State of finance for nature 2022
The second edition of the State of Finance for Nature report reveals that nature-based solutions are still significantly under-financed. If the world wants to halt biodiversity loss, limit climate change
Protected Area Conservation
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World heritage glaciers: sentinels of climate change
<p><img alt="" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5550/31972603761_9b8dec6dd6_b.jpg" style="width: 333px; height: 222px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Some of the world’s most iconic glaciers are
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Supreme Court explains its order on eco sensitive zones of protected areas, 23/09/2022
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/09/2022.</p> <p>An Application was filed in the Supreme Court seeking
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest encroachments, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 07/09/2022
<p>The order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aadhyatmik Kshetra Paryavaran Sansthan Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 07/09/2022.</p> <p>Aadhyatmik Kshetra Paryavaran Sansthan had
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Guidelines for using a global standard for the identification of key biodiversity areas
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. The purpose of the Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key
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Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding eco-sensitive zones of national parks/sanctuaries, 03/06/2022
<p>The Judgment of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/06/2022.</p> <p>The apex court directed that each protected forest
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Investing in biodiversity: the case for finance to take action in Southern Africa
Understanding the place of humans – including investor communities – in nature is largely informed by the dissociated relationship between the market price and the value of ecosystem goods and services
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The Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill,2021
A bill which seeks to conserve and protect wildlife through better management of protected areas and rationalise schedules which list out species under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, was introduced
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Creating a nature positive future: the contribution of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures
Protected areas (PAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are a cornerstone of biodiversity conservation that provide co-benefits for achievement of the SDGs, in support of a nature-positive
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Submission by Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust to the NGT on EC granted to gas based combined cycle power plant, 07/10/2021
<p>Written submission by Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust in appeal no. 14 of 2020.</p> <p>The matter related to environmental clearance granted to gas based combined cycle power