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Parliamentary Committee recommends for a National Policy on Forest Fires
<p>The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, under the Chairpersonship of Renuka Chowdhury, Member of Parliament presented its Two...
Cyclone VARDAH brings another trail of destruction in South India
<p>Cyclone Vardah that crossed Chennai coast on December 12, 2016 has affected the city’s functionality. The storm, the most intense cyclone to have hit the Tamil Nadu capital in two decades has left...
The Search and Rescue Aid Tool to save life and property at Sea
In Conversation with Dr. S C Shenoi, Head, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) With 28 years of research experience ocean sciences, Dr. Shenoi has revolutionized India’...
Cyclone Warning South India as VSCS- VARDAH Approaches the Indian Coast
<p>Update – December 12, 2016 The very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS)- VARDAH over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved further nearly westwards during past 6 AM with a speed of...
Cleaning Up Delhi air
Wintry smog has been plaguing Delhi for years, yet it hardly attracted much attention from the authorities. This year, as the capital ended up akin to a gas chamber, the government was shaken off its...
Biodiversity ACT: Access and Benefit Sharing
The complexity in evaluating biodiversity makes it difficult to ensure equity where bio-resources are concerned. Convention of Biological Diversity and India’s Biodiversity Act are moves to bring in e...
Paris Agreement comes into force
The Paris Agreement is now an international law. But the target of preventing temperatures rising beyond 2 degrees centigrade can never be achieved unless countries come together and show concerted wi...
Documenting India’s marine biodiversity
As per available data, there are 21,663 marine species in India, of which, 20,444 are faunal communities. However, in the absence of adequate documentation, the exact numbers are uncertain, and so is...
An ocean at risk
Climate change and anthropogenic factors, are causing many marine species to die out, resulting in a devastating impact on coastal populace. Replenishing mangrove ecosystems can provide a viable solut...
Seabed mining
The limited opportunities to mine for minerals on land is making the world consider deep seabed mining as an alternative. But this can pose major destruction to marine biodiversity, given our limited...