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All Stories for World Environment Day 2020
World Environment Day 2020: PM2.5 AQI largely below 100 in Mumbai, 60 in Kolkata during COVID-19 lockdown
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe coronavirus lockdown imposed on India on 25th March had the obvious effect of slowing down construction and industrial work, and taking motor vehicles off the roads
World Environment Day 2020: 'Our ancient wisdom taught us to protect biodiversity'; President Kovind, PM Modi others pledge to save nature
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoOpening batsman of the Indian cricket team Shikhar Dhawan urged people to take the pledge to keep the nature clean and protect it.
World Environment Day 2020: From causing infectious diseases to reduction in food sources, here's how biodiversity loss impacts us
Myupchar • 5 years agoBiodiversity loss has an indirect but vital impact on the climate, and the last few years have witnessed some of the greatest impacts of climate change on life.
World Environment Day 2020: Researchers find cleanest air on Earth, say region remains unaffected by human activities
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe boundary layer air is free from particles, called aerosols that are produced by anthropogenic activities or transported from distant lands.
World Environment Day: Bonn Challenge — Restored forests are often poor replacements for natural habitats
• 5 years agoScientists estimate that restored forests could sequester upto 16 percent of the carbon needed to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
World Environment Day 2020: From Save Western Ghats March to Narmada Bachao Andolan, these movements are aimed at creating awareness for nature conservation
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoWorld Environment Day aims at raising awareness and generating political momentum around growing environmental concerns.
World Environment Day 2020: Tribal people are deeply affected with COVID-19 as forest produce worth Rs 1.2 Trillion could go to waste
Indiaspend • 5 years agoThe collection and sale of minor forest produce are the sources of livelihood of millions of tribespeople and forest-dwellers across India,
World Environment Day 2020: To prevent future pandemics, it is important to bridge the human—animal health divide
Undark • 5 years agoVeterinarians, as well as wildlife biologists, livestock farmers, and zookeepers, remain an untapped resource for combatting diseases that threaten people.
World Environment Day 2020: Bats are not the enemy in the fight against the novel Coronavirus
Mongabay India • 5 years agoOversimplification of scientific facts and misinterpretations have triggered a backlash against bats, prompting biologists to clear the air on bat-borne viruses.
World Environment Day 2020: Tigers are threatened by a nearly 24,000 kilometers network of planned roads across Asia
Mongabay • 5 years agoThe explosion of new roads is driven in part by the global development strategies such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative.