Improving the language of biodiversity conservation
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Improving the language of biodiversity conservation

The Hindu  

In the midst of a climate emergency, we mark another World Environment Day on Wednesday. Climate links have bolstered biodiversity’s societal values, since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments that emphasised ecosystem services including carbon sequestration. They wrote that conservation will “remain elusive until there is a clear demonstration of the relevance of biodiversity to people’s well-being.“ Further, “the link between biodiversity and human well-being has remained elusive”. Human development language Ecologists and biodiversity scientists celebrate nature’s variability, listing its beneficial services for society. To answer questions raised in PNAS, biodiversity’s links to well-being will unravel if we are awake to human variability and functioning.

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Echoes of nature: Frontline’s top 12 environment stories of 2024
6 days, 7 hours ago

Echoes of nature: Frontline’s top 12 environment stories of 2024

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 17, 2024 18:01 IST - 1 MIN READ Arguably one of the most disturbing headlines from the world of environment came when we rang in the New Year. In January 2024, from a pristine little island in the Indian Ocean, the Great Nicobar Island, author Pankaj Sekhsaria reported on the unimaginable havoc a proposed Rs.72,000 crore infrastructure …

A legacy of balance
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A legacy of balance

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: In his latest book, Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism, historian Ramachandra Guha takes readers on a journey through India’s environmental past – a legacy that few are familiar with. Through their lives and writings, these figures – ranging from the poet Rabindranath Tagore to the economist J C Kumarappa – anticipated the environmental challenges we face …

Embracing Nature's Positivity: A Call to Action for a Sustainable Future
2 months ago

Embracing Nature's Positivity: A Call to Action for a Sustainable Future

Times of India  

The article emphasizes the urgency of embracing nature positivity alongside net-zero goals. It highlights the interconnectedness of biodiversity and climate action, emphasizing the need to address both issues together. The article outlines the outcomes of the COP15 summit, including the 23 targets for biodiversity conservation by 2030, which are a vision for a world where nature and humanity coexist harmoniously. …

World not on track to achieve most SDGs by 2030
1 year, 2 months ago

World not on track to achieve most SDGs by 2030

The Hindu  

Lamenting the lack of progress on various Sustainable Development Goals, including biodiversity protection and greenhouse gas emissions, world leaders at the SDG Summit in New York on September 18 and 19, 2023, once again reaffirmed their shared commitment to eradicate poverty and end hunger. They also recognised that the world was on track to meet only 15% of its 169 …

‘ATBC-2023 Coimbatore Declaration’ calls for practical solutions for a climate-resilient future
1 year, 5 months ago

‘ATBC-2023 Coimbatore Declaration’ calls for practical solutions for a climate-resilient future

The Hindu  

The 59th Annual Global Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation that concluded here on Thursday has called for practical solutions for a climate-resilient future. The declaration stressed the need to recognise the importance of timely, transparent, and justifiable decision-making to solve complex, multifarious conservation problems, many of which are closely linked to human well-being, said a release. Increased …

Biodiversity is us and we are biodiversity
1 year, 6 months ago

Biodiversity is us and we are biodiversity

The Hindu  

The observance of International Biodiversity Day was yet another reminder of the pivotal role our natural world plays in resolving the climate change crisis, which, along with the decline of biodiversity, poses an existential threat to our future. Biodiversity is declining worldwide, and our last remaining, largely isolated ecosystems are degrading due to changes happening around them, such as loss …

World Earth Day: Climate change has significant implications for health, food security, and livelihoods in India
1 year, 8 months ago

World Earth Day: Climate change has significant implications for health, food security, and livelihoods in India

Firstpost  

Multidimensional nature of the relationship between climate change and associated reverberations makes it very difficult for India to address it, especially in the context of its socio-economically vulnerable population The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emphasised that the global surface temperature will exceed the targets of 1.5 C and 2 C above pre-industrial levels set …

India can become a biodiversity champion
1 year, 10 months ago

India can become a biodiversity champion

The Hindu  

The sum and variation of our biological wealth, known as biodiversity, is essential to the future of this planet. India currently hosts 17% of the planet’s human population and 17% of the global area in biodiversity hotspots, placing it at the helm to guide the planet in becoming biodiversity champions. The emphasis on green growth is welcome news for India’s …

Team of scientists conduct study to help India meet the 30x30 biodiversity conservation targets
1 year, 10 months ago

Team of scientists conduct study to help India meet the 30x30 biodiversity conservation targets

The Hindu  

A team of scientists across academia, research, policy and conservation NGOs have conducted a prioritisation analysis to help India meet the 30x30 biodiversity conservation targets. In the analysis, scientists and conservation practitioners from 15 Indian and international institutions — including the city-based National Centre for Biological Sciences, Indian Institute for Human Settlements and Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and …

Explained | A new global biodiversity framework
2 years ago

Explained | A new global biodiversity framework

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations agreement to conserve and sustainably use earth’s biodiversity, got a boost at a conference held in Montreal recently, when 188 of 196 member governments agreed on a new framework to halt the sharp and steady loss of biological species. It sets out targets for 2030 on protection for …

India pushes for new biodiversity fund
2 years ago

India pushes for new biodiversity fund

The Hindu  

There is an urgent need to create a new and dedicated fund to help developing countries successfully implement a post-2020 global framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, India has said at the U.N. biodiversity conference in Canada's Montreal. It has also said that conservation of biodiversity must also be based on 'Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities' as …

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets

Live Mint  

The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes in four parts, three of them by three different working groups, while the fourth integrates the findings of the three working group reports into a synthesis. If the developed countries carry out the expenditure on sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere the expensive way and on carrying …

World Nature Conservation Day 2021: COVID-19 pandemic an urgent reminder for India to implement One Health concept
3 years, 4 months ago

World Nature Conservation Day 2021: COVID-19 pandemic an urgent reminder for India to implement One Health concept

Firstpost  

Today is World Nature Conservation Day, our annual reminder that we share the planet with millions of species of flora and fauna that we must respect and make every effort to preserve. The World Nature Conservation Day feeds into most of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. The Forest Survey of India conducted in 2019 estimates a total of 807,276 …

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