Protected Areas

Nearly 300 biodiversity 'hot spots' at risk of extinction due to global warming: Study

So-called endemic species — plants and animals found exclusively in a specific area — will be hit hardest in a warming world.

World Environment Day: Data shows the world has lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019

In order to stop deforestation, researchers say emphasis must be placed on changing the incentives driving forest loss on a domestic, local level.

Felling of trees in Aarey 'forest' fires up Mumbai’s poll scene dividing the city in two

The project will wipe out 2,646 trees, which will destroy Mumbai’s “green lungs” and floodplains of Mithi river.

Indigenous communities practice effective forest conservation, but remain excluded from policy

Indigenous peoples perhaps have been the best guardians of the Earth's natural resources, but they are increasingly being deprived of land

Plastic is there to stay, onus is on us to change our lifestytes and protect the environment

Irrespective of location or size of our city or town or how we fare on other life indicators we will need to decrease our use of plastic.