Are house sparrows being driven away?
By Nikhil Walia New Delhi, (IANS) Sparrows are seen as a mascot for ecological conservation but birdwatchers are worried that adverse environmental factors such as shrinking habitat may be driving them into hiding. Ecologists warn these small, highly social birds, that often nest in nooks and niches in and around human settlements, may also go [...]
By Prathiba Raju New Delhi, (IANS) A steady stream of chirping fills the air in the city’s zoo these days, where two of the three ponds have been taken over by the migratory painted storks. More than 1,000 chicks have been born this season in the nearly 300 nests built by these beautiful birds. A [...]
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Nvonews.com Following a two-day summit in Bhutan, the Himalayan nations of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan have decided to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change. The four Himalayan nations, that are facing the threat of weather changes, were part of the Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas that was held in Bhutan’s [...]
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Nvonews.com Following a two-day summit in Bhutan, the Himalayan nations of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan have decided to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change. The four Himalayan nations, that are facing the threat of weather changes, were part of the Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas that was held in Bhutan’s capital [...]
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Nvonews.com A small part of Yamuna bank in Delhi is aglitter with beauty in the dark. The river is dotted with a string of over 1,000 bottles lit with fluorescent LED sticks drew light patterns across the water. This is the ‘Yamuna-Elbe Public Art and Outreach Program’ that is an initiative to connect the [...]
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Daylight Savings Time 2011 is proposed to take maximum utilization of sunny daytime in summer. The clocks will move an hour backwards in winter, because winter days will be darker than summer days. A report published in 2008 by the U.S. Department of Energy revealed that 4 weeks of daylight savings time could conserve 1.3 [...]
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Reports have surfaced that a Planet made of diamond has been found. The outer space is filled with curiosities. Scientists have now discovered a planet which is largely made of carbon and is highly dense. So dense in fact is this tiny planet that its structure is thought to be crystalline. That is to say [...]
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Nahan: The oldest Lion Safari Shri Renuka Ji in Himachal Pradesh has taken another step for its closure as 11 years Lioness Megha has been died. With the death of Megha the number of wild cat has been reduced to two. Although the authorities of the wild life are awaiting the postmortem report of the [...]
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Nahan (Himachal Pradesh): The department of Botany degree college Paonta Sahib has claimed to sight the biocontrol insect beetle feeding the annual Asteraceae weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Congress grass / Gajar Ghas) in the valley. The Parthenium weed was first detected in 1956 in Pune. It then spreaded to all parts of the country, reaching even up to hills by the [...]
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World largest clean development mechanism (CDM) Forestry Project takes off in Himachal
June 26, 2011 1 Comment
New Delhi: A silent but significant revolution is taking place in mid and high hill ranges of Himachal Pradesh where community participation in watershed management programmes is making strong headway for success of world’s largest and India’s first clean development mechanism (CDM) project registered for carbon credits by the United Nations under which the world bank will buy carbon credits [...]
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Dilip Ghosh writes: A 45,000 crore rupees huge programme to increase the country’s green cover is going to be launched soon. The 10 year long programme named Green India Mission, GIM after a preparatory phase of one year will get going from 2012. Addressing a series of functions on the occasion of the World Environment Day on 5th June this year, the [...]
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A.N. Khan writes: Forest means an extensive area so well covered with trees that they serve to modify the whole biological character of the area even the climate. If the tree cover is too irregular and open to do this, the area is popularly called a woodland; if the trees are planted mainly for their fruit – an [...]
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Kalpana Palkhiwala: Environmentally Sensitive Zones are areas with identified environmental resources having “Incomparable Values” which require special attention for their conservation. Ecological sensitivity is defined as the imminent possibility of permanent and irreparable loss of extant life forms from the world, or significant damage to the natural processes of evolution and speciation. This means loss of [...]
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Kalpana Palkhiwala writes: Aerosols influence climate indirectly by changing cloud properties and precipitation and hence can have a profound impact on the hydrological cycle. Among the various aerosol types, black carbon aerosols have greater impact because of the high absorption of solar radiation. Hence it is essential that measurements of black carbon aerosols from ground, [...]
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