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Mumbai schools participate in Climate Action project, introduce climate change curriculum
The project, as part of which schools will teach a six-week long curriculum in climate change, is in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jane Goodall Institute and UN . A total of 107 countries are a part of the initiative.
Published on Oct 04, 2020 06:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Ankita Bhatkhande
20,000 winged guests visited Keshopur Chhamb this season, less than last year
Keshopur Chhamb in Gurdaspur, one of Asia’s biggest wetlands, has recorded a dip in the number of migratory birds this year. The annual bird census conducted on Saturday and Sunday pegged the number of winged guests that arrived in the wetland this year at 20,528 birds.
Published on Jan 12, 2020 10:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurdaspur | Kamaljit Singh Kamal, Gurdaspur
On the brink of extinction
Dholes face local extinctions in 37,000 sq km surveyed across the Western Ghats, which is their only habitat in India.
Published on Apr 22, 2019 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
Make nature an election agenda in the 2019 polls
Internationally, politicians have started talking about nature. But as India faces multiple threats from climate change and biodiversity loss, it becomes increasingly important for political parties in India to talk about them in elections
Updated on Apr 15, 2019 08:56 AM IST
Richa Tyagi
Ganga river dolphins count rises to 33, up from 22 in 2015
Officials said the 33 dolphins found during the survey included three calves and claimed that it indicated that the slow -breeding dolphins have flourished on the stretch and also indicates positive river health and biodiversity.
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad | Peeyush Khandelwal