COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
UNDP
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New initiative to conserve mangroves
If an interesting feasibility study gets general approval, we could have a cross-sectoral institutional mechanism for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity. It seeks to strike a balance between
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Assess seismic vulnerability of buildings
The vulnerability of buildings designed before Chennai was classified under ‘seismic zone III’ should be reassessed, says an expert. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on affordable housing, former
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Nabam Tuki bats for scientific approach in biodiversity conservation
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has advocated for a scientific approach in conserving the biodiversity of the State. Tuki, was addressing a high-level team from the department of environment and forest headed by Arunachal Pradesh State Medicinal Plant Board chairman Bamang Felix here yesterday, official sources said today. The team was slated to participate in a 10-day Conference of Parties (CoP) to be held at Hyderabad beginning October 8 next.
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Arunachal villagers to share knowledge at bio meet
Guwahati, Oct. 2: Thirty families of Salari village in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district have developed bio-cultural community protocols for medicinal plants, setting terms and conditions for access
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Bangladesh climate project gets 'Earth Care Award'
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has won the “Earth Care Award 2012” for pioneering Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation Project. The $10 million project
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Government to address impact of climate change
The government of Nepal, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) jointly launched the ‘Ecosystem
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Workshop on findings of baseline study to begin today
An interactive workshop will be organised on findings of baseline study and monitoring and evaluation framework under the Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management Project (SLEM)-TFO, one of the seven
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Inaction: India’s Environment Story
As New Delhi prepares for the biggest conference on biodiversity this October, are its claims to global leadership in conserving ecosystems really valid? THIS OCTOBER, India will host possibly the largest
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Rio+20: The Future we want
Rio+20" is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 -- twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.
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Stress on scientific river management
Stressing the need for scientific river management to effectively control the annual menace of floods and erosion in the State, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the State Government was in touch