latter impose carbon taxation and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by ‘deviating significantly from business as usual’ scenario.
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Thursday,03 September, 2009 | Hits: 92
It’s 4,000 miles of mountains, seas and valleys from Kathmandu to Copenhagen. With changing climate, it could well become 4,000 miles of sudden storms, flood and climate migrations. Recognizing that nations need to pool resources and expertise to face climate change impacts, South Asian countries came together for the first time earlier this week for a climate mini-summit in Kathmandu ahead of the Copenhagen meet in December.
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Huge billboards declaring sales and offering prices below 50 per cent outside and people happily walking out with huge black polythene bags, is a common scene outside Shoppers Stop at Ansal Plaza in South Delhi.
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Thursday,03 September, 2009 | Hits: 83
Even as over 170 countries get ready to attend a crucial summit on global climate change at Copenhagen in December, its echoes are being heard at the ministerial summit on the Doha Round held in New Delhi.
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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
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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The Centre may convene a special meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) to brief chief ministers on what they should do on the climate change front to cap green house gas emission. Even as the Planning Commission is considering the proposal, the Centre is pushing for an NDC meeting within the next two months to firm up a list of state-level action plans.
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Wednesday,02 September, 2009 | Hits: 70
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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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
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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